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Tag Archives: London
Trafalgar Square Post Office—gone but not forgotten.
24th December 2018 was a dark day, even for those used to the seemingly endless stream of announcements about post office closures. It was on this day that Trafalgar Square Post Office last closed its doors to the public. Once … Continue reading
Posted in London general interest
Tagged GPO, Historical, London, Post Office, Privatization, Trafalgar Square
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The Excitement of Luminous Trains
In the fascinating world of railways there has never been a shortage of ideas. Many come from outside the industry and some of them even have practical applications, for which I am sure we are immensely grateful. Most, though, are … Continue reading
Posted in London general interest, London Underground
Tagged Historical, London, London Underground
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Prisons and the Metropolitan Railway
Whitecross Street Prison My attention was recently drawn to the plaque in the accompanying photograph. Cunningly designed in the style of official commemorative blue plaques, I noted the building so commemorated before realizing the plaque was not official and that … Continue reading
Posted in London general interest, London Underground, Main Line Rail
Tagged Historical, London, London Underground, Prisons
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McFarlan Moore Lighting and the Central London Railway
The name Daniel McFarlan Moore may not be familiar to many people, a shortcoming I shall try to redress. He was a distinguished American electrical engineer and inventor who died in 1936; the circumstances were very unfortunate because he was … Continue reading
Automatic Trains on the Hammersmith & City Line (at last)
New Signalling as part of the sub-surface lines modernization (updated) On Monday 28 March, I spent a little while at the western end of London’s Hammersmith & City Line watching the new automatic trains doing their business: this was the … Continue reading
Posted in London general interest, London Underground
Tagged Future development, London, London Underground, Operational, planning, SSL
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The latest Underground Diagram: a fallen icon?
A new version of the Underground pocket diagram recently appeared, dated December 2018, and this incorporates another new feature which, whether good or not, adds further complexity to a diagram that is now overloaded with information. It is surely time … Continue reading
Britain’s National Railway Museum: Part 3
The Government Gets Involved Trouble on the Line I had hoped to cover what I wanted in four parts but owing to new material I thought worth including it will now be five. This part deals with the crisis facing … Continue reading
Posted in British Transport, Heritage Transport, Main Line Rail, Our Government
Tagged Clapham, Historical, London, Railway Museum, Swindon, Transport Records, York
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Britain’s National Railway Museum: Part 2
The British Transport Museums Introduction In Part 1, I described the origin of the LNER’s railway museum in York. Until well after World War 2 this was the only railway museum in the UK, although there were several other museums … Continue reading
Posted in British Transport, Heritage Transport, London Underground, Main Line Rail, Road Transport
Tagged Historical, London, Nationalization, Railway Museum, York
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All Change For Oxford Street
General On 25th April last, I published a blog about the proposal to pedestrianize Oxford Street in which I cast doubt about the practicability of such a scheme, whether or not it was actually desirable. By ‘practicability’, of course, I … Continue reading
Scotland Yard Move – a bit more than redecorating.
On 21 May 2013 I wrote a few words about Scotland Yard moving back to Scotland Yard, as it were. The move was precipitated by the existing building reaching that stage of its life when over £50m would need to … Continue reading
Posted in London general interest, Our Government
Tagged Buildings, Historical, London, Police
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