London Underground: Longest journey on the Tube in just one tunnel where you won’t see sunlight for miles

London Underground: Longest journey on the Tube in just one tunnel where you won’t see sunlight for miles

The London Underground network, despite its name, has trains that run both above ground, sub surface just below the ground, and deep underground in the classic Tube sections of the line, actually... Read more »
Today’s the 125th anniversary of opening the Blackwall Tunnel

Today’s the 125th anniversary of opening the Blackwall Tunnel

On this day in 1897, London’s first-ever road tunnel opened under the Thames, offering a connection across the river that East London had long been missing. Although central London had plenty of... Read more »
BREAKING NEWS: Rotherhithe Tunnel closed after massive electrical fire breaks out

BREAKING NEWS: Rotherhithe Tunnel closed after massive electrical fire breaks out

The London Fire Brigade said the whole of the DLR, the Blackwall Tunnel and Limehouse Link have all also been closed because of the fire The Rotherhithe Tunnel has been closed off... Read more »
Dozens of pins left on the floor of East London tunnel in a ‘targeted attack against cyclists’

Dozens of pins left on the floor of East London tunnel in a ‘targeted attack against cyclists’

A man in London has called on his council to help clean dozens of drawing pins that were littered along a popular East London tunnel. The tunnel is used daily by cyclists... Read more »
Greenwich becomes latest council to oppose £2billion Silvertown Tunnel – South London News

Greenwich becomes latest council to oppose £2billion Silvertown Tunnel – South London News

By Kiro Evans   Greenwich Council has become the latest council to call for the Silvertown Tunnel to be halted in another blow to the London Mayor. The South-East London local authority... Read more »
Greenwich becomes fourth London council to oppose Silvertown tunnel | London

Greenwich becomes fourth London council to oppose Silvertown tunnel | London

A fourth London council has voted to oppose a new £2bn road tunnel under the Thames in east London, putting the capital’s mayor at loggerheads with local authorities over his biggest infrastructure... Read more »
Network Rail to upgrade South London tunnel as part of £1.25bn project

Network Rail to upgrade South London tunnel as part of £1.25bn project

Network Rail will shut down the railway between Brixton and Beckenham Junction in South London for nine days this summer as it replaces the tracks through the 2km Penge Tunnel. The £4.55M... Read more »
Protests across London as Sadiq Khan presses ahead with Silvertown Tunnel

Protests across London as Sadiq Khan presses ahead with Silvertown Tunnel

M ore than 100 GPs, hospital doctors and health workers on Thursday accused Sadiq Khan of planning an “assault on the health of east Londoners” by pressing ahead with the Silvertown tunnel.... Read more »
Plans for new London road tunnel ‘devastating’ for ‘UK’s most polluted borough’

Plans for new London road tunnel ‘devastating’ for ‘UK’s most polluted borough’

A new road tunnel in London – due to start being built within months – will be “devastating” for a local borough that is “already the most polluted” in the UK, according... Read more »
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‘My house is worth £700K, but I can’t sell because it’s so loud’: Life next to Blackwall Tunnel where more than 50,000 cars pass each day

Forty years after she really needed the sound barriers, pensioner Joan Ede might finally be getting them installed at the end of her garden. She lives on Westcombe Hill in Greenwich, South... Read more »