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Goodge Street underground station will re-open with restricted hours after being closed since the spring due to the coronavirus. Goodge Street Station will be open from 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday. From Monday 31 August the station will open Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm only, says Transport for London. The station was …
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More than five months after Tottenham Court Road changed from one-way to two-way traffic a woman has become the fourth person to be struck by a southbound bus on the same pedestrian crossing. The woman, who has not been named, was hit by a route 29 bus operated by Arriva driven southbound on the central …
Transport for London (TfL) is planning to change central London bus routes in an effort to reduce congestion and pollution on Oxford Street and to adjust the services before Crossrail trains start running along the Elizabeth line in 2018. TfL says it plans to change "23 central London bus routes to better match bus services with demand …
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Buildings between Gresse Street and Rathbone Place in Fitzrovia could be demolished to make way for surface works when another railway tunnel under central London is built. Maps produced by Transport for London as part of a consultation for "safeguarding proposals" for Crossrail 2 show an area where possible sites of stations, ventilation shafts and emergency exits could be …
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Part of the new Tottenham Court Road station opened this week but only for access to the Northern line. Central line trains will not be stopping at the upgraded station until December 2015 at the earliest. Despite its name the station now has no entrances or exits onto Tottenham Court Road itself. Passengers have to …
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Streets in Fitzrovia will carry bus diversions from next week until the end of the summer say TfL due to the closure of Oxford Street and New Oxford Street for eastbound traffic between Oxford Circus and Bloomsbury Street. The diversions will be along Mortimer Street, Goodge Street and Chenies Street. The diversions includes both daytime and …
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No traffic lights, few signs, and cycle racks are blocking a crossing point at busy junction of Tottenham Court Road, Euston Road and Hampstead Road By News Reporters Euston Circus is certainly living up to its name as motor traffic, pedestrians and cyclists tried to cope navigating this busy road intersection. Between 10am and 11am …
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By Linus Rees The first of several cycle hire stations arrived in Fitzrovia this morning and drew interest from residents, commuters and tourists. The first of the cycle docking stations are sited on the corner of Scala Street and Charlotte Street. The scheme is due to be launched on 30 July. While many people have …
