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The London Buzz – 11th November 2024. Nov. 11. London News. Thamesmead’s £23 million rapid bus service set for public consultation in early 2025. Nov. 11. Transport News. Exhibition shows off the shortlisted designs to improve Clapham Junction’s road tunnel.
3D maps of every Underground station - ianVisits
Jul 12, 2015 · TfL has released a batch of documents that show almost every underground station in glorious 3D format. They are technically axonometric diagrams, which is 3D-like, but not to scale, which becomes obvious when you see some of the vertiginous descents offered on some stairs and escalators. In total, some 120 stations with underground tunnels are ...
Horizon 22 – London’s highest viewing gallery opens next month
Published 21 August 2023 By Ian Mansfield London Ticket Alert. Even higher than the Shard, a new viewing gallery at the top of the 22 Bishopsgate skyscraper will be opening to the public next month, and it’s FREE to visit. The skyscraper, in the City of London, will have not only London’s highest viewing gallery — at 254 metres above ...
Three month trial offer on the National Art Pass - ianVisits
Aug 4, 2022 · The National Art Pass, a card that gets you cheap or free entry to museums and exhibitions has a 3-month trial offer on at the moment. The card is a standard offer from many venues across the UK, but if you’re unsure about whether the annual membership fee is going to be worth it, or simply can’t afford it at the moment, the three-month offer can be of use.
Bakerloo line extension pre-contracts awarded
Published 14 October 2024 By Ian Mansfield Transport News. The long path to the Bakerloo line extension has taken a step forward after Transport for London (TfL) awarded feasibility design contracts for the four new stations. Bakerloo line extension map (c) TfL. Work on the feasibility study will be carried out over the next eight months, with ...
Spot the Danger Mouse Blue Plaque at Baker Street - ianVisits
Jan 9, 2024 · So, in April 2022, it gained a Blue Plaque. Applied by Neil from Blast Process, candidly, it’s just a sticker, albeit quite thick and decently printed to survive so long, and is peeling off a bit at the sides. So unless someone pops along with some glue, it might be worth paying a visit soonish in case it finally succumbs to the weather and disappears.
Visit Radio Caroline during its 60th anniversary - ianVisits
Mar 21, 2024 · Visit Radio Caroline during its 60th anniversary. Later this month marks the 60th anniversary of the first unauthorised radio broadcast from a pirate radio ship off the coast of Essex — on 28th March 1964. Radio Caroline has had several boats over the decades, and the current home, the Ross Revenge, now owned by a charity, is still moored off ...
Tickets Alert: Tours of Shoreditch Town Hall
Oct 9, 2024 · The 45 minute tours cost a mere £2 per person and can be booked here. Shoreditch Town Hall is a modest walk from Hoxton station on the London Overground or Old Street tube station on the Northern and Northern City Lines. ‹ Peek beneath Liverpool Street: Building site displays intricate tunnel layouts. The London Buzz – 9th October 2024 ›.
A Victorian marvel – Royal Doulton’s Lambeth’s headquarters
Aug 24, 2023 · This is the former headquarters of the Lambeth Pottery – much better known as Royal Doulton, although at the time the firm was less regally known as Doulton & Co. The firm was founded in 1815 in Vauxhall, and moved to Lambeth in 1882, slowly taking over several blocks of buildings next to the river. Initially the firm specialised in domestic ...
TfL to expand contactless payments outside London - ianVisits
May 13, 2022 · As TfL already runs a large contactless payments system that offers what the DfT is looking for, it’s understandable that TfL won the contract. Although TfL is carrying out the work, the project’s roughly £68 million cost is being fully covered by the DfT at no cost to TfL, who will be subcontracting the provision of in-station validation equipment to Cubic Transportation Systems, who ...