London Based Transit Blogs
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 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
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
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
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
Euston station is a place one can either like, or hate. Much applauded for its modernist design and more like an airport terminal than a railway station, nowadays many people see it as an eyesore. Many begrudge the fact the
This, a tribute to the final HST services on the East Coast Main Line after forty-one years. The last ever HST into King’s Cross arrived at 15.09pm on 21st December and large crowds are in attendance to see this historic
Another post on that, erm… you know, new fangled London railway that I’ve loved writing about so much! Simply can’t get enough of it! TBH that’s not the case really. Although I had said I wasn’t doing it I decided
This weekend should have seen a big transport day for London to celebrate. A new rail line in operation from Paddington to Abbey Wood. And any prospect of this new railway opening will not happen for perhaps a year maybe
On this day fifty years ago the Queen opened the new Euston station. This embedded video (below) from You Tube shows pretty much the whole proceedings. The large stone unveiled by the Queen still stands to this day near the