British Transport Police said a woman reported she was racially abused and had her hair grabbed as she entered the station with her sister and two young children at 19:30 BST on 11 October. US national Melissa Rein Lively, 40 - a "Maga" (make America great again) influencer - has been charged with assault by beating. Her partner, German national Philipp Ostermann, 37, has been charged with three public order offences, two of them racially aggravated.
Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are striking over a Transport for London's (TfL) voluntary proposal to allow train operators to move to a compressed four-day week. The RMT said the working day would be too long under the plans, risking driver fatigue and compromising safety.
The Waterloo and City line, known as 'The Drain', is made even more niche by the fact that it hasn't been open on the weekend since 2020. In the pandemic the line was suspended, but when the Waterloo and City reopened in June 2021 it only did so on weekdays. While it previously operated on Saturdays, for the last six years it's been closed all weekend.
London Underground Brands have been playing with the signage on London's tube network for many years but recent examples have proved intrusive and annoying. Ben Kay examines what's gone wrong Creative Review A Century Ago: What To Call The Northern Line? Londonist Mainline / Overground Rail journeys on Southern, Thameslink and the Gatwick Express remain severely disrupted following an early morning derailment and a signal failure in south-east London. BBC News
The District and Metropolitan lines are both dealing with major disruption this morning due to signal failures and faulty trains. There are further delays on the rest of the network, with both Northern and Piccadilly lines part suspended. Elsewhere, the Met Office have issued yellow weather warnings for snow and ice that will affect services across the country today, as Storm Goretti approaches.
Police have released images of suspects wanted in connection with a knife attack on a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a robbery on the London Underground. Another passenger tried to help but was attacked by the group, who slashed him with a knife and left a cut above his eyebrow. The group then fled Northwick Park Underground station having stolen the man's bag.
We have been running large-scale multimedia campaigns to tackle sexual offences and sexual harassment on our transport networks since 2015. These campaigns have aimed to raise awareness of unwanted sexual behaviour; reassure victims that we take this issue seriously and improve their confidence to report knowing that action will be taken; and sending a strong message to perpetrators that this behaviour is harmful and won't be tolerated on our networks.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed that tube fares will be going up significantly next year. The increase of almost six percent is the result of an official order from the government that told TfL it should increase prices by the RPI rate of inflation plus one percent every year until 2030, in order to receive a £2.2 billion boost.
A trans person was hit over the head with a glass bottle on a London Underground train. British Transport Police launched an appeal for the victim to come forward. A fellow commuter reported they were on the Victoria line Tube service when the suspect got on at King's Cross and made a homophobic remark. He began harassing the person and as the train arrived at Euston, hit them on the head with a glass bottle before leaving the train at around 3am on October 25.
Christie's is set to auction off a rare 1932 draft of the Tube map created by Harry Beck, an Essex-born electrical draughtsman. It features hand-written annotations from Beck and Frederick Stingemore, who designed London Underground maps produced between 1926-1932. Beck created the map while unemployed, shortly after he was laid off by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London. While initially considered radical, his pioneering approach to the sprawling network set a benchmark for every Tube map officially circulated since.
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