BR, LT, and decimalisation 1971
This weekend fifty years ago both British Railways and London Transport began a major task in their ticket offices and…
The Tokyo to Osaka Line: A history #3
The third instalment in this comprehensive series on the origins of the Shinkasen! We begin with the notion the new…
Trieste’s famous tram stays closed
The Opicina tram – the world’s only tramway of its kind and located in Trieste, Northern Italy, has been shut…
Hyde Park Now’s unpublished fashion photography!
Some more stuff for the blog’s 1000th post anniversary! These are from my college diploma blogs and were never exported…
Hyde Park Now’s 1000 posts – & some unpublished stuff!
The ‘Sixty years since the last train to Cwm Prysor’ post was the 1000th post on Hyde Park Now! Previously…
The new tube maps (Dec 2020/Jan 2021)
The long awaited new pocket tube map first announced in December 2020 (and in fact introduced in two different versions…
Trains no more across the River Taw #5
The final part of the online guide to the Barnstaple & Ilfracombe Railway. This is the final section of the…
That Geoff M Isle of Wight video…
How shall I begin this…? A special post on the Isle of Wight railways was written in conjunction with the…
Heathrow disconnects its Class 360s
The train services which were known as the ‘Heathrow Connect’ operation ended in September 2020. The units on these services,…
Longest London tube videos #2
The second part of the London Underground longest drivers eye videos. I know ‘long’ in terms of the UK is…
Trains no more across the River Taw #4
The third part of the online guide to the Ilfracombe railway. This takes us from Georgeham Gates to Willingcott, near…
Longest London tube videos #1
In the tradition in which I did the other long rail videos – done during the first corona lockdown of…