Category Archives: Transport

Kings Cross cyclist and pedestrian deaths and injuries – corporate manslaughter by TfL?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by William Perrin

Local residents have long campaigned for improvement of the dangerous junctions at the York Way, Pentonville, Grays Inn Road intersection.  In February 2008 a number of us took part in a walkabout with TfL-commissioned contractors TRL limited and Living Streets … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc, Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Road Safety in Kings Cross, Transport | 29 Comments

Railings redux

Posted on July 26, 2011 by William Perrin

TfL has removed the 'pedestrian guard railings' at the confusing junction of Kings Cross Bridge, Pentonville Road and Caledonian Road.  The area looks nicer without them.  Here's a link to google street view with the railings.  As ever TfL's local … Continue reading →

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Desperately needed housing is put at risk

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, one of the two MP's representing the King's Cross area – Frank Dobson MP (Holborn & St Pancras) said, "There is meant to be the building of a lot of social housing on … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings Cross N1C, railwayslands, Planning, Licensing and Regulation, Transport | 1 Comment

Phew, wot a scorcher!

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

    We all felt sincerely sorry for all those Londoners who travelled far this Easter to get a bit of sun only to find freak showers whilst here in KX we basked in it. The canal running behind KX … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts and Entertainment, Kings Cross N1C, railwayslands, Transport, Wildlife and Nature | 1 Comment

Dust supressant trials Kings Cross to Edgeware Road

Posted on April 18, 2011 by William Perrin

I lived for a year or two in the heart of the roaring Kings Cross gyratory on the Cally Road.  It was an early-Victorian flat with poor insulation and bad secondary glazing.  The amount of fine black dust that would … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Gyrations KX Campaign, Community Health and Welfare, Transport | 7 Comments

King’s Cross remains a blind spot

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Sophie Talbot

King's Cross Development Forum (KXDF) has called for King's Cross to be treated as a discrete area within LB Camden's Transport strategy. The infamous King's Cross gyratory system falls across two London Boroughs – Camden and Islington – with Transport for London … Continue reading →

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A King’s Cross club for ‘supermodels’

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Clare Hill

A couple of middle-aged men are milling about in the light of a doorway of an otherwise dark street off Pentonville Road. The door belongs to an anonymous 1960s 3-storey building, enigmatically carrying a sign with only a stylised art … Continue reading →

Posted in Kings Cross local history, Transport | 3 Comments

Kings Cross station steam trains 1962 – colour cine film

Posted on January 13, 2011 by William Perrin

The guys over at BritishRailways.tv have unearthed and restored some remarkable colour cine film of trains coming at going at Kings Cross station in about 1962.  There are glimpses of old buildings now long gone. Whilst it's wonderfully evocative the … Continue reading →

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