London’s first purpose built coach station for demolition
London’s first ever purpose built coach station will soon face the wrath of the rubble merchants – their task will…
Victoria tube station – construction & upgrade
Continuing the series of comprehensive posts on the history of the Victoria Line – the new sixties tube was originally…
The HEX Class 332s bow out…
The Class 332s have gone forever. The last of the class has now made its way from London to Newport…
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…
Sixty years since the last train to Cwm Prysor #2
The second part of the ‘Sixty years since the last train to Cwm Prysor’ feature. Previously it had been mentioned…
Virgin Hyperloop gets serious!
Hyperloop, the futuristic new transport system we’re all waiting for has just taken a hugely interesting turn. A paradigm shift…
The West Clare’s modernisation era
Ireland’s narrow gauge lines were pioneers in the use of modern traction despite a general notion they were anachronisms. These…
Sixty years since the last train to Cwm Prysor
You know how we Brits bang on about our ‘fantastic railway summits’ being at Ais Gil or Drummochter but in…
The Southwold Railway #2
The Southwold Railway – England’s premier three foot narrow gauge passenger line! This quirky little railway was in service for…
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…