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Poems on the Underground at 40: how Shakespeare inspired one of London’s best-loved public art projects

If you have travelled on the London Underground at any time over the last 40 years, you’ll probably have noticed a poem or two. Perhaps on posters adorning the station concourse, or in tube carriages where adverts might normally be found.

The Conversation · 20h ago

Loud phone calls and music to be banned on Tube under Tory mayoral hopeful's plans

Festus Akinbusoye says he would employ hundreds of new TfL guards to patrol the Underground to enforce the ban

Evening Standard · Oct 17

Nearly half of London Underground track in 'very poor' condition as TfL faces £6.5bn maintenance backlog

Almost half of Tube track is rated ‘very poor’, as TfL warns it needs billions more to maintain the capital’s ageing transport network

Evening Standard · Sep 17

In the 1950s and 60s, British scientists secretly released harmless bacteria in London’s Underground to study how biological agents could spread

For several decades during the Cold War, British government scientists carried out a covert program testing how biological agents might spread through crowded public spaces, and the London Underground became one of their test sites. Researchers linked to the Microbiological Research Establishment at Porton Down dropped small containers of bacterial…

The Times of India · Aug 12

TfL prices hikes are being wiped out by fare dodgers - costing London £165million a year

TfL raised fares in March across their bus, Underground and overground networks to maintain and improve services - but the costs of fare evasion are matching the saving

Evening Standard · Jul 27

Mayor demands TfL transparency over ‘misery’ caused by London Underground track noise

Londoners in Brent, Kennington, Islington, Camden and South Wimbledon are particularly affected

Evening Standard · Jul 19

Police hunt two women after Liverpool Street station assault

A woman was reportedly attacked at ticket barriers at the Underground station at around 11.30pm on Friday July 3

Evening Standard · Jul 13

Tube strike: Will the RMT union hit London with more walkouts this summer?

Industrial action in June caused disruption on most Underground lines

Evening Standard · Jul 10

Hottest Tube lines revealed: Underground 'like descending into hell' say commuters as temperatures soar

Temperatures in the capital hit 35.1C by 3pm on Wednesday

Evening Standard · Jun 25

'Put air con' on the Tube, Labour MP pleads with Sadiq Khan as London roasts in hottest June day ever

Mayor of London urged to sort out delays in new rolling stock with air con for the Piccadilly line

Evening Standard · Jun 24