Greenwich line rail users will be able to catch direct trains to Charing Cross again – but for three days only at the start of May. The last trains from Westcombe Park, Maze Hill, Greenwich and Deptford to the West End terminal ran in January 2015, after which the link was severed as part of […]
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News about Deptford, London SE8, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Get up close and personal with Rubber Johnny – Deptford’s best ever band?
Just like his winners at the Lee High Road bookies, wait four weeks for a new MERCURY MAN column and two come along at once. 853‘s special correspondent and turf investment adviser invites you to join him down the front and meet some SE8 musical legends… You know me, easy-going to a fault. Made for […]
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TfL rules out St John’s station for Bakerloo Line Lewisham extension
Transport for London says it does not plan to build an extra station at St John’s on its planned extension of the Bakerloo Line to Lewisham. It is also ruling out building a station on Lewisham Way as part of the proposals, saying that existing plans to build stations at New Cross Gate and Lewisham […]
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Woolwich Ferry faces two-month closure ahead of new vessels
The Woolwich Ferry will be closed for two months at the end of 2018 for works to allow it to accommodate new vessels, Greenwich councillors heard on Wednesday. Transport for London representative Gary Nolan made the revelation at an annual scrutiny meeting where councillors quiz transport providers on their performance and future plans. “They’ll need […]
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SE London’s first cycle superhighway to stop short of Greenwich town centre
Long-awaited plans for south-east London’s first cycle superhighway have been released – and show it stopping short of Greenwich town centre. If built, Cycle Superhighway 4 (CS4) will run from Tower Bridge Road to Deptford Creek Bridge along Tooley Street, Jamaica Road, Lower Road, Evelyn Street and Creek Road, providing a segregated two-way route and […]
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The Big Half: New half-marathon from Tower Bridge to Greenwich
The London Marathon is the best day of the year in this part of south-east London, right? So wouldn’t it be great if there was another one? And no, not the return of Run to the Beat. Just announced today, and coming on 4 March 2018, is The Big Half – a half-marathon using the […]
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Fix the 53: Petition demands bus runs to Whitehall once again
Back in January, this website noted the sudden cut to bus route 53 caused by roadworks by Westminster Bridge. The service stopped running the full length of its route to Whitehall, depriving many local workers, from cleaners to civil servants, of their usual route to central London. The diggers have moved away from Bridge Street, […]
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Whitehall cut – TfL takes temporary axe to route 53
The 53. Everybody loves the 53. It finds the parts of south-east London other links with the centre of town can’t reach – even if it isn’t allowed too near any fun spots any more (Routemasters ran to Camden until 1988, it last reached Oxford Circus in 2003). The Plumstead to Whitehall service is also […]
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