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Mobile coverage switched on at four Elizabeth line stations – Business Traveller

30Dec

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Mobile coverage switched on at four Elizabeth line stations – Business Traveller

Transport for London has completed the first phase of introducing mobile coverage on the Elizabeth line. Travellers can now access high-speed mobile connectivity on platforms, escalators and in tickets halls at Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon and Liverpool Street stations. More stations are set to follow in the new year, and work is also underway to add mobile coverage in tunnelled sections, with the whole of the 73-mile line set to have access by the end of spring 2024. All four mobile network operators (Three UK, EE, Vodafone, and Virgin Media O2) are taking part in the rollout, which has seen 4G coverage introduced on sections of the Jubilee, Northern and Central lines, with the Victoria and Piccadilly lines set to start getting coverage by the end of March 2024. TfL sai...

No Heathrow Express or Elizabeth Line trains to Heathrow this weekend – Business Traveller

20Nov

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No Heathrow Express or Elizabeth Line trains to Heathrow this weekend – Business Traveller

Transport for London (TfL) has outlined disruption to rail and Underground services to Heathrow on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November, in what it says is “a complex weekend of closures”. Planned Heathrow engineering works mean the Elizabeth Line and Heathrow Express will not run to the airport all weekend. Piccadilly line trains will operate between central London and Terminals, 2,3 and 4, but there will be no trains running to or from Terminal 5, with an inter-terminal transfer bus service operating between Terminal 2&3 and T5. Passengers looking to travel between T4 and T5 are advised to use either the free H30 bus or TfL 482 / 490 services. In addition there will be no Piccadilly Line service between Acton Town and Uxbridge, although Metropolitan Line trains will run to Uxbridge a...

26Sep

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Elizabeth line stations and tunnelled sections to have mobile coverage by next year – Business Traveller

8Sep

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Elizabeth line stations and tunnelled sections to have mobile coverage by next year – Business Traveller

Further ahead coverage will also be extended to the Docklands Light Railway and between Highbury and Islington and New Cross on the London Overground within the next two years. The project is being implemented by Boldyn Networks, with around 500 people working overnight across the Tube network to install mobile equipment. The “neutral host” network means users of all four of the UK’s mobile network operators – Three UK, EE, Vodafone, and Virgin Media O2 – are able to get connected. Commenting on the news Andy Lord, London’s Transport Commissioner said: “It’s great to see the first Tube stations in the West End getting high-speed mobile coverage on their phones within the station, as part of the next stage of our project with Boldyn Networks to bring 4G and 5G to the whole Tube network. “...

TfL unveils details of new Piccadilly Line trains – Business Traveller

1Aug

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TfL unveils details of new Piccadilly Line trains – Business Traveller

TfL has released images of its new Piccadilly Line trains, which are set to enter service in 2025. The first of the 94 trains has arrived at the Siemens Mobility Test and Validation Centre in Germany for testing, having travelled from the production line in Vienna at the end of July. The nine-carriage train will undergo “rigorous tests” including acceleration and braking functionality, noise and vibration trials and testing of onboard equipment. The new trains, which will replace the existing fleet dating from the 1970s, will increase capacity by around 10 per cent and feature walk-through, air-conditioned carriages and improved accessibility. Additionally, the trains are set to be more energy efficient owing to a significantly lighter design, which Siemens says “requires fewer bogies (...