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London Transport News
August
- Plans set out to help transform central London into major 2012 Games venue
- Person drowns overboard from Woolwich Ferry
- Traffic around Hyde Park Corner on diversion as world's best triathletes race for one weekend
July
- Full fleet of Victoria Line trains now in service
- Fruit and veg sprout up all over the Tube
- Barclays Cycle Hire celebrates one year with £25 million investment from Barclays
- Woman gives birth on a bus on route 145 in Dagenham
- Improvement work begins on Stratford bus station in time for Olympics
- Firms race to get 2012 Games travel plans in place
- New Oysters can now be bought from ticket machines
- TfL annoyed with Thames Water over 'pointless' disruption trying to locate leak near Baker Street
- Temporary changes to bus stopping arrangements around Putney Bridge Bus Station due ti improvement works to both bus and tube stations until September
- Coach parking facilities increase by 25% in London
- Work is set to start on an essential new road layout on Blackfriars Bridge to handle 40,00 passengers from upgraded station
- London Cycle Challenge circles the globe 69 times
- After one year, the Mayor's Cycle Task Force celebrates safety and security successes
- Dial-a-Ride completes record number of trips
- Two further Barclay's Cycles superhighways now open
- TfL responds to Coroner's recommendations following 7/7 Inquest
- Congestion at Henly's Corner on A406 to be cut as part of Mayor's clampdown on roadworks
- New art at Hampstead Heath station
- New programmes launched to help businesses of all sizes keep on running during 2012 Games
- Consultation sought on changes to bus routes 206, 224 and PR2 in the Wembley and Park Royal area
- High Street Kensington to Edgware Road on the Circle and District lines close for four weeks for essential upgrade works
- Final weekend closures cancelled on Blackwall Tunnel refurbishment
- TfL publishes draft accessibilty action plan for comments
- Construction begins on Thames cable car
- New guide released showing passengers where to avoid stairs on London Underground
- Six moths until next Low Emission Zone limits launched
- Transport for London employee wins National Apprentice of the Year
June
- London Underground extends District line timetable consultation
- Bus travel in London highest in 50 years
- Work continues to keep London transport cool
- Transport for London has won a National award for employee communications at the Institute of Internal Communications annual awards
- Golders Green bus station reopens early
- TfL reveals first concept drawings of improved Tottenham Hale bus station and square
- TfL installs eco-lighting in Upper Thames Street tunnel
- Passengers and staff invited to submit stories of kindness seen on the Tube by artist Michael Landy
- Various change to be applied to travel around Moorgate and Liverpool Street to help deliver Crossrail
- Businesses urged to start planning now to keep running effective during Olympics
- Sponsorship offered on London Cable Car
- London Underground awards major signalling contract
- Northern Line upgrade begins later this year
- Delays on London Underground down one third in eight years
- Blackwall Tunnel refurbishment approaches completion
- Passenger numbers double for East London line one year on.
- More bins on London Underground
- Huge increase in lost property on TFL network
- Crime dropped by 7% on London Underground and Docklands Light Railway and 4% on London Buses
- Initial results of removal of Congestion Charge Western extension shows little impact on traffic and air quality
- Daniel Buren to create new permanent artwork at Tottenham Court Road Tube station
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