21 January 2026
A statement by the rail minister published this month reveals that the project to make Palmers Green station accessible has been indefinitely deferred because of the cost of installing lifts and the disruption it would cause. A key criterion for future station accessibility projects will be the availability of third-party funding.
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02 January 2026
Ahead of Southgate Station being made exit-only for more than two months to enable repairs to one of the escalators, a petition has been launched requesting that the temporary arrangement be modified so that people who commute from Southgate will be able to use the station when travelling both to and from work.
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19 March 2025
On Sunday Wood Green Vintage Bus Running Day will provide an opportunity to ride preserved buses and former routes.
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06 January 2025
There will be frequency enhancements to local bus services 121, 329, W6 and W4 beginning next week or on 1st February. The biggest improvements will be to the W6 evening service.
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05 August 2024
New operators are beginning to fill the sudden gaps in local bus services that arose following the announcement on Friday by Sullivan Buses that it would cease operating routes under contract to Transport for London (TfL) that same evening. Of the eight routes affected, four run through or very close to Palmers Green: the W9, 299, 298 and 217.
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08 September 2023
The proposed 'Superloop' express bus linking Walthamstow to North Finchley via Palmers Green is to go ahead, with some new stops added. The frequency of the 34 bus in the evenings will not be reduced, as originally proposed.
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26 July 2023
The Assembly Member for Enfield and Haringey, Joanne McCartney, has called for additional stops along the proposed Superloop express bus service route which would pass through Palmers Green en route from Walthamstow to Finchley. She has also passed on constituents' requests to reinstate the weekend night service on the 34.
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14 June 2023
Transport for London has launched a consultation about a proposed express bus service running through Palmers Green - part of its plan to create a 'Superloop' of fast bus services around the capital.
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08 June 2023
Up to four days of strikes by drivers employed by Arriva London North are set to disrupt bus travel in Palmers Green and throughout north London this month. All main routes serving Palmers Green will be affected.
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24 May 2023
Dave Cockle from the Enfield Society has been assiduously attempting to winkle out information from Network Rail about the Palmers Green Access for All project to provide lifts at the station. Last week he eventually received some 'notes on general progress'.
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05 April 2023
A call for devolution of suburban rail services was supported by all London Assembly members except Conservatives but has been rejected by ministers. Enfield & Haringey AM Joanne McCartney called service levels on the Great Northern Metro 'not acceptable'.
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10 October 2022
Healthwatch Enfield is recruiting volunteer communication assistants to help raise public awareness of its work. Volunteers should be able to commit to being available at least one day a week.
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31 August 2022
Eagle-eyed readers who've gone past or into our local station since Monday will have noticed new signage over the door: 'Palmers Green' has become Palmer's with an apostrophe Green. Go down the stairs and onto the platform and more changes will be revealed, many incoporating the distinctive orange logo of the American company Palmer's, whose skincare products are mainly based on cocoa butter or coconut oil. So what's this all about? Will it make the train service run more smoothly?
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15 May 2022
The results of research into how passengers feel about train services in the capital show dissatisfaction with fare levels, crowding and other aspects of services. A significant finding is that two thirds of passengers say that cuts to services would mean that they would be less likely to use trains. Perhaps people travelling (or no longer travelling) on Great Northern Metro services through Palmers Green are being used as guinea pigs to test out what happens when services are reduced to pre-1970s frequencies?
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18 February 2022
Timetable changes to Great Northern services from Saturday 21st February will introduce more Monday-to-Friday peak hours trains through Palmers Green, but off-peak frequency remains two an hour. The company's community engagement officer has said that future services will depend on what's affordable to run once we establish what the 'new world' of travel looks like.
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08 February 2022
This week is Sexual Abuse and Violence Awareness Week. London Travelwatch has issued advice on how other passengers can help if they see someone on a train or bus being harrassed.
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07 February 2022
Two new morning peak trains from Gordon Hill to Moorgate were introduced on Monday to ease overcrowding. A new timetable with an improved peak hours service comes into effect on 21st January.
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31 January 2022
A crowdfunder has been launched to support the legal costs of a campaign to prevent the government awarding a new six-year contract to Govia Thameslink Railway to run Great Northern, Thameslink and Southern Rail services.
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