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• Tube lifts learn to ‘tell on themselves’ in new TfL push for reliable step-free travel

  11-12-2025 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  One problem with relying on lifts at railway stations to get around is that they occasionally break down, leaving the station inaccessible. To mitigate that, Transport for London (TfL) has started adding real-time reporting to its lifts and says it has now upgraded a third of its lifts so they can automatically update journey-planning tools to warn people in advance.Currently, 93 lifts at 28 Tube stations self-report as out of service, without needing to be reported by station staff. This new te
  
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• Tickets Alert: Go on a tour of the Trinity House headquarters

  11-12-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Next to the Tower of London is a 230(ish) year old building that is the headquarters of the people who look after the lighthouses.
  Trinity House
  Originally founded by King Henry VIII in 1514 to manage shipping safety along the Thames, what is today Trinity House was officially called (deep breath!)… “The Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Guild, Fraternity, or Brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity, and of St. Clement in the Parish of Deptford-Strond in the Count
  
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• Wellcome Collection cutting its opening hours as visitor habits change

  11-12-2025 14:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Wellcome Collection in central London, with a range of popular free exhibitions, is cutting its opening hours from next year as it adjusts to changing visitor habits.At the moment, the galleries and reading room are open from daily except Mondays, from 10am to 6pm – but also open late every week on Thurdays to 8pm. While several large galleries and museums have occasional late openings, the Wellcome Collection is one of the few to routinely open late every week.
  However, that’s c
  
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• Tube and Overground fares up in March, but bus and tram freeze extended until July 2026

  11-12-2025 13:19 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Fares are to rise on London’s transport next year, as TfL complies with its funding deal to raise prices by more than inflation.However, the fare rise will be staggered with Underground and Overground fares rising in March, and bus and tram fares rising in July. The delay in fare rises for buses and trams will be funded by a transfer from the City Hall budget to TfL so that TfL remains within its requirement to see a net increase in revenue for the whole year.
  The overall fare rise will be
  
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• Housing development at High Barnet tube station blocked by local council

  11-12-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A second attempt to build blocks of flats next to High Barnet tube station has been blocked by the local council.
  Initial concept image (c) Barratt London
  High Barnet is a northern terminus for the Northern line and sits at the bottom of a slope alongside sidings for used to store tube trains when not in use.
  The plan, put forward by TfL’s property arm, Places for London and Barratt Homes, would have seen approximately 300 new homes, including 40% affordable homes, built on the car park an
  
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• Construction of St Paul’s new public square to start next year

  11-12-2025 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The final design for a new public square near St Paul’s Cathedral has been approved by the City of London.
  (c) City of London
  The area, known as the St Paul’s Gyratory, the roads form a large roundabout encircling the former BT headquarters building and dates from a 1970s remodelling of the former GPO buildings area.
  As part of a remodelling of the roads in the area to remove the gyratory, the plans will see one side of the gyratory pedestrianised and apart from creating a new public
  
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