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Recent Blog Posts
- Goodbye Russett
- The British Library explores the dark arts of Propaganda
- A look around an empty office block in Victoria
- Steam trains to run along part of the Central Line in June
- How to get tickets to the 2013 Last Night of the Proms
- A few Crossrail construction site photos
- Public Tours of HMS Illustrious Next Weekend
- Tom Daley’s swimming trunks become a Museum artefact
- Cyclists wanted to test “Dutch Roundabouts”
- Thoughts about the Acid on the Jubilee Line
transport issues Archive
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Steam trains to run along part of the Central Line in June
Posted on May 11, 2013 | 2 CommentsTickets for another of the London Underground's 150th anniversary events have just gone on sale, and include some pretty decent prices for trips in a luxuriously restored Victorian steam carriage. -
A few Crossrail construction site photos
Posted on May 4, 2013 | 3 CommentsJust a few photos taken the other day when out rambling last week. -
Roman remains found by new entrance to Bank Tube Station
Posted on April 9, 2013 | 11 CommentsA huge construction site near Bank Tube station is preparing the way for a new tube station entrance to be built -- oh, and a very large office block, oh, and it sits in a major archaeological location. -
London Underground to run a Steam Train again in May
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 1 CommentThere are some chanced to take trips on a vintage tube train and a steam train next month, and tickets go on sale today for trips on a steam train. -
Take a ride on one of London’s Miniature Steam Trains
Posted on March 30, 2013 | 6 CommentsWe al love a steam train, and while the big beasts make occasional weekend trips though the city, there are a surprisingly large number of miniature steam trains chugging around parts of the city as well. -
Blue Plaque Unveiled for Tube Map Pioneer
Posted on March 25, 2013 | 14 CommentsEarlier today a new blue plaque was unveiled by English Heritage, which has a very specific and rare difference from all the other plaques they have installed on the sides of buildings. -
Photos from inside the Woolwich Crossrail Station
Posted on February 27, 2013 | 4 CommentsA short walk from the mainline and DLR stations in Woolwich, a vast concrete box has been constructed underground -- as the future Crossrail station for the area -- and on the completion of the box, a short open-day was held to show off the cavernous structure to the public. -
The Connaught Tunnel – then and now
Posted on February 21, 2013 | 3 CommentsIn about 4-6 weeks time, one of the more interesting parts of the Crossrail project will make a significant move forward as part of the Royal Docks is drained to reveal the top of a Victorian railway tunnel for the first time in nearly 80 years. -
Baker Street Underground Station made out of Lego
Posted on January 15, 2013 | 6 CommentsTo mark the 150th anniversary of the London Underground, what could be more fitting that to recreate the famous Baker Street Station from Lego? Well, lots of things probably, but this blog post is about Lego. -
Steam trains return to the London Underground after a 50 year absence
Posted on January 14, 2013 | 3 CommentsYesterday, for the first time in over 50 years, passengers were hauled by the raw undiluted force of coal and water once again.