TfL Archives - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

TfL proposes to trim 171 and 172 routes

Aug

2018

TfL is proposing to shorten two Brockley bus routes as part of a rejigging designed to reduce central London congestion. 853 reports:Route 171 from Catford Bus Garage and Brockley to Holborn would be cut back from Holborn to Elephant and Castle under the scheme.And the 172 from Brockley Rise faces being trimmed back from Clerkenwell ...

Heidi Alexander quits MP role to be London Deputy Mayor

May

2018

Some big news from me: I have today agreed to become the Deputy Mayor (Transport) for @sadiqkhan. This is a huge job with a massive impact on the life, health and economy of London. I will be leaving Parliament after 8 incredible years. pic.twitter.com/Gz4vxJAkzx— Heidi Alexander (@heidi_mp) May 8, 2018 Heidi Alexander is standing down ...

TfL rules out Lewisham Way Bakerloo station

Feb

2018

According to 853, TfL has ruled out the idea of incorporating a St John's or Lewisham Way station into the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham, which will open next decade.I had no idea this was even thought a possibility, but now it isn't. Which makes more sense. However, 853 notes:[TfL says] that existing plans to ...

New Cross Night Tube debuts in December

Nov

2017

TfL has announced that its successful Night Tube service will be extended to the East London Line between Dalston and New Cross Gate on Friday and Saturday nights, starting on December 15th. The plans were first revealed in July.The service will allow people to travel throughout the night and connect with the equivalent Jubilee Line ...

TfL works out how to add 4 trains per hour to East London Line peak

Oct

2017

A new strategy paper from TfL reports that increasing the capacity of the East London Line will be cheaper, easier and faster than previously expected, allowing them to reduce peak time overcrowding. London Reconnections reports:In the case of the ELL, it has become possible to increase the frequency by removing signalling constraints long before anyone imagined ...

Cycle Superhighway consultation for Greenwich and Deptford

Sep

2017

In a reminder that they do more than just protect cab drivers at the public's expense, TfL has launched a public consultation about its proposed new cycle superhighway from Creek Road in Greenwich to Tower Bridge.The scheme would include stretches of two-way segregated cycle track on Tooley Street, Jamaica Road, Evelyn Street and Creek Road, ...

New Cross Night Tube from December

Jul

2017

The current Night Tube serviceIt's been heavily teased, but TfL have now confirmed that a 'Night Tube' service will be coming to the East London Line, stopping tantalisingly-close to Brockley. Until now, Canada Water was the closest station on offer. The Standard reports:The capital’s 24-hour transport network was expanded again today after it was announced the ...

DfT muses on Cannon Street, Victoria or Charing X-only service for South Eastern trains

Mar

2017

Joe writes:The DfT has launched a consultation about South East London train services and seems to be suggesting that the routes through Lewisham and Deptford might in future only terminate at Cannon Street although very little detail is given. The document says:"There would be a limit to the improvements that could be made to the ...

East London Line trains could get juiced to 24tph

Mar

2017

The most recent minutes from TfL's Programmes and Investment Committee notes that they are exploring the possibility of using new digital control systems to amp-up the East London Line service and deliver 24 trains per hour, rather than the current peak of 16.Digital signalling effectively means that computers drive the trains and can do so ...

Bakerloo Extension: TfL to launch consultation on NXG and Lewisham tube stations

Jan

2017

TfL will launch a public consultation later this year as part of detailed planning for the Bakerloo Line extension to Lewisham. The public will be asked to comment on plans for new tube stations in New Cross Gate and Lewisham.A paper published in December states:Following an initial public consultation on a proposed Bakerloo line extension ...