Architecture

International shields at the Halls of Residence, Bloomsbury.

There are many coat of arms on the walls of this building, these are the representative shields of each country…

The Post Office Tower

Today is the anniversary of the topping out of the BT (or Telecom) Tower and for some its still known…

Euston HS2 #8

Being the second part on how Euston got a new tube entrance. This post features the actual work to build…

Tower Bridge: one thro' five

Tower Bridge’s one-two-five (125th) anniversary is upon us and this post discusses the bridge’s ‘one thro’ five’ – a subject…

Euston HS2 #7

Being the one about Euston’s new tube entrance and its a special two-part article. The entrance has been open nearly…

Hammersmith High Line

Hammersmith’s high line – that bit of viaduct in the centre of the town left over from the number of…

Snowdon's Hafod Eryri 10 years

Wales’ so called ‘highest slum’ – the old Snowdon summit building – was replaced in 2009 with a brand new…

Daimen Hirst rides London's Tide!

In the light of attitudes by the Greenwich Peninsula management and their security, I have withdrawn this post and instead…

Blackpool tower at 125

Britain’s answer to the Eiffel Tower and only five years younger, is the famous tower at Blackpool, for many decades…

London's JFK statue – update

I wrote about the vandalisation of London’s one and only memorial to the former US President John F Kennedy. The…

Crossrail: Its just been announced the line is expected to open between Paddington and Abbey Wood in the summer of 2021. There’s no mention of the Abbey Wood – Heathrow bit that was mentioned at the TfL / GLA committee meeting nor the other dates, described as ‘pessimistic’ were mentioned. Heathrow & Shenfield will be in May 2022. As I wrote, Mike Brown had warned those other dates/information wasn’t iron-cast. Standard.

@elizabethline services through central London expected to commence in summer 2021 – intensive operational testing of the railway will commence later this year#Crossrail press statement in full here: https://t.co/Whua0KTQAj pic.twitter.com/dpoqKcSpKL

— Crossrail Project (@Crossrail) January 10, 2020

Also today is the 157th anniversary of the Metropolitan Railway opening:

Happy anniversary to the Tube which officially opened to the public today in 1863! ✂️🎀 pic.twitter.com/t63iWSKMzQ

— Transport for London (@TfL) January 10, 2020

alondonblogger on Stages 1/2 CBTC up and running!: “Oh its everywhere! Even the Jubilee/Victoria which ideally should be entirely flat bottomed rail!” Jan 19, 18:26
mike durell on Stages 1/2 CBTC up and running!: “Suprised that there's still that awful bullhead rail at E R .” Jan 19, 16:43
CJ on Old tube station reveals itself!: “The old footbridge is lit as it’s both an area for the cleaners equipment and a storeroom. (On the picture…” Jan 19, 11:40
Westville13 on Whatever happened to Brunel’s bridge?: “Fascinated to see this as I was working at English Heritage at the time and visited the bridge with Steven…” Jan 17, 20:13
alondonblogger on Old tube station reveals itself!: “Probably lit to facilitate access to the substation (assume its accessed via the green door on the South Acton platform.)” Jan 12, 21:35
mike durell on Old tube station reveals itself!: “I noticed that the footbridge and stairs seem to be fully lit with flourescent lamps. Is there a reason for…” Jan 12, 21:19