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London Underground Enhances Graphical User Interface With Standardised, Scalable Technology
White Papers London Underground is the world's oldest and most complex subway rail network, with 500 trains running at peak hours. London Underground Limited (LUL) was formed in 1985, but dates back to 1863. Last year, it carried more than 976 million passengers.
[January 18, 2008, 0:01]
London Underground claims it's 'Bug ready'
News David Bailey, commercial director of London Underground was speaking at the Year 2000 Readiness Conference in London and assured Londoners that the £25m investment by London Transport would be sufficient to cope with any Y2K problems.
[December 2, 1998, 16:34]
London Underground shelves mobile plans
News A plan to put mobile connectivity on the London Underground has stalled. Speaking at the time, Richard Parry, strategy and service development director of London Underground, said: "We recognise that there is now growing demand for mobile coverage...
[March 16, 2009, 7:19]
London Underground gets online departure boards
Blog Comment On the same page as the tube links you also get the information for the DLR and the river serives. The problems you highlight don't effect these. Therefore, it follows that if someone was looking for the information on the river and DLR services...
[May 19, 2009, 15:19]
London Underground gets online departure boards
Blog Comment I've been using this for a while. It's useful as often there are delays reported on the website but it's hard to tell the extent. Using the departure board feature allows me to see what frequency the trains are running at and then make a decision...
[May 19, 2009, 18:40]
London Underground gets online departure boards
Blog I just received an email from Transport for London, making me aware of its new online departure boards service for the Tube. I have to say, it may work well but I can't see the point, unless you're hanging around outside a Tube station having a...
[May 19, 2009, 11:25]
Smart cameras to watch over London Tube
News London Underground is set to roll out high-tech CCTV surveillance software that will automatically alert operators to suspicious behaviour, unattended packages and potential suicide attempts on the capital's Tube system.
[March 30, 2004, 10:15]
7/7 bomb rescue efforts hampered by communication failings
News A report into the 7 July 2005 London bombings has said the lack of a digital radio network hampered the efforts of emergency service rescue teams, which were unable to communicate properly between the sites of the explosions underground...
[June 5, 2006, 15:05]
Tube London City Streets (2009 Edition)
Downloads Tube London City StreetsThis Tube package consists of a fully scrollable detailed map of the London Underground system and 9 linked GPS enabled A-Z street maps.Plan journeys on the London Underground system, list details of the quickest routes and...
[September 9, 2008, 8:00]
TUBE 2 London (Blackberry)
Downloads Tube 2 LondonThis Tube 2 map package consists of a fully scrollable detailed map of the London Underground & DLR system. Tube 2 can plan all your journeys on the London Underground & DLR systems, calculating the quickest routes and providing you...
[September 9, 2008, 8:00]
Mobile phones go Underground
News London Underground is to spend billions of pounds enabling tube travellers to use their mobile phones in underground stations and on tube trains. It will take £350m to wire up London's archaic underground rail system with a high-speed fibre optics...
[November 23, 1999, 14:12]
Software failure causes Tube closure
News Widespread delays to the London Underground this week were caused by one of the Tube's infrastructure operators installing new software. For the Central Line, the loading of new computer software containing London Underground's revised timetabling...
[November 24, 2006, 15:54]
Mobile phones going underground
News London's antiquated Underground rail service is getting a high-tech makeover that could give mobile phone users connectivity beneath the surface of the capital. When that's done, we will have spare capacity and are looking into different options...
[October 17, 2000, 10:34]
myTube
Downloads Information and navigation of the London Underground network. Browse the latest network service updates from TfL Take a look at the London Underground map live on the Tfl website Find the nearest Tube or Docklands Light Railway statopm from your...
[August 21, 2008, 8:00]
Smart-card ticketing goes Underground
News The London Underground has begun rolling out a smart-card ticketing system in what is billed as a major new showcase of contactless smart-card technology in Europe. This month 80,000 of the cards were issued to staff of London Underground and...
[November 20, 2002, 12:57]
Mobile phones to be tested on Tube
News London Underground has announced that it will launch a trial of subterranean mobile-phone services next year. According to a statement from London Underground (LU), the trial will include platforms at Bank and Waterloo stations, and the tunnels...
[March 15, 2007, 11:58]
London Envi
Downloads Based on "Michael Brein's Guide to London by the Underground," London Envi helps you get to the city's main points of interest easily and cheaply using London's excellent Underground system ("The Tube").
[September 25, 2008, 22:54]
Two UK intranets make global top 10
News London Underground and the Department of Transport have won praise for their internal communications networks NNG said London Underground was the only local level winner on its list, but pointed out that London is "not exactly a small town".
[June 25, 2004, 11:35]
Roaming underground
Blog So London Underground has got around to letting people use mobile phones on the Tube--though of course, it's just a test for now. As a Tube exec pointed out, the bowels of the Underground are one of the few places in London where you can't use a...
[March 15, 2007, 15:14]
2012 Olympics may see Tube mobile coverage
News Communications minister Lord Carter has put the idea of mobile coverage on the London Underground back on the government agenda, only months after it was revealed that a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved indefinitely.
[June 18, 2009, 9:17]
