Barnet roads and travel news
Barnet roads and travel news, newest first: closures, roadworks, rail changes, buses and parking, from the authorities' own notices.
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Northern line
Northern line: severe delays after Edgware branch suspension
TfL no longer lists the Camden Town to Edgware suspension. The Northern line still has severe delays, and London Buses accept Tube tickets, TfL says.
Transport
No Elizabeth Line at Tottenham Court Road on 28 and 29 November
No Elizabeth line trains from Paddington to Abbey Wood, Shenfield or Heathrow on 28 and 29 November. Paddington shuts too, so use the Piccadilly for Heathrow.
Transport
Oxford Street Traffic Free: Footfall Up 16% in Week One
Footfall rose 16% and spending 28% in Oxford Street's first traffic-free week, City Hall says. Buses ran well, TfL says, including the four from Barnet.
Transport
Night Tube Turns 10 With 12 Barnet Stations on the Route
Twelve Barnet stations are on the Night Tube, now 10 years old, and High Barnet is 33 minutes from Leicester Square at 2.41am. Checked November 2026.
Transport
Oxford Street Traffic Free: What Changes for Barnet Buses
The 13, 113, 139 and 189 from Barnet now use stops off Oxford Street's closed stretch, and the Northern line still gets you there. Checked November 2026.
Transport
Only 3.7% of Barnet Residents Live Near a Main Cycle Route
Only 3.7% of Barnet residents live within 400 metres of London's strategic cycle network, against 45.9% in Enfield. Figures checked November 2026.
London Assembly
Assembly Backs Jewish Londoners 19 to 3 in Eight Motions
The London Assembly voted 19 to 3 to stand with Jewish Londoners and 20 to 1 for Grenfell justice on 5 November. Here is what all eight motions ask for.
Roads
Barnet Road Repairs 2027: £18.8m Plan, £103m Backlog
Barnet plans £18.75m of road and pavement repairs in 2027-28, with more for footways. Fixing every worn road would cost £103m. Councillors see it on 9 November.
Transport
TfL Fare Dodger Crackdown: 24 Arrests in First Month
Plain-clothes police and TfL inspectors stopped 467 people and made 24 arrests in Operation Vector's first month. What it means at Barnet's Tube stations.
Transport
West London Orbital Named in Budget as a New Levy Target
The Budget names the Hendon-to-Hounslow West London Orbital as a line a new London business rates levy could help pay for. TfL drop-ins: Brent Cross West 3 Nov, Hendon 5 Nov.
London Assembly
Thames Bridge Hearing 3 Nov: Two Shut, Three Weight-Limited
Hammersmith and Albert bridges are shut to traffic and three more carry 18-tonne limits. The Assembly questions bridge owners at City Hall on Tuesday at 10am.
Roads
Exeter Road No Right Turn: 804 Sign Petition to End Trial
804 people signed the petition to end Barnet's peak-hour no right turn into Exeter Road, N14, which closes today. That is enough to go to a council committee. How to object by January.
Edgware
Edgware Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Edgware
Edgware roadworks: no temporary traffic orders in force within 3 km of Edgware right now. Checked every morning from the council's notices.
Finchley
Finchley Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Finchley
Finchley roadworks: Temple Fortune Lane (from 16 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Roads
Brent Cross Flyover: One Lane Each Way for Up to Two Years
The westbound A406 shuts overnight on 12 and 13 November and Hendon Way on 19 and 20 November. Work then pauses for Christmas, with seven more closures in January.
Transport
West London Orbital: Hendon to Hounslow Line Open to Comment
TfL's West London Orbital would run Overground trains from Hendon via Brent Cross West to Hounslow from around 2035. Comments close 18 November; drop-in dates.
Barnet
Barnet Christmas Travel: Tube, Thameslink and Last Trains
No Thameslink, Tube or buses on Christmas Day 2026. Last year Thameslink also ran nothing on Boxing Day and was done by 9pm on Christmas Eve. 2026 plans due Dec.
Transport
Barnet EV Charging Bays: Five to Go, Object by 15 Oct
Five on-street charging bays would go and one would move, three on Grahame Park Way. Objections close 15 October; Barnet's charger total is already falling.
Burnt Oak
Burnt Oak station works start Monday and run 474 days
Barnfield Road's one-way system is suspended from 8am on Monday 31 August for 474 days, for the step-free access build at Burnt Oak station. The council's dates contradict each other.
Parking
Barnet parking changes: 14 junctions, object by 27 August
Barnet wants double yellow lines at 14 junctions, from Denman Drive NW11 to Raydean Road EN5. Objections close on Thursday 27 August, quoting SCR724.
