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November
- Mayor drives first New Bus for London off production line
- London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots join last leg of month-long Games themed walking relay
- Northbound Blackwall Tunnel safety improvements completed more than a year early
October
- Revamped service information boards make journeys easier for customers to plan
- Transport for London leads the way with new Quantity Surveying apprenticeships
- Dial-a-Ride offers new NVQ in Customer Service
- Tube Lines sets green standard as double winner
- More services on TfL's London Overground from December
- New Tube Poems remember war dead and reflect on quest for peace
- London Underground bridge between Ravenscourt Park and Hammersmith wins Small Civil Engineering Project category at the British Construction Industry Awards for its replacement in one weekend
- Tramlink rewarded for helping restore Croydon
- Oyster pay as you go to be extended to national rail stations between Liverpool Street and Hertford East
- Transport for London acquires Tube Lines' bonds
- Victoria Tube station escalator work completed three months early
- Real-time bus information now available anytime and anywhere
- Greenwich Pier gets roof and lighting in time for London 2012 Games
- Final Jubilee line upgrade cost vindicates decision to end PPP says TfL
- Half a million London employees now signed up for 2012 travel advice, TfL tells Assembly and borough leaders
- Mayor secures Emirates Airline as private sponsor for pioneering new Thames crossing
- Two thirds of bendy buses converted and major savings being made
- 150 million year old stone for new Green Park Tube station
- London Overground upgrade named project of the year at Rail Awards
- Guide dogs to be allowed to use moving escalators for the first time ever
- 250 London schools take part in London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic torch walking relay
September
- Following a meeting at Acas today London Underground (LU) has received confirmation from the trade unions that they will be recommending acceptance of LU's four-year pay settlement
- Safer Travel at Night: TfL warns of dangers of unbooked minicabs as new students arrive in London
- Almost eighty per cent of passengers in favour of proposed changes. Removal of weekday Kensington (Olympia) service will allow five additional trains on Wimbledon branch during morning peak. New timetable will be introduced in December 2011.
- Green wall for Edgware Road Tube station to trap harmful pollution
- Operators urged to take action now to meet tougher London Low Emission Zone standards to improve air quality, or risk fines
- Chart toppers Rizzle Kicks team up with TfL to help reduce teenage road casualties in London
- New Docklands Light Railway extension an instant hit with passengers
- New London 2012 Games travel 'hotspot' info to help businesses plan ahead and avoid transport disruption
- Tour of Britain, the UK's biggest professional cycle race, returns to the Capital
- Mayor confirms fares increase for 2012 to support unprecedented £12bn investment in London's transport network
- LU reaches agreement with drivers' unions over Olympics and Paralympics working arrangements
- Latest figures confirm trend of long-term improvements in Tube performance
- New bus routes to serve Stratford and surrounding area
- New online postcode data released by Transport for London (TfL) at the inaugural 2012 Freight Forum meeting will help firms plan and manage deliveries during Games-time
- 2011 Great River Race occurs
- Mayor announces Olympic Park electric charging network, creating air quality legacy
- North Acton station wins Underground in bloom gardening competition.
- Businesses urged to plan for paralympics too.
- Mayor of London and Transport for London act to save 812 PlusBus route
- Transformation of Green Park station nears completion
- Transport for London secures further improvements to coach parking
- No more bendy buses on route 73
- New Oyster system to help customers pay the correct fare
- 'Plan for Paralympics too' businesses urged
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