The apple of London Transport's eyne,
The Waterloo and City Line,
Shuttles from here to Bank.
A very long name for
Such a small train, so
most of the time
it's just known
as the
Drain.
Good morning, London! The time is exactly ten minutes to eight and you're listening to the Breakfast Show on fabulous London FM, the pulse of the greatest city on Earth. It's a beautiful day out there, the sun's shining, the sky's clear, and we're looking at highs today of over twenty degrees Celsius, that's about seventy Fahrenheit. So get up, get moving, and get started - it's shaping up to be a great day to be a Londoner. We've got the new Oasis single coming up in a couple of minutes along with your chance to win ten thousand pounds on the Disco Dilemma, but before that on this perfect morning, here's an update on the travel from Sally.
Thanks, Ken. Starting with the good news, traffic inbound on the Westway's flowing fairly smoothly this morning. Not too many tailbacks, although things are of course slow around Hanger Lane and coming off the M40. Apart from that there's congestion, some of it severe, on all major routes into the City with particular problems around the east end of the North Circular and the Dartford Crossing. Due to the hot weather tempers are fraying on the roads and the Department of the Environment have issued a smog alert for Central London, so be extra careful out there and allow extra time for your journey. Finally, there are no major problems on the railways although Bank station is closed after an earlier security alert and is likely to remain so for another hour or two. There's also slow running on the Piccadilly Line due to signal problems at Acton. Another update in half an hour.