commuting

If you’ve got no place to go, today is a textbook winter wonderland in London. If, like most people, you’ve got to travel in for work, well the going is still tough. Let us know how you got on…

Southeastern Trains have yet again produced a bad weather communications policy that is magnificent in its scarcity, despite the huge outcry that greeted the snow debacle in January.

District line services between Dagenham East and Plaistow, and Hammersmith & City line services between Whitechapel and Barking are currently suspended. A fire at Barking Station on Friday destroyed dozens of 50 year old cables – the intense heat melted them. Specialist engineers had to …

Image ©Farid Tejani at Creative Exposures, courtesy of Idea Generation Okay ladies, you’ve probably heard all of the reasons you should cycle. And while getting exercise and saving money on your commute are attractive incentives, it doesn’t mean getting started is actually easy. For those …

Photo by kenchie It’s a hard life for single-homed taxpaying London commuters. They get up at the crack of dawn in far-flung parts of the country, hastily down a cup of tea and hop on the train to work. They battle bravely against late trains, …

Despite prior indifference, that gold-laden swag bag from Beijing has got Londoners enthused about 2012. Commuting into London is time-consuming. In other news, Pope is Catholic, and dog bites man Mayor Boris to meet with government in bid to tackle air pollution. There be fines …

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 49. Tube driver talk I was getting on the Northern Line the other morning and the young guy that speaks on the tannoy, announcing the trains, …

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 43. Tube guilt I often experience a huge amount of guilt when I am travelling on my way home from work and someone I know from …

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 42. Listening Got on my train last night, listening to my iPod and reading a book. From out of nowhere a man comes up to me …

This weekend column is brought to you by the founders of Niceties Tokens, Liz and Pete of Team Nice. 41. Piss Poor Personal Space Getting on a packed tube is stressful. We all know that – everyone is worried that they won’t get on, so …