Tag: quirky
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Tottenham Court Road featured the full Guinness Open Gate advertising in the previous post on this latest collab with TfL, however Covent Garden, being the station nearest to the Guinness mini brewery in Covent Garden, received quite a minimal format of the special advertising devised for this campaign. In some reports (such as Diamond Geezer)…
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These days one could query whether TfL is getting drunk on beer. But its not what things quite seem to be! Despite a ban on alcohol TfL certainly takes on a bold stance when it comes to the question of advertising things that have apparently been banned by the organisation. In this latest collab which…
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With stations such as Paddingtron located in the core route through the centre of London, here are some pictures which shows the advertising that have, erm… changed the former Crossrail line for the better! Its quite a rarity for TfL (otherwise known as Tronsport for London) to have almost every single station on the core…
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A London Inheritance published a post detailing the Tower Subway and also implied the southern end of the subway happened to be a mystery because it could not be ascertained whether the modern structure behind the Unicorn Theatre in Vine Lane was indeed its southern end. Its not its original southern end however the tunnel…
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One might have thought Yup its Pompeii! Celebrating Rail 2000 had been written in jest, for there are no railways to be found two thousands years ago – and yet in that article there were a couple of illustrations depicting steam trains within the Pompeii landscape! There’s every possibility people thought this was a joke…
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Alright, buckle up railway fans because we’re about to embark on a thrilling journey of pre-industrial rail travel! Forget your high-speed bullet trains and reclining seats – and that means a focus upon Railways 2000! We’re going back to a time when “comfort” meant not getting splinters in your, shall we say, posterior. Italians invented…
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A famed British Rail ship that’s for sale? Erm, which one was this then? Well it was one that stood right by water but it was also one that never floated! The last ‘captain’ of the said ‘ship’ had been one who owned a world-wide business concern that included a privatised yet highly reputable railway…
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I’m thrilled to share that this blog has gained a sponsor! I reached out to a well-known figure – its someone whose name many could well recognize! Alas his understanding of railway issues was once problematic and even though the reasoning was brilliantly delivered, there were numerous issues with the methodology employed. It pandered to…
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Bishop’s Bridge Paddington, sited high above the railway tracks, was formerly the iconic bow girder construction that stood right across the Paddington station throat. Upon its roadway level there were a number of buildings that could be accessed and these included cafes, railway offices and the Paddington suburban/Metropolitan platforms ticket hall. The construction was built…
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It is often claimed Robert Browning came up with the idea the area he lived in should be known as Little Venice. At no time did he ever claim any notion of this nor did he write anything that indicated this should be the case. So who was it responsible for naming this part of…
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