The Old London Underground Company

Flames erupted from a manhole in Holborn. Businesses evacuated. Payment systems crashed. Seventy firefighters responded to flames erupting from a manhole on Theobalds Road Wednesday.

TfL calls weekend closures “essential maintenance during low-traffic periods.” Sundays now see over 70% of Monday’s traffic. I’ve tracked these closures for months. The pattern

A 1932 map draft heads to Christie’s auction with a £100,000 estimate. Harry Beck was paid five guineas for it. £5.25. About eight dollars today.

The technology exists. The money doesn’t. I’ve been tracking the London Underground automation debate. Driverless trains work in dozens of cities worldwide. London could build

Two stations turn one hundred next month. The returns tell you everything wrong with how we build infrastructure today. Transport for London is planning celebrations

Something broke near Stockwell station last weekend. No one knows what. Transport for London has deployed advanced test equipment, implemented manual radio protocols, and reduced

The farthest London Underground station wasn’t in London. It sat 42.5 miles northwest of the city center, deep in rural Buckinghamshire. For three years in

£166 million in operating surplus. Management claims poverty anyway. That’s the contradiction. Transport for London says cutting the work week from 35 to 32 hours

Thirty-four abandoned London Underground tunnels sit empty beneath the city, generating zero revenue. Transport for London estimates these forgotten spaces could generate £3.6 billion in

London Ran Three Identical Train Stations For Over A Century Picture this: You’re rushing to catch a train at Shepherd’s Bush station. You descend into