Category Archives: Travel

Our streets and public spaces

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sophie Talbot

Caroline Russell of Living Streets writes: Islington Council have commissioned consultants, Colin Buchanan to develop a Movement and Public Space Strategy for the Kings Cross area, aiming to recommend improvements to streets and public spaces across the area. Islington Living … Continue reading →

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High speed rail in Kings Cross – like buses, you wait for ages……

Posted on October 5, 2008 by William Perrin

The Conservative Party have announced plans for two further high speed rail links apparently coming to the Kings Cross area. One a new high speed line to the North, presumably from St Pancras or Kings Cross and another a high … Continue reading →

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York Road tube – feasibility study in the public domain at last

Posted on September 17, 2008 by William Perrin

York Road tube is a lovely example of a Leslie Green designed Picadilly Line station.  That line suffered from a surfeit of stations and York Road was closed in 1932.  The station survives at The junction of York Way and … Continue reading →

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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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