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£300M Bond Street Upgrade Contract Awarded
Bond Street station, at the heart of London’s West End, is due to have a costly upgrade, with main work starting from 2011, and is due to be finished before the arrival of Crossrail in …
Continue readingIn Pictures: the 1927 London Underground Map
London Underground map, by F H Stingemore, 1927 London Underground (or rather “Underground Railways of London”) issued small card folder maps in the 1920s prior to the diagrammatic map designed by Beck in the 1930s. …
Continue readingNot Messing About On The River
One of the disappointments of the Olympic’s construction phase has been the failure to spark a revival of water borne freight promised by the works on the Bow Back River and the River Lea. However, …
Continue readingIn Pictures: The S Stock Debut
The S Stock entered passenger service unofficially on Saturday and more officially yesterday on the Metropolitan line. It is currently being used on some services between Wembley Park and Watford, although the exact times of …
Continue readingThameslink Signalling Awarded
Network Rail has announced the award of the, £32 million, Thameslink core area resignalling contract to Invensys Rail. The project is designed to provide a significant increase in route capacity, allowing 24 trains per hour …
Continue readingThe Victoria Line: Bathtubs and Breakdowns
Those travelling on the Victoria Line over recent weeks will have noticed that the line has experienced more than its regular share of disruption. Both the Evening Standard and the BBC have covered the issues …
Continue readingProject Evergreen – Planning Consent secured for Northolt Junction
Our thanks and copyright acknowledgements to Richard Marks for this “Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness” view of Northolt Junction taken in 2009 looking south from South Ruislip station. The facing point to the left, with the …
Continue readingThe Status of the Jubilee Line Upgrades
Yesterday saw a Special Board Meeting at TfL. The key item on the agenda was a report on the current status of the Jubilee Line Upgrades. The papers for this can now be found online …
Continue readingAn Electric City
A recurring topic at Mayor’s Question Time is the Quality of London’s Air. The threat of EU penalties hangs over the City as a result of the failure to meet emissions standards. London Assembly member, …
Continue readingThe Bigger Picture. – Out of Town relief in sight for the NLL
The Secretary of State for Transport has approved Network Rail’s Nuneaton North chord application. Our thanks and copyright acknowledgements to Flickrist – Stephen Rees for his picture of a Felixstowe bound Freightliner emerging from the …
Continue readingSt Mary’s On the BBC
The BBC have a couple of short profiles of St Mary’s station up on their website. The station featured in last night’s episode of The London Nobody Knows (which can be found on iPlayer here) …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Thames Cable Car
Following on from Mwmbwls’ earlier piece, below is a better image of the currently anticipated route, and a very early concept image (which obviously may bear no relation to any actual design).
Continue readingBrioche et circenses? The Thames Cable Car
The Mayor, an erudite and eclectic author, is no doubt familiar with the context of remarks made by both Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Juvenal. “S’ils n’ont plus de pain, qu’ils mangent de la brioche” – Jean-Jacques …
Continue readingNew Standard Moquette Unveiled
TfL have revealed details of the new standardised Moquette for the Underground. The design, winner of an open competition that was announced last year, was produced by WallaceSewell – a firm with form for Moquette …
Continue readingWest Ashfield: Models Great and Small
Deep in West Kensington lies Lillie Bridge Depot, first used to stable Metropolitan and District Trains in 1905 and then by Piccadilly Line trains until its closure in 1932. Today the depot serves as an …
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