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Weekly Travel Information for London

Status updates:- Tube, Overground, TfL Rail, DLR & Tram Bakerloo Line: Minor delays Queens Park to Elephant & Castle due to an earlier signal failure at Willesden Junction. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the line. Circle Line: Minor delays Anti-clockwise due to a signal failure at Baker Street. GOOD SERVICE Clockwise Free signup to our Expat Match ...just click ex-patriates.com now !! Jubilee Line: Minor delays due to an earlier faulty train at Baker Street. Metropolitan Line: Minor delays due to a signal failure at Baker Street. London Tramlink: Minor delays due to an earlier customer incident. Central:- Good service District:- Good service Hammersmith & City:- Good service Northern:- Good service Piccadilly:- Good service Victoria:- Good service Waterloo & City:- Good service London Overground:- Good service TfL Rail:- Good service DLR:- Good service F…

Weekly Travel Information for London

London Overground:- Minor delays between Surrey Quays and New Cross due to a shortage of trains caused by recent weather conditions. GOOD SERVICE on the rest of the route. GOOD SERVICE all other London Overground routes. Piccadilly Line:- SEVERE DELAYS between Acton Town and Uxbridge due to a signal failure on the eastbound at Sudbury Town, your tickets will be accepted on the local buses. TfL Rail:- SEVERE DELAYS between Ilford and Shenfield eastbound and MINOR DELAYS Shenfield to Liverpool Street westbound due to an earlier faulty train, your tickets will be accepted on the local buses and the Underground. Free signup to our Expat Match ...just click ex-patriates.com now !! Bakerloo:- Good service Central:- Good service Circle:- Good service District:- Good service Hammersmith & City:- Good service Jubilee:- Good service Metropolitan:- Good service Northern:- Good service Victor…

Weekly Travel Information for London

Here is our weekly travel update to help you get around London this weekend, 3-4 March, and also the following week. Most of the network will be open with services running as normal, but please check if any of the following affect you. London Underground Bakerloo line This weekend, there is no service between Queen’s Park and Harrow & Wealdstone due to Network Rail engineering work. Replacement buses are running. Due to line modernisation work this weekend, there will be: Circle line No service between Hammersmith and Tower Hill via King’s Cross St. Pancras. Hammersmith & City line No service between King’s Cross St. Pancras and Barking. Metropolitan line No service between King’s Cross St. Pancras and Aldgate. London Overground There will be no service on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March, between: • New Cross Gate and Crystal Palace/West Croydon due to Network Rail track work • Romford and Upminster, due to Crossrail constructi…

Rassie Erasmus confirmed as Springbok coach

Cape Town - Rassie Erasmus will spearhead a streamlined but experienced Springbok management team until the end of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, SA Rugby confirmed on Wednesday, as the former Springbok captain will combine his Springbok coaching duties with his current role as director of rugby at SA Rugby. The 45-year-old Erasmus takes over the national coaching duties from Allister Coetzee, who was in charge of the Boks during the past two years. His three assistant coaches will be Jacques Nienaber, Pieter de Villiers and Mzwandile Stick, while Aled Walters will join the management team as head of athletic performance. Nienaber previously served as a Springbok defence coach for a short stint under Coetzee before joining Erasmus at Munster in 2016. De Villiers worked as scrum consultant under former Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer from 2012 to 2015, while Stick was a member of the 2016 Springbok coaching staff before his involvement with the Junior Springboks last year. Walters, …

Here is your Status updates on transport information for London

Central Line: No service between Woodford and Epping and between Hainault and Woodford and SEVERE DELAYS on the rest of the line due to a faulty train. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses. Circle Line: Minor delays due to an absence of train operators and a signal failure at West Kensington on the District line. District Line: No service between Earl's Court and Ealing Broadway / Richmond and SEVERE DELAYS on the rest of the line due to signal failure at West Kensington. Tickets are being accepted on local buses and South Western Railway. Jubilee Line: Minor delays, southbound only, due to a faulty train at Finchley Road earlier. Free signup to our Expat Match ...just click ex-patriates.com now !! London Overground: MINOR DELAYS between New Cross and Dalston Junction due to an absence of train operators. MINOR DELAYS between Stratford and Clapham Junction due to faulty trains. MINOR DELAYS between Euston and Watford Junction and between Liverpool Street and Che…

Worldwide’s unique World guide

Internet discoveries for September Where you can do real South African shopping in your area. Biltong, Ouma rusks, chutney, support with finance, immigration, South African lawyers, restaurants and many more can be found on Worldwide’s World guide of South African businesses. Africola A compact, simple restaurant with a Western and African soundtrack for African-inspired vegetables, […]

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Orcas in Puget Sound

We visited the ‘American Serengeti’ that harbours one of the highest concentrations of whales, dolphins and marine life in the world, including a totem species, the orca. Because of widespread wildfires in British Columbia and elsewhere, much of the Pacific Northwest, including Seattle, was covered by a thick layer of smoke, coming throuqgh at the […]

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WEEKEND REFECTION: Love is not completely blind

The past few weeks were super exciting, informative and frustrating. As you know by now (or not), I launched my very first digital product, namely eBook 52 and digiMagazine (click here for more information). At the same time, I visited Tomas, one of my former interns and operational managers, in the city he grew up […]

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ON TUBE-OLOGY 101

The London underground (or the tube, as we plebs like to call it): Indispensable, yet detrimental to the soul. A parallel universe where only one rule applies: There are no rules. As a veteran of an estimated 7 000 journeys on this necessary evil, I have seen absolutely everything – and have gathered enough knowledge to […]

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Three medieval German treasures

by George de Bruin When one tackles Europe, there are definitely three types of attractions on your list: art museums, cathedrals and maybe a castle or two. Art museums are normally limited to the most well-known, such as the Louvre in Paris or the Rijksmuseum on Amsterdam. Neuschwanstein, Versailles and Chambord are without a doubt […]

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