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Travelcards make way for 'oyster' ". BBC News. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009 . Retrieved 7 March 2012. Dan Templeton (26 May 2017). "New Victoria Line timetable increases frequency". International Railway Journal . Retrieved 14 July 2017. The tube closes overnight during the week, but since 2016, the Central, Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, and Victoria lines, as well as a short section of the London Overground have operated all night on Friday and Saturday nights. The first trains run from about 05:00 and the last trains until just after 01:00, with later starting times on Sunday mornings. [222] [223] The nightly closures are used for maintenance, [222] but some lines stay open on New Year's Eve [224] and run for longer hours during major public events such as the 2012 London Olympics. [225] Some lines are occasionally closed for scheduled engineering work at weekends. [226] In 2019, the Canary Wharf Group suggested the construction of a new rail line between Euston and Canary Wharf, to improve connections to the future High Speed 2 railway. [140]

Under TfL, London's public transport network became more unified, with existing suburban rail lines across London upgraded and rebranded as London Overground from 2007, with the former East London line became part of the Overground network in 2010. [96] [97] Many Overground stations interchange with Underground ones, and Overground lines were added onto the Tube map. A 24-hour Night Tube service on Friday and Saturday nights, due to start in September 2015 on the entire line, [46] was delayed because of strike action. [47] The service began in August 2016, with trains running at 10-minute intervals on the whole line. [48] Design [ edit ] Crossrail 2 – 2014 Consultation Analysis" (PDF). Crossrail 2. p.143. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2022 . Retrieved 24 October 2018. House of Lords Hansard for 25 Feb 1998 (pt 9)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 25 February 1998. col.747. London Underground was strongly criticised for its attitude toward fires; staff were complacent because there had never been a fatal fire on the system, and had been given little or no training to deal with fires or evacuation. The report on the inquiry resulted in resignations of senior management in both London Underground and London Regional Transport and led to the introduction of new fire safety regulations. Wooden escalators were gradually replaced with metal escalators on the Underground.

Information on the Northern Line upgrade" (PDF). railway-technical. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2015 . Retrieved 25 June 2015. Martin, Andrew (26 April 2012). Underground, Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube. London: Profile Books. pp.137–138. ISBN 978-1-84765-807-4. Archived from the original on 19 January 2023 . Retrieved 7 December 2012. RMT calls for staffing cuts to be scrapped on 25th anniversary of Kings Cross fire". London Evening Standard. 18 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018 . Retrieved 8 June 2018. More than 50 killed in blasts". The Guardian. London. 8 July 2005. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022 . Retrieved 8 August 2022.

Victoria Line Platform Humps and RVAR". Livis. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015 . Retrieved 6 December 2011. London Underground (28 April 2002). "Detrainment of Passengers" (PDF). Standards. Tc100 (2): 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2011 . Retrieved 24 October 2018. Croucher, S (8 February 2012). "Deadly Asbestos 'All Over the Place' on London Underground". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016 . Retrieved 4 March 2016.

Harlow's addition to London Underground proposed by council". BBC News. 11 August 2021 . Retrieved 26 March 2023. Virgin Media extends free wi-fi on London Underground until 2013". Metro. London. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012 . Retrieved 10 November 2012.

Charles Pearson (1793–1862) suggested an underground railway in London in 1845 and from 1854 promoted a scheme that eventually became the Metropolitan Railway. [355] The publication of the report led to resignations of senior management of both London Underground and London Regional Transport (LRT), including Keith Bright, the chairman of LRT. [40] Wooden panelling was to be removed from escalators, heat detectors and sprinklers were to be fitted beneath escalators, and the radio communication system and station staff emergency training were to be improved. [41] [42]

Fennell, Desmond (1988). Investigation into the King's Cross Underground Fire. Department of Transport. ISBN 0-10-104992-7. Scan available online at railwaysarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2012. Moodie, K. (1992). "The King's Cross Fire: Damage Assessment and Overview of the Technical Investigation". Fire Safety Journal. 18: 13–33. doi: 10.1016/0379-7112(92)90045-E. Demartini, LC; Vielmo, HA; Möller, SV (2004). "Numeric and experimental analysis of the turbulent flow through a channel with baffle plates". Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 26 (2): 153–159. doi: 10.1590/S1678-58782004000200006. The proposed Crossrail 2 project would add capacity and reduce rail journey times between south west and north east London". Network Rail . Retrieved 24 October 2018.