Transport
Barnet bus strikes: September and October dates suspended
TfL says the Arriva bus strikes set for September and October were suspended, so routes 34, 102, 221, 307 and SL1 run as normal. No new dates are listed.
Transport
No Elizabeth Line at Tottenham Court Road on 28 and 29 November
No Elizabeth line trains from Paddington to Abbey Wood, Shenfield or Heathrow on 28 and 29 November. Paddington shuts too, so use the Piccadilly for Heathrow.
Transport
Oxford Street Traffic Free: Footfall Up 16% in Week One
Footfall rose 16% and spending 28% in Oxford Street's first traffic-free week, City Hall says. Buses ran well, TfL says, including the four from Barnet.
Transport
Night Tube Turns 10 With 12 Barnet Stations on the Route
Twelve Barnet stations are on the Night Tube, now 10 years old, and High Barnet is 33 minutes from Leicester Square at 2.41am. Checked November 2026.
Transport
Oxford Street Traffic Free: What Changes for Barnet Buses
The 13, 113, 139 and 189 from Barnet now use stops off Oxford Street's closed stretch, and the Northern line still gets you there. Checked November 2026.
Transport
Only 3.7% of Barnet Residents Live Near a Main Cycle Route
Only 3.7% of Barnet residents live within 400 metres of London's strategic cycle network, against 45.9% in Enfield. Figures checked November 2026.
London Assembly
Assembly Backs Jewish Londoners 19 to 3 in Eight Motions
The London Assembly voted 19 to 3 to stand with Jewish Londoners and 20 to 1 for Grenfell justice on 5 November. Here is what all eight motions ask for.
Roads
Barnet Road Repairs 2027: £18.8m Plan, £103m Backlog
Barnet plans £18.75m of road and pavement repairs in 2027-28, with more for footways. Fixing every worn road would cost £103m. Councillors see it on 9 November.
Transport
TfL Fare Dodger Crackdown: 24 Arrests in First Month
Plain-clothes police and TfL inspectors stopped 467 people and made 24 arrests in Operation Vector's first month. What it means at Barnet's Tube stations.
Transport
West London Orbital Named in Budget as a New Levy Target
The Budget names the Hendon-to-Hounslow West London Orbital as a line a new London business rates levy could help pay for. TfL drop-ins: Brent Cross West 3 Nov, Hendon 5 Nov.
London Assembly
Thames Bridge Hearing 3 Nov: Two Shut, Three Weight-Limited
Hammersmith and Albert bridges are shut to traffic and three more carry 18-tonne limits. The Assembly questions bridge owners at City Hall on Tuesday at 10am.
Roads
Exeter Road No Right Turn: 804 Sign Petition to End Trial
804 people signed the petition to end Barnet's peak-hour no right turn into Exeter Road, N14, which closes today. That is enough to go to a council committee. How to object by January.
Edgware
Edgware Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Edgware
Edgware roadworks: no temporary traffic orders in force within 3 km of Edgware right now. Checked every morning from the council's notices.
Finchley
Finchley Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Finchley
Finchley roadworks: Temple Fortune Lane (from 16 Nov) and every other traffic order within 3 km, checked each morning with the council's notice linked.
Roads
Brent Cross Flyover: One Lane Each Way for Up to Two Years
The westbound A406 shuts overnight on 12 and 13 November and Hendon Way on 19 and 20 November. Work then pauses for Christmas, with seven more closures in January.
Transport
West London Orbital: Hendon to Hounslow Line Open to Comment
TfL's West London Orbital would run Overground trains from Hendon via Brent Cross West to Hounslow from around 2035. Comments close 18 November; drop-in dates.
Barnet
Barnet Christmas Travel: Tube, Thameslink and Last Trains
No Thameslink, Tube or buses on Christmas Day 2026. Last year Thameslink also ran nothing on Boxing Day and was done by 9pm on Christmas Eve. 2026 plans due Dec.
Transport
Barnet EV Charging Bays: Five to Go, Object by 15 Oct
Five on-street charging bays would go and one would move, three on Grahame Park Way. Objections close 15 October; Barnet's charger total is already falling.
Burnt Oak
Burnt Oak station works start Monday and run 474 days
Barnfield Road's one-way system is suspended from 8am on Monday 31 August for 474 days, for the step-free access build at Burnt Oak station. The council's dates contradict each other.
Parking
Barnet parking changes: 14 junctions, object by 27 August
Barnet wants double yellow lines at 14 junctions, from Denman Drive NW11 to Raydean Road EN5. Objections close on Thursday 27 August, quoting SCR724.
Transport
Barnet bus strikes: September and October dates suspended
TfL says the Arriva bus strikes set for September and October were suspended, so routes 34, 102, 221, 307 and SL1 run as normal. No new dates are listed.