London Based Blogging
The last time Oxford Circus tube station was upgraded was more than fifty years ago, when the Victoria Line was built! The statement this week concerning new tube entrances at Oxford Circus station seems to hint that some form of
Four inclined lifts would be provided for Crossrail (Elizabeth Line) as is publicly known but did you know there were more? Some stations actually had temporary inclined lifts built for construction purposes, even though those spaces would later be used
That darned canal aqueduct at King’s Cross is a major factor why the railway layout at this prestige London railway terminus has problems. Its not just that, there’s also the Camden sewer which also caused problems too by being right
You’ve read the Waterloo & City reopened 7 June 2021. What isn’t reported is it reopened on Friday 4 June! Even TfL seemed unsure the W&C had opened that day! Never mind the heat surrounding today’s announcement here’s some threads
The upgrade at Ealing Broadway is largely completed although not by a great deal. It has however enabled the new part of the station to be opened. There’s work yet to do including the station frontage and signage and tidying
Great British Railways is on the way! Its basically a re-nationalisation of the railways (to some sort of extent based on the TfL model where individual companies manage the various transport systems TfL requires as part of the day to
Sir Roundlington is a name you’ve probably never heard of. He was supposed to be a new TfL mascot, but he didn’t make the cut. Other examples of short-lived mascots include Wilfred the bunny, who failed to make the cut
Here are some views of the new Crossrail/Elizabeth Line station at Paddington all lit up. It looks quite nice! These pictures were taken just after 9pm at night. I increased the light input to bring out the details better, however
For the first time the Elizabeth Line station at Paddington can be seen. Not the bits at street level I’ve discussed this past few weeks but rather part of the actual station itself! As a bonus one can now stand
This is one of the units from the Island Line. The cost? ‘An eye watering price of £32,000’ says the Isle of Wight County Press! Someone claimed it wouldn’t be anything more than ‘an expensive shed.’ Another quipped ‘it won’t