Catch a Routemaster bus to the Crossness pumping station

The Victorian pumping station at Crossness in southeast London will be easier to visit for the next few months, as they're laying on a Routemaster bus shuttle service.

Crossness’s Victorian pumping station resumes steaming this month

The Victorian steam powered pumping station at Crossness in south London will resume steam operations later this month for the first time in several years.

Fundraising to repair South London’s narrow-gauge railway

A narrow gauge railway in southeast London is fundraising to secure the future of its main locomotive after it suffered a major mechanical breakdown.

Crossness steam pumping museum reopening

The Victorian steam pumping museum at Crossness in southeast London has confirmed its reopening details, and tickets are now on sale.

Help complete a narrow gauge railway for South London

A few years ago a dream was announced, to create a narrow gauge railway in South London for visitors to the Victorian steam engines at Crossness.

Ride a new “steam train” in South London

South London's newest steam train will start to carry its first passengers from next week.

Tickets Alert: A light, smoke and sound display at Crossness

The Victorian sewage pumping station at Crossness is to get a very modern art installation next month -- for just three days.

Crossness – a Victorian “Cathedral of Sewage” reopens this weekend

One of Victorian engineering's great marvels - the steam powered sewage pumping station at Crossness reopens to the public on Sunday.

Steam train for South-East London secures funding

A steam train service is coming to South-East London after the organisers secured the necessary funding to complete a new railway line.

Crossness Pumping Station saved — reopens in 2019

The magnificent Victorian pumping station at Crossness that had to close suddenly earlier this year has secured its future after raising nearly £500,000.

Support a new steam railway for South-East London

A new narrow gauge steam railway is being built in South-East London to bring visitors on a scenic trip to the Victorian pumping station at Crossness.

New light railway approved for South-East London

A new heritage railway has been granted planning permission, and could make visits to the Crossness steam pumping museum a lot more convenient.

A new heritage railway for South-East London

There could be a new heritage railway built in South-East London, if plans by the Crossness steam pumping station are realised.

Open House – Bazalgette’s Western Pumping Station

Regular users of Victoria mainline train station may have noticed the presence of a tall brick chimney on the western side of the train tracks next to the river and maybe pondered its function. It is indeed a chimney –…

Visiting the Markfield Beam Engine

After a few years of restoration work, a Victorian steam pumping station was brought back into life late last year, and today was one of the periodic steaming days where the engine is powered up and surrounded by wreaths of…

Crossness on The Victorians

Over the past few weeks, my Sunday evenings have been delighted by the presence of Jeremy Paxman presenting a TV series on The Victorians, looking at the history of that era through the art it inspired. Wonderful stuff and more…