Hyde Park Now – London Based Blogging

A Week in the Life of a New Tube Station

September 25, 2021September 25, 2021 paarlsquare

The Northern Line Extension to Nine Elms and Battersea opened just before 5.30 a.m. on September 20, 2021, with dozens of well-wishers eager to experience the first-ever public service from Battersea Power Station to Kennington. A few hours later, both

Northern Line Extension not the first this century!

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 paarlsquare

The headlines and social media have been shouting out some questionable facts ever since TfL announced the opening of the new Northern Line Extension on 20th September 2021. Most admirable among these claims are a number made which are wrong

4G on the tube

August 29, 2021 paarlsquare

The recent introduction of 4G on the Jubilee Line took people by surprise. I’m sure few realise it exists though this was quite well publicized at the time. There’s extremely fast speed to be gained from the section between North

A Whitechapel station detour

August 25, 2021 paarlsquare

The long awaited Crossrail/Elizabeth Line/London Underground/London Overground interchange at Whitechapel opened on 23 August 2021. The station has ten lifts in total. Seven of those are public service ones, whilst one is an emergency service lift that goes down to

CGL (City, Greenwich & Lewisham) Rail

August 16, 2021September 25, 2021 paarlsquare

In London this year, well, just a couple of months ago, a major railway event passed with little notice. It involved a railway company closing (if that’s the right word) and being taken over by another, lock, stock, and barrel.

Crossrail’s Trial Operations conundrum…

August 9, 2021September 24, 2021 paarlsquare

When it was indicated that Crossrail had said their Trial Operations stage (SC2) depended on Bond Street being ready, I wondered what the full actuality of this meant (this being a brief discussion between me and another on social media.)

London Bus Photos – Route 8a, 35 & 37

July 25, 2021September 24, 2021 paarlsquare

Route 8a – Old Ford to London Bridge; Route 35 – Clapton Pond to Clapham Common; Route 37 – Hounslow to Peckham This summer, thirty-five years ago, the London bus routes 8a, 35, and 37 were converted to one-person operation.

The new Moorgate station – accessibility

July 13, 2021September 25, 2021 paarlsquare

The new Moorgate entrance hall/ticketing areas, which are part of the Crossrail/Elizabeth Line construction process, opened earlier this week, and many have been extolling the newly available disability access here as well as the station in general (which I wrote

Moorgate station’s new entrance opens!

July 7, 2021 paarlsquare

The new Elizabeth Line (also combined Great Northern and London Underground) entrance at Moorgate opened nearly three years late on Monday, July 5, 2021! The new facility is exciting because it introduces new features not previously seen on the tube.

London’s cutest signal gantry?

July 4, 2021 paarlsquare

As an aside to London’s unique concrete signal gantries which I’ve written about a couple of times, here’s one steel gantry that defied attempts to build it in the style of many others seen on the mainline out of Waterloo!