Amersham Station, at the western ends of the Metropolitan Line, has gained step-free access after a new lift shaft and walkway opened to the public.
The government is to be asked to reconsider funding the dormant Croxley Rail link extension to the Metropolitan line in Watford, as part of its plans to support “shovel ready” projects.
This weekend (11th-12th Jan) is a chance to ride a short stretch of London Underground track that’s not often used.
London Underground has warned that there will be fewer trains on the Metropolitan line next week, while a new signalling system is introduced.
A relief from the prices that steam trains have to charge for trips, as a 1950s vintage trains offers affordable runs along part of the Metropolitan line in September.
A host of vintage tube and steam trains are set to return to the London Underground’s Metropolitan line in September for a weekend event.
A weekend in September will see steam trains return to the Metropolitan line as part of Amersham’s heritage weekend.
London Underground has confirmed that plans are in place to start construction work on the extension of the Metropolitan line next year, with the aim of completing the new link in 2020.
Combine steam train travel and tea and cake on the Metropolitan line for a late summer treat.
On the 1st November, 1884, a tube station changed its name, and in doing so became the shortest lived tube station to bear the name it once had.
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.
One of London Underground’s rarest and best preserved signal boxes has been given a Grade II listed status today as a result of a joint English Heritage and Network Rail project to safeguard railway signalling heritage.
As we edge ever closer to the 150th anniversary of the opening of the world’s first underground railway which is now just a couple of weeks away, it might be interesting to review of the newspaper reports about how the construction of the railway progressed up to that momentous date.
Last year, I wrote that London Underground were planning to run a steam train along the underground network as part of its 150th anniversary. Turns out I was right about the plans, if not entirely correct about the route. Well,…
Yesterday, the last of the 50-year old Metropolitan Line trains made its final public trips along the railways, and like an awful lot of people, I took a short trip to say farewell to the old timer. I was going…
