Whilst we tend to concentrate on the movement of people and freight, there are other uses to which rail has been put in London – notably the movement of mail. Earlier this year the British …
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The Return of the Broad Street War Memorial
In focusing our attention on the ELL Extension to the south, we appear to have unfortunately missed on a little bit of activity to the north – the re-siting of the Broad Street War Memorial. …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Farringdon and High Holborn
Mikey’s Flikr pool is one that we have raided (with his permission) before, as it is often home to some impressive images from London’s Transport history. This week is no exception, with two excellent images …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Brompton Road Station
This post arguably needs little introduction. IanVisits (an occasional and always welcome guest author here at LR Towers) and M@ from Londonist were able to visit parts of Brompton Road, one of the Piccadilly Line’s …
Continue reading150 Years Of The Metropolitan Line: Exploring the Possibility of Steam
2013 will see London Underground reach a noteworthy landmark – it will mark 150 years since the Metropolitan Railway, the core of the modern Metropolitan line, opened on 10 January 1863. Given the significance of …
Continue readingWhat If: Crossrail 1980
The link across London would provide through trains, cut-out inconvenient interchanges between train and underground or taxi, and thus save valuable time. It would help commuters from the outer suburbs of London and Inter-City travellers …
Continue readingNew Bus For London and an LTM Events Roundup
Just a quick note to let interested parties know that the New Bus For London Mockup (pictures previously here and below) has now been moved to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. Although access …
Continue readingEvents and Announcements
Before we return to the world of Jubilee Line Upgrades and Rolling Stock tenders (as well as some of the other welcome suggestions in the comments on the last post), there are a couple of …
Continue reading55 Broadway gets Grade 1 Listed Status
The DCMS have confirmed that 55 Broadway, the Headquarters of London Underground and for a long time London’s tallest building, has been granted Grade 1 Listed status. Grade 1 effectively marks the building, completed in …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Planned Tube Lines of 1903
Taken from the 1903 Royal Commission on London’s Transport, this plan shows not only the basis of the existing tube network but also the many proposals that were to fall of the wayside – either …
Continue readingThe Waterloo Link
Several commentors on the recent station aerial pictures post were interested in knowing a bit more about the single track link that used to exist between Waterloo and the line out of Charing Cross, which …
Continue readingIn Pictures: 1907 Underground Map
Going back even further than our previous 1927 Underground map, the map above shows the network as it was in 1907. This map is printed on card with a dark green backing. 1907 is our …
Continue readingAldwych: Book ASAP to avoid disappointment
As this author can personally verify, the London Transport Museum’s phone lines are currently under siege by those wishing to get tickets to Under London: Blitz experience tours of Aldwych Underground station. If any readers …
Continue readingIn Pictures: the 1927 London Underground Map
London Underground map, by F H Stingemore, 1927 London Underground (or rather “Underground Railways of London”) issued small card folder maps in the 1920s prior to the diagrammatic map designed by Beck in the 1930s. …
Continue readingSt Mary’s On the BBC
The BBC have a couple of short profiles of St Mary’s station up on their website. The station featured in last night’s episode of The London Nobody Knows (which can be found on iPlayer here) …
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