London’s weekly railway news #32
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news...
Jan
17
2014
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Transport News - Archive Articles
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Some posters advertising -- or warning -- about the fares rise have been going up (like the fares) around the transport network over the past week or so.
Jan
15
2014
Crossrail to demolish North Woolwich Railway Station
Within the next week or two, Crossrail will sweep away the long abandoned railway station that once marked the terminus of the North London Line railway.
Jan
14
2014
150th anniversary of Charing Cross Railway Station
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the grand -- well, actually not so grand -- opening of London Charing Cross railway station.
Jan
11
2014
London Underground’s transparent escalator
Of the many oddities that can be found on the London Underground, one of the more curious has to be the see-through escalator.
Jan
04
2014
The short-lived experiment with rubber tires on railways
For all their design innovations, railways still retain one fundamental weakness -- they put metal wheels onto metal tracks.
Dec
15
2013
25th anniversary of the Clapham Junction rail crash
At 8:10am on the 12th December 1988, three trains crashed into each other just outside Clapham Junction leading to 35 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
Dec
12
2013
A look at London’s tube and rail upgrade plans
The periodic board meeting minutes at TfL have been published, and amongst all the words and pictures some useful nuggets sometimes emerge.
Dec
05
2013
A look around the London Overground upgrade project
Over the next year, people using the London Overground will start to see changes, as the line prepares for a 25% capacity upgrade.
Dec
02
2013
100th Anniversary of the Bakerloo Line Extension
One hundred years ago today, the process of linking up the tube railway with the city's main termini was completed with the extension of the Bakerloo Line to Paddington Station.
Dec
01
2013
Vote for your favourite DLR train design
An email from the DLR says I can vote for one of three designs that will be used following a revamp of the trains.
Nov
27
2013
Photos – inside the Crossrail station at Canary Wharf
A third visit to the Crossrail Station at Canary Wharf to see what has changed since the last time I was there. The main difference is that the above ground shopping centre is now progressing, and the visually distinctive roof garden is now getting the larch-wood structure applied.
Nov
26
2013
Tube trains to run 24 hours at weekends
London Underground has announced a number of radical changes to how the service will work, some will be welcomed, some probably opposed, and in all likelihood, some will not even be noticed.
Nov
21
2013
100th anniversary of Merton Bus Garage
One hundred and two years ago, the London General Omnibus Company stopped using horses to draw its buses around the city, and a couple of years later, opened a brand new bus garage to cope with demand for its petrol based vehicles.
Nov
17
2013
80th anniversary of Northwood Hills tube station
Happy Birthday to Northwood Hills tube station -- 80 years young today. If you use the station, do take time to look in the window of a local restaurant, as you might see a birthday cake in there, as one has been bought by the station staff.
Nov
13
2013
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