With the Overground, Crossrail and the London Underground upgrades having dominated the Capital’s transport scene, it’s easy to forget that the next few years will see major changes for its surface terminals as well. We start our look at London’s Terminals with Kings Cross, where a major redevelopment project that arguably started almost fifteen years ago is now close to completion. It is a project that will reach an important milestone on Monday 18th March, when the new Western Concourse will officially open to passengers for the first time.
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Focusing On Kings Cross
Whilst the coming work at London Bridge may have been drawing our eye lately there is, of course, a major station project underway well north of the river as well – the redevelopment of Kings …
Continue readingLooking North: The Future of Kings Cross and Moorgate
The next stop in our random jaunt around the latest RUS is King’s Cross and the line from Finsbury Park to Moorgate. Historically King’s Cross has had to deal with a lot of terminating trains …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Sinking Shafts at Kings Cross
With the scale of works such as Crossrail and the high-technology and machinery involved, it’s easy to forget that working on the Undergound sometimes requires a different approach. Both maintenance and new-build work on the …
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