Category Archives: Transport

Kings Cross Station behind the scenes tour

Posted on July 9, 2008 by William Perrin

Many of you were interested in a station tour which Network Rail kindly offered.  It’s a fantastic building with a great history.  Hopefully I have mailed almost everyone who replied – apologies if I missed you in the email avalanche … Continue reading →

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Streamlined steaming at Kings Cross – Sir Nigel Gresley 60007

Posted on July 6, 2008 by William Perrin

Hearing that an A4 Pacific was coming to Kings Cross I gave in to my inner trainspotter on Saturday and shot a little footage of this wonderful steam train.  The Sir Nigel Gresley was the 100th of its class named … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes at Kings Cross Station – anyone up for a tour?

Posted on June 23, 2008 by William Perrin

Kings Cross station is a fascinating building with huge areas hidden behind the scenes and loads of work going on.  I had a quick look around the Western Range last year and was astonished by the Victorian offices and corridors … Continue reading →

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Not all is rosy at St Pancras……

Posted on June 6, 2008 by William Perrin

This site was delighted to have great jolly at Eurostars expense on the first train (posts here). But it’s always been clear from the outset that the station doesn’t work very well, no matter how beautiful it is (see post … Continue reading →

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Eurostar to Heathrow ? new proposals from Arup

Posted on May 29, 2008 by William Perrin

The engineers Arup have published some odd, but appealing plans for extending the Eurostar to Hethrow and interconnecting with rail services to the West.  This is a welcome addition to the various proposals to extend high speed rail to the … Continue reading →

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Section Of Canal Tow Path To Be Closed

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Stephan Schulte
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“Hello, I am your bus, sorry i am late, the weather is raining, did you notice, remember to vote for Ken, the next stop is, Timbuktoo, I am about to catch fire, disembark now”

Posted on February 29, 2008 by William Perrin

The prospect of an intelligent, talking London bus is faintly terrifying.  But according to the Guardian they will descend on us in summer 2009.  This is the long awaited plan to fit the 8,000 buses with GPS and modern radios … Continue reading →

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Kill the engine and spare us the fumes

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Stephan Schulte

One of our neighbours, Mike Jackson from Wharfdale Road just wrote to Transport for London(tfl) about an annoying problem that we all have noticed from time to time.  See his note below.  He really makes a good point that I’m … Continue reading →

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