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The London Transport system is one of the oldest and largest public transport systems in the world. Many components of its transport system, such as the double-decker bus, the Hackney Carriage black taxi and the London Underground, are internationally recognised symbols of London.
Most transport services in London are controlled by Transport for London (TfL), an executive agency of the Greater London Authority. TfL-controlled services include the London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, the London Overground, Buses and Trams, most of which accept payment by the Oyster card. TfL also administers the congestion charge zone and the low emission zone.
London has a comprehensive rail network with several major railway stations. London has two international train stations, at St Pancras International and Stratford International (due open late 2009), which connect London to mainland Europe through the Eurostar service. London also has six international airports.
In addition to public transport, London is the starting point for a number of motorway routes. The M25 is an orbital motorway which enables vehicles to avoid travelling through central London and is one of the busiest motorways in Europe.
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The Edgware, Highgate and London Railway (EH&LR) was a railway in north London constructed in the 1860s to connect Finsbury Park and Edgware, running via Highgate and Mill Hill. Later branches were extended to High Barnet and Alexandra Palace. The railway was owned and operated by the Great Northern Railway and primarily carried commuters to Moorgate via King's Cross and the Widened Lines.
The railway was a precursor of parts of the London Underground's Northern line through its 1930s inclusion in the core of an ambitious expansion plan for that line. The EH&LR was to be transferred to the London Underground and electrified. Connections were to be constructed to the Northern line at Highgate and Edgware and to the Northern City Line, with an extension from Edgware to Bushey Heath. Works were stopped by the outbreak of the Second World War and only the work on the sections from Highgate to High Barnet and from Finchley Central to Mill Hill East were completed. The remainder of the line was closed in by British Railways the 1950s and is now disused.
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British Rail Class 378 no. 378007 on London Overground service at Richmond station.
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- 30 November 2009 — Stratford International station opens, initially for Southeastern domestic services.
- 29 November 2009 — New ticket hall and escalators open at King's Cross St. Pancras station, significantly increasing the capacity of the station.
- 23 November 2009 — The Lewisham extension of the Docklands Light Railway is ten years old.
- 23 November 2009 — Oyster cards are introduced on the Thames Clippers river boat services.
- 19 November 2009 — TfL's lost property office donates hundreds of toys left on public transport to the Salvation Army.
- 14 November 2009 — Bendy buses on route 38 are replaced by double decker buses. All bendy buses will be withdrawn by the end of 2011.
- 11 November 2009 — Coca-Cola is to sponsor the Underground's busking pitches from the end of the November.
- 29 October 2009 — A fuelling facility for Hydrogen-powered buses will be built at Temple Mills, Stratford for use by buses on five buses operating on route RV1.
- 27 October 2009 — A baby is born on route 394 bus as a woman goes into labour on her way to Homerton hospital.
- 26 October 2009 — New Docklands Light Railway station at South Quay opens, 200 metres east of the old station, to enable 3-car trains to call here.
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- ...that, in January 2005, London Underground announced that it would play classical music at stations prone to loitering by youths? A trial had shown a 33% drop in abuse against staff. This had been first tried, with success, on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
- ...that the original carriages on the City and South London Railway were nicknamed "padded cells" due to their high backed cushioned seats and very small windows?
- ...that sculptor Henry Moore's first public commission in 1928-29 was a relief sculpture West Wind for the Underground's headquarters at 55 Broadway?
- ...that Verney Junction, the Metropolitan Railway's former northern terminus in Buckinghamshire, is closer to Coventry than it is to central London?
