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KX/LNER: A celebration of anniversaries
King’s Cross station had its 170th anniversary and then both KX/LNER celebrated the Flying Scotsman’s anniversary, then LNER’s 100th anniversary – well sort of as…
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Yup its Pompeii! Rail 2000 #2
One might have thought Yup its Pompeii! Celebrating Rail 2000 had been written in jest, for there are no railways to be found two thousands…
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London Underground’s longest advert?
Huge advertising currently to be seen at Oxford Circus station has to be a contender for the longest advert ever featured on London’s tube system!…
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Knightsbridge tube’s final weekend
This is the final weekend (commencing 26th April 2025) of Knightsbridge tube station as a facility that offers access to its platforms solely by way…
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Railways and canal tunnels #4
In writing about railways and canal tunnels one might perhaps wonder why railways and canals in general are not the subject of discussion – apart…
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The Bridgewater canal breach #4
This fourth instalment is three months on from the previous. Perhaps the biggest news so far is the Bridgewater company has given what seems a…
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Elizabeth line vs other GRC structures
When one looks at existing Glass Fibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC) buildings that have been around far longer than the Elizabeth line stations, one can only…
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Knightsbridge opens soon!
This is a post first began in 2021 in anticipation of the completion of the Knightsbridge station upgrade project – and in view of the…
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A certain problem with the railways
When Jago Hazzard says in his latest video (thanks to him for prompting me to write this latest essay) the railways are the biggest thing,…
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The ‘Bakerloo tube’
Nigh on a hundred and twenty years ago, London’s fourth tube railway was on the way to being completed and opened. But there was controversy…
