St Pancras welcomes its first TGV – No. 951 ‘La Poste’, a postal/freight unit. The visit was both a test ad a PR exercise, carried out by freight consortium EuroCarex to demonstrate the viability of freight services through the tunnel and onto HS1 itself.
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The Shape of London’s Rail Network – a Peek Into The Past
The recently published RUS for London and the SE makes it clear that significant new investment is required to meet expected travel demand in the next few decades, and this is in addition to the …
Continue readingNew Bus Countdown Online Tracker Live
TfL appear to have begun public testing of the new online service for tracking buses via Countdown. The full list of Countdown locations was recently made available on the TfL website recently, giving an overview …
Continue readingNew Pudding Mill DLR Station Approved
Newham’s Strategic Development Committee have approved the plans for the new DLR station at Pudding Mill Lane. The Current Pudding Mill Lane, which opened in 1996, sits across the site of one of Crossrail’s tunnel …
Continue readingLast 67 Stock Service Tomorrow
For those interested, the 30th June will see the last run of 67 Stock in passenger service on the Victoria Line. Train number 247 will operate the service, which is currently planned to be: 15:52 …
Continue readingThe Transport Committee: The State of the Underground
Yesterday saw Mike Brown, Managing Director of London Underground and Isabel Dedring, the new Deputy Mayor (Transport) appear in front of the London Assembly’s Transport Committee. The two-and-a-half hour session looked to explore the current …
Continue readingA Quick Apology
Unfortunately non-rail-related elements of my life have kept me away from the (obviously) far more important rail related bits for the last week or so. Things are looking more normal now, and regular service should …
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Essex Railways in Victorian Times (Upminster, Essex) Sat 11th Dec 2:15pm An Illustrated Talk by Adrian Wright. Steam Trains in North London and West London Sat 11th Dec 60163 Tornado – the UK’s newest steam …
Continue readingIn Video: Epping to Ongar,
Apropos of nothing other than perhaps the fact that its Friday, below is footage shot on the last day of Central Line service between Epping and Ongar back in 1994 (with 3-car 1960 stock running). …
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Below is a short summary of events that may be of interest to readers this month. Vintage Cars on display on Regents Street Sat 6th Nov 11am-3pm The day before the famous London to Brighton …
Continue readingReopening of the North London Line
With the East London Line up and running, here’s an update on the reopening of the North London Line from the Barking-Gospel Oak Line User Group… The running lines were handed back at about 18:00 …
Continue readingMayor’s Question Time, May 2010 – Part Three: On The Buses
(Editor’s note: selected questions and answers only, and some have been edited for brevity. If any notable questions are missing let me know via the comments and I’ll update.) In this post: Those new buses. …
Continue readingEast London Line – open for business
The East London Line is fully open for business this Sunday (23 May), following a month’s preview of the Dalston Junction to New Cross Gate section. The full service takes in New Cross, West Croydon …
Continue readingLike Cliff But Without the RT
This is just a short announcement to let you all know that London Reconnections may be a little post-light for the next two weeks. This is because summer holiday time is upon us, and Mrs …
Continue readingThe ELL Preview Service Is Now Running
I can confirm this because I am currrently on it.
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