The Tube Platform That’s Not There
Northern Line has a Schrodinger’s cat-like existence at Tottenham Court Road.
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Should King’s Cross Have An Apostrophe?
See also Earl’s Court, Regent’s Park, Shepherd’s Bush…
New Artwork For Tottenham Court Road Station
New entrance hall to be brightened up by Buren.
Kilburn Launches A Takeover Bid For West Hampstead
Photo from the Facebook group All too often, Facebook petitions are just badly spelled lynch-mobs-in-waiting or ‘for lulz’ irritants that clog up your newsfeed, so we were cheered to see one that made us laugh – and that maybe has a good idea behind it. …
Ebbsfleet: Four Wheels Good, Two Legs Bad
Outside Ebbsfleet station, distinctly lacking in pavements: “there was no way I was crossing the busy main road with no crossings *twice* more, so I was sticking on the unpavemented side, where the station entrance also was” Did you get a bit excited when Eurostar …
Strikes To Close 7 Tube Stations For 24 Hours
Image courtesy of Andy Wilkes from the Londonist Flickr pool Willesden Green, St John’s Wood, Finchley Road, Dollis Hill, Kilburn, West Hampstead and Swiss Cottage stations will in all likelihood be closed from 7pm tonight, as RMT affiliated staff go on strike for 24 hours. …
First Look Inside Revamped London Bridge Station
The ever-brilliant Brockley Central blog pointed us in the direction of some new eye candy showing the Shard and London Bridge development. The image above, looking out towards the bus stands, depicts how the concourse of the mainline station will appear in just two years …
Train Stations Get Even Spookier
Image courtesy of bowbrick under a Creative Commons Attribution licence Are the Mayor’s extra transport police having an effect already? First Capital Connect are cutting ticket office hours at 28 stations including Alexandra Palace, Harringay, Hornsey, New Barnet, New Southgate and Oakleigh Park, while the …
In The Jaws Of Crossrail
Recession talk temporarily put the frighteners up us over the future of the mega Crossrail project, but signs are good and it’s heartening to see Foster’s final design for the new Canary Wharf station unveiled. It looks like a basking shark about to swallow a …
The Saturday Strangeness
62. The Scariest Urban Legend Urban legends are often considered myths, or ‘friend of a friend’ tales (FOAFtales), which differ from classic mysteries in the sense that they are perceived as exaggerated yarns. London has many such tales from its dark, foggy corners, but there …
Positive Transport-Related News Story Shocker
Looking back over the last few days, we’ve seen: over-running work on the West Coast Mainline; some East London line scaffolding collapse and cut off Liverpool St; and and drink-related chaos on the tube So it’s good to see some positive transport news, at least …
