Our original plan was to write a piece on St Johns station. This would conclude with a short section on the work carried out over the Christmas holidays on the Tanners Hill Flydown. Like many …
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In Pictures: Track Laying on the ELLX2
Ahead of the general freeze on rail work in advance of the Olympics, work continues on the ELLX2. New Overground Signage at Canonbury The Overground As part of the track laying process (and as with …
Continue readingFocusing On Kings Cross
Whilst the coming work at London Bridge may have been drawing our eye lately there is, of course, a major station project underway well north of the river as well – the redevelopment of Kings …
Continue readingWest Ham with a side order of Pstead
West Ham, the East London interchange between C2C, the District, Hammersmith and City (or should that now be: and Barking),Jubilee lines and imminently opening DLR from Beckton, is one of the three recommended stations for …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Stratford International DLR Extension
Today saw a number of London figures, including the Mayor and Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, participate in a “test run” on the new DLR Extension. Ostensibly to promote the various works being completed in the …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Crossrail Excavations at Canary Wharf
Last week saw an opportunity to head into the North Dock at Canary Wharf in order to get a closer look at the work currently taking place on constructing Canary Wharf Crossrail station. The station …
Continue readingExtending the DLR
The last time we addressed this subject was in reference to the speculative DLR Horizon 2020 report. Now, however, TfL have – without any accompanying publicity – put up a new map of potential DLR …
Continue readingA Look at What’s Happening at Tottenham Court Road
At first glance, it would be easy to assume that the photo above had come from one of Britain’s remaining mines. Indeed were it not for the presence of the ubiquitous orange jacket, it would …
Continue readingA Post for the Cartophiles
The Station Mockup was not the only thing that caught the eye during yesterday’s session with Crossrail. During the site briefing, the map below popped up. The map shows the locations of virtually all of …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Stratford’s New Ticket Hall and the DLR
There are a number of pre-Olympic projects nearing completion at Stratford, the first of which is the new Ticket Hall on the mezzanine. This is now virtually finished, but is unlikely to open until the …
Continue readingA Question of Preservation At Tottenham Court Road
Tfl’s announcement yesterday that the works at Tottenham Court Road were now entering a more labour-filled stage seems to have once again focused attention on the station’s internal decoration. As travellers who have visited the …
Continue readingWorks at Whitechapel
Whitechapel is a busy place at the moment. Work appears finally to have started on the SSL platforms, with hoardings now up on the two outer platforms (effectively rendering it a standard two road station …
Continue readingCrossrail Chief Executive Resigns
Rob Holden has resigned from Crossrail, and will leave later this year. Holden will be a big loss for Crossrail, as arguably he’s currently the man in Britain with the most experience in leading large-scale …
Continue readingELL Extensions Both North and South
Last week saw the first test train run on the new ELL extension to Highbury and Islington. 378-233 was the unit that made the run, pictured below. Sources suggest the extension is still likely to …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Before and After The Christmas Blockade at Frères Noir
Blackfriars closed over Christmas for an extended blockade. This was to allow the through tracks from City Thameslink to London Bridge to be slewed from the west to the east side of Saint Pauls Bridge …
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