London Rail
Welcome to London Rail – the transport blog that’s for whomever doesn’t practice discrimination or indifference.
Transport covered includes rail, trams, narrow gauge, mountain lines, monorails, cable cars, buses, waterways etc. Not forgetting London underground!
Two posts restored recently are Piccadilly Circus tube’s BSL (related to some work on accessibility – or lack of it) & the Köln – Bonner Eisenbahn – restored in regards to a Reddit discussion on mixed use heavy rail/tram systems.
Posts that are missing (or removed) are because the images have disappeared. These are republished where possible, but since around 400 posts have this problem, there’s every possibility many wont be restored.
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18.02.26: Baker Street station is now officially Bakers Street station! Its just bakin’ mad! Morgan Freeman is on hand to make platform announcements like “mind the bap!” and “stand behind the buttery yellow line”.
No doubt 300 holes can be picked as to why the station even needed renaming! But for now the station gets a chance to blow its own trumpet… sorry… crumpets!
Posts Round-Up
- Schwebebahn 125th anniversary
2026 is the Wuppertal Schwebebahn 125th Anniversary! The railway’s first ever test run took place… Read more: Schwebebahn 125th anniversary - Baker Street tube gets toasted!
Baker Street tube station got toasted? Wow! How did that happen? Well evidently that’s the… Read more: Baker Street tube gets toasted! - Rail legacy issues and the Deaf
On March 2nd 2026 Chancellor Reeves inadvertently eulogised what the railways are most excellent at.… Read more: Rail legacy issues and the Deaf - Men in the railways
This weekend’s March 8th 2026 is International Womens Day. Despite the advent of a number… Read more: Men in the railways - Falcon’s Flight Six Flags Qiddiya
At 155 miles per hour (250km/h) Falcon’s Flight is the world’s fastest roller coaster. In a sense… Read more: Falcon’s Flight Six Flags Qiddiya - Boarding/alighting the Elizabeth line
One of the curiosities of city life is the transport systems and the sheer overcrowding… Read more: Boarding/alighting the Elizabeth line - Guinness minimalism at Covent Garden
Tottenham Court Road featured the full Guinness Open Gate advertising in the previous post on… Read more: Guinness minimalism at Covent Garden - Its a bold life for London’s tube!
These days one could query whether TfL is getting drunk on beer. But its not… Read more: Its a bold life for London’s tube! - Waterways’ extra funding
England and Wales’ canal network will receive an additional £6.5 million in government funding to… Read more: Waterways’ extra funding - GWR Battery train in public service
Today (Saturday 31st January 2026) Great Western Railway’s battery train (Class 230) began public service.… Read more: GWR Battery train in public service - Canal breach news
Which of the two major canal breach sites of 2025 will it be that gets… Read more: Canal breach news - Changes at Paddington station
The small and somewhat cramped accommodation on platform one at Paddington station has been replaced… Read more: Changes at Paddington station
Recent Comments
Hello it all sounds great. I am arriving on the underground frm liverpool street and usually ask a person at…
I have to look at my feet otherwise I start to lean backward in compensation.
Tronttenham Court Road is a good one! Wish I had thought that! I had thought of Farringtron intially when writing…
Excellent pun – Elizabetron Line. Might I add Tronttenham Court Road and Farringtron… Fortunately TfL’s learnt that changing station names…
Great deep dive analysis of passenger flows of Elizabeth line trains and platforms. I suspect dwell times need to be…