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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...

Brockley train service to be disrupted next month

Jul

2014

This will be fun. TfL issues this advice for people travelling from Brockley station:From Saturday 23 until Sunday 31 August, services at London Bridge mainline rail station will be affected while engineering work is carried out by Network Rail. This is part of the Thameslink Programme to increase capacity and improve connections. London Bridge Tube ...

London Bridge service faces August shutdown

Jun

2014

London Bridge station will be closed to Brockley trains for nine days in August. TfL writes:From Saturday 23 until Sunday 31 August there will be engineering work at London Bridge National Rail station. This is while Network Rail rebuild the station as part of the Thameslink Programme to increase capacity and improve connections. The Tube ...

Canada Water and the Old Kent Road targeted for intense development

Mar

2014

The Mayor of London is currently consulting on proposed alterations to The London Plan - including creating new "opportunity areas" in Bromley, Old Oak Common, Harrow & Wealdstone and most significantly for us, Canada Water and the Old Kent Road.The LP is a high-level blueprint for the future of our city. It's the reason why new ...

The summer of cycling begins

Mar

2014

Summer officially dawned this weekend and we are guaranteed at least six months of unbroken sunshine in Brockley, from here on. So it is with exquisite timing that two cycling announcements were made today.Firstly, Lewisham Council has promoted its new cycle loan scheme. For an initial £10, you can try a bike for a month ...

No East London Line on December 23/24

Dec

2013

The East London Line is buggered for Christmas. Monkeyboy shares the following tidings from TfL:No service between Highbury & Islington and New Cross/Clapham Junction/Crystal Palace/West Croydon. Between Highbury & Islington and Dalston Junction: Valid rail tickets will be accepted on London Overground trains between Highbury & Islington and Dalston Kingsland and on local buses via all ...

Brockley Gate

Dec

2013

Do not underestimate the determination of an angry man.Chris, who complained about the gate on Platform 2 of Brockley Station being locked after 9pm, has been taking the issue up with TfL, using the original BC discussion of this issue as ammunition.So far, he's been told that:London Overground are committed to providing step free access ...

Coulgate Street project gets funding

Dec

2013

TfL has announced that its budget for the financial support of local projects is frozen for the next three years, but that the Coulgate Street makeover project will get the money it needs to proceed. The release says the funding includes:£280,000 for public realm improvements in Coulgate Street adjacent to Brockley Common in Lewisham to ...

TfL plans for DLR, Overground and Bakerloo extensions in Lewisham

Dec

2013

BCer Monkeyboy has sent us a copy of the latest TfL Business Plan. In the section called "Unlocking the Future Growth of London", the document highlights Lewisham as a borough where future capacity is required and alludes to the possible extensions of Overground, Bakerloo and DLR services in the borough:We are continuing to assess ways ...

24-hour weekend Jubilee Line is coming

Nov

2013

LondonLovesBusiness reports:For the first time ever, Tubes on the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria Lines will run round the clock [at weekends]. The project will begin in 2015 and is expected to create 200 jobs. Mike Brown, managing director of London Underground, said: “Rebuilt stations, new trains and signalling systems mean we are now ...

The 484 and 172 among London’s busiest buses

Nov

2013

The London Assembly transport committee has identified two Brockley bus routes (the 484 and 172) as being among the top 10 most crowded routes in the capital, according to a passenger survey. In a report issued last month, the committee examined how the system will be able to cope with continued passenger growth - 4% ...