Tag: accessibility
-
On March 2nd 2026 Chancellor Reeves inadvertently eulogised what the railways are most excellent at. This being the art of aural communications. Its so much easier to pick up a microphone and make announcements isn’t it? “This government is making sure passengers aren’t asked to spend a penny more on regulated fares, including season tickets…
-
The small and somewhat cramped accommodation on platform one at Paddington station has been replaced by a new a bigger unit right on the Lawn itself. The new Assisted Travel Lounge is sited near platform nine and it was formerly separate shop units (including a Whistlestop store) that were merged and refurbished to create this…
-
Paddington tube station has something that NO other tube station has! What is it? It could be any number of things, such as being the only deep level accessible tube station on the Bakerloo line (even though its not even step free from train to street – and by the way it isn’t the only…
-
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…
Search
Latest Posts
- The tube loses track of time!
- Baker Street tube blows its crumpet!
- Schwebebahn 125th anniversary
- Baker Street tube gets toasted!
- Rail legacy issues and the Deaf
Categories
- .
- Advertising
- America
- Architecture
- British Railways
- Closed Railway
- Historical
- International
- Ireland
- Japan
- London
- London Transport
- Narrow Gauge
- Other Transport
- Shinkansen
- Standard Gauge
- Tube
- United Kingdom
- Waterways
Tags
accessibility america anniversary breach canada canal canals closed railway coasters commuter rail deep level tube elizabeth line europe germany great western main line high speed rail industrial archaeology infrastructure japan london history london underground media metro narrow gauge operational issues paddington publicity quirky rail history railway railway history railway problems railway station roads South Africa station street theme park tokaido line transport tube tube station tunnels underground railway walking