The Time Out London blog team

It’s strange to think that just four years ago, Superloop buses weren’t a thing. Now there are 11 different rapid bus services offering Londoners speedy travel around the outer edges in the city. And there are even more on the way. The SL12 is set to launch later this year, and now TfL has confirmed that a Superloop service for northeast London been given the green light. The SL14 has been officially approved and will be up and running in 2027. The route will travel between Stratford and Chingford via Leyton and Walthamstow. Londoners will be able to make use of it seven days a week from around 5am until 12.30am –it’ll run every 12 minutes during the day from Monday to Saturday and every 15 minutes during evenings, Sundays, and early weekday mornings. Just like every other Superloop route, it’ll use double-decker buses decked out with USB ports.  The approval follows a public consultation that ran at the end of last year. According to TfL, 83 percent of respondents said that the SL14 would be more convenient for them that existing routes and 81 percent agreed that it would speed up journey times.  When the new route launches, there’ll be changes to the current D8 service that runs between Crossharbour and Stratford Bus Station. It will be be diverted to terminate at Stratford City Bus Station, closer to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Westfield Stratford City. If all goes according to plan, TfL will also launch the SL13 between Ealing Broadway and the SL15 between Clapham...

Famous for its signature chicken, waffle fries and natural lemonade, American fast-food chain Chick-fil-A opened its first in a new bout of British locations in Belfast in January 2025. Now, the chain is testing waters in the Big Smoke with a first restaurant in London – and it opens this week. The new Chick-fil-A branch will open in London’s far southwest: Kingston-upon-Thames. Located at 90 Eden Street – in what was formerly an HSBC bank – Chick-fil-A's Kingston outpost will be its fourth UK opening. The official opening date has been confirmed for Thursday March 5, after which it’ll be open Monday-Saturday, 10am-10pm. Kingstonians can expect all Chick-fil-A’s classic menu items at the new location, like the chicken sandwich, grilled nuggets, iced tea and dipping sauces. The chain is famous for its queues, too, which are known to trail well out the door at peak times.  Chick-fil-A is currently in the midst of its second attempt to break into the UK chicken market. Back in 2019 the chain opened locations in Reading and Aviemore, Scotland, but they were met with backlash and a campaign by LGBTQ+ activists. The company’s charity arm has a controversial history of donating to organisations that activists judged to be hostile to LGBTQ+ rights, while the then-CEO made public statements opposing same-sex marriage. Both the Reading and Aviemore locations’ six-month leases were not extended. You can find out all about the controversy here.  However, it’s worth noting that...

Regular users of Liverpool Street Station, here’s some essential news: the City of London travel hub will be hit by massive closures this month.  Network Rail has revealed plans for an entire month’s worth of major disruption at ’Pool Street, which will impact all routes and services to and from the station. The good-ish news is that the works won’t impact weekday commuters, as the disruption is scheduled for weekends. In total, Liverpool Street’s mainline station will shut for five days, during which its concourse will also be closed. The closures will impact Elizabeth line, London Overground and National Rail services, including Greater Anglia and c2c. Network Rail says the disruption will enable ‘vital maintenance, renewals and repairs’ to be undertaken – but what specifically is being done to Liverpool Street during the closures? Well, at the station itself engineers will improve roof drainage. Elsewhere, works will focus on stuff like track drainage and maintenance, as well as vegetation management and litter clearance along railway lines. There will also be works at a bunch of stations served by Liverpool Street trains, including Stratford.   London Liverpool Street station closures in March 2026 Disruption-wise, here are the weekends you need to watch out for at Liverpool Street this month. March 15: whole station closure London Overground services will instead run from London Fields Elizabeth line services will be running, though no access to the main concourse ...