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Hampstead tube building at Euston to be moved…

October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 paarlsquare

The Charing Cross Euston and Hampstead (aka the Hampstead Tube) station building on the corner of Drummond and Melton Street will not be demolished, but rather relocated, according to what I gather (if it isn’t just a hearsay or something

A Week in the Life of a New Tube Station #5

October 7, 2021October 7, 2021 paarlsquare

Did you know that the new Battersea Power tube station will be significantly larger in a few years? What is visible now is only the beginning. There will be a second entrance to the station, which will include a lift

A Week in the Life of a New Tube Station #4

October 2, 2021October 7, 2021 paarlsquare

A bonus post! Well not actually! Unknown to me, the Northern Line to Battersea Power Station was shut most of the morning on the Thursday due to flooding at Kennington. The reason for closing the new extension as because its

A Week in the Life of a New Tube Station #3

September 29, 2021October 2, 2021 paarlsquare

Tuesday 21st September 2021. Those who have been to the new tube station at Battersea Power Station cannot have missed the landscaped areas outside the station itself. Its understood this landscaped area will grow in size once the surrounding development

A Week in the Life of a New Tube Station #2

September 27, 2021September 29, 2021 paarlsquare

This covers the afternoon on the first day of the Northern Line Extension’s opening (20th September 2021.) Originally I had no intention of doing a series of pictures but thanks to my morning visit being cut short, I vowed to

A Week in the Life of a New Tube Station

September 25, 2021September 28, 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.