Category: London Transport

Reshaping London’s tube for the future

May 11, 2018

Two new tube lines for London – without anyone really noticing! I wrote this in November last year (2017) on top of the series covering the Piccadilly Line’s extension to Cockfosters, but put it aside as I decided I wasn’t authoritative or knowledgeable enough to discuss such matters. I even had done this lovely new…
Tube Viaduct Mystery!

March 17, 2018

Remember the Arnos Park viaduct mystery? How many arches did it actually have? Here’s another London Underground Piccadilly line viaduct mystery. And this time the answer is a balls up… Let me explain. Arnos Grove station has an exhibition on its footbridge detailing the history and construction of the station and the Piccadilly’s extension to…
London Bus Photos – Route 150

January 3, 2018

Route 150 – Aldgate to Victoria Bus Station This really should have been a 30th anniversary post in the summer of 2017 – however these pictures were found over xmas! The bus route concerned is not the 150 which runs between Becontree Heath and Chigwell Row (which didn’t run on Sundays anyway.) Its a different…
By Underground to Shanklin

November 25, 2017

This year was the 50th anniversary of the Isle of Wight’s ‘underground’, an anniversary that appears to have been missed! There may have been local celebrations however the news archives at the British Library had nothing on record. Instead the 150th anniversary of the line was celebrated in 2014. The 2016 anniversary of 50 years…
TfL’s new mascot?

November 17, 2017

The new guy on the tube? He’s the aristocrat who’s helping TfL with their awareness campaigns…. He’s meant to be promoting safety on the escalators…but so far response from the travelling public has been rather biting, even quite rude. Sir Roundlington’s no doubt risen from the depths of nowhere to assert prime spot as TfL’s…
The Arnos Park Viaduct Mystery

October 9, 2017

Arnos Park Viaduct on the Piccadilly Line is the biggest brick viaduct ever built for London’s underground under the LPTB. 3 million bricks were used in its construction and the viaduct was built in the early 1930s, with the railway upon it to Southgate, Oakwood and Cockfosters opening in 1933. The viaduct is also the…
The DLR 30 years ago (2)

September 1, 2017

As I pointed out in Part One of this feature, the opening of the DLR to the public was not without its problems. Our train which was bound for Island Gardens got diverted to Poplar. On the next day, the 1st of September 1987, I encountered a somewhat more serious problem on the DLR as…
The DLR 30 years ago

August 31, 2017

Today is the 30th anniversary of the Docklands Light Railway. It was officially opened by the Queen on 30 July 1987 however due to ongoing issues with the operation of the trains it was decided to defer public services a further month. That date was 31st August 1987. These are some of my views from…
Tube stations that began life as a terminus #2

June 29, 2017

When one asks which tube stations are true underground termini, the answer would be Brixton/Walthamstow (both on the Victoria Line) and Bank/Waterloo (both on Waterloo & City Line). Elephant and Castle (Bakerloo Line) plus Heathrow Terminal Five (Piccadilly Line) will also come to mind. It may surprise one to know London once had many more…
Tube stations that began life as a terminus

June 26, 2017

When one asks which tube stations are true underground termini, Brixton, Walthamstow (both Victoria Line) and Bank, Waterloo (both Waterloo & City Line), Elephant and Castle (Bakerloo Line) plus Heathrow Terminal Five (Piccadilly Line) will most likely also come to mind. There were loads more underground tube station termini at one time but all these…

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