London’s underground in 2150 AD
It might be crazy to think anyone could know how the London Underground would look in more than a hundred years time. But let’s not kid ourselves, for in just over 125 years, we do get to see a snapshot of the tube in 2150AD! And that come thanks to…
Tottenham Court Road – were wolves here & did Bringsley get wolfed down?
When one has such a pretentious title as ‘Tottenham Court Rd – were wolves here & did Bringsley get wolfed down?’ anyone would think it was clickbait! Shurely some sort of devious intent devised to increase the number of visitors in the slenderest hope of making this very blog a…
Melbury House / Dr. Beeching etc
In this year, the 125th of the Great Central Railway, a particular look is taken at some aspects of the happenings around Marylebone and what they meant for the UK’s transport systems. In the good old days after nationalisation in 1948 the railways continued to grow and everything was looking…
Paddington station has a brick wall to rival King’s Cross Platform 9 & 3⁄4!
Who needs Hogwarts and the magic wall that gives access to Platform 9 & 3⁄4 at King’s Cross when one can just as easily have that elsewhere too! Well that’s where Paddington station comes in! Besides having a bear from Peru, Paddington station now has a secret platform where, for…
Coaster pretzel loops
Loads of theme park coasters are absolutely innovative these days. Outstanding examples in this past month or so are Nemesis Relaunched, the new Hyperia at Thorpe Park and Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Park. Whist the latter was launched just a week or so ago the former is yet to…
The Paddington shop that wasn’t there!
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…
London’s longest ‘interchange’ walk!
Have you seen teen the videos involving a 15/20 minute walk through the Paris metro subways? While these are amazing given the number of connections needing to be used through Châtelet-les-Halles, in my own view London does BETTER! That involves walking past SEVEN different underground lines! Some will recognise the…
Parkour versus Tube 2024
We’ve seen a few videos where people race the tube, namely between Mansion House and Cannon Street, and yes people beat the tube easily. This one is different. Its a parkour race against the tube. For those of you who do not know what parkour is, its jumping, acrobatics, often…
A Tollesbury miscellany
Its sixty years or thereabouts since the Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light Railway saw its final train movements. These would have been the demolition trains that worked for a good length of time taking up tracks and removing any infrastructure a railway once had. Trackage extended for more than 3¾ from…
New train services from DLR Mudchute
Its generally assumed the bay platform 3 at Mudchute sees no regular traffic and perhaps only when there’s engineering works or an operating issue that trains get routed into the bay platform. With the enhanced May 2023 timetable upgrade however there’s been a considerable number of Lewisham to Stratford trains…