https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/southern-franchise-consultation-starts.html?showComment=1211482200000
London Connections: Southern franchise consultation starts
The current Southern franchise expires in September 2009, and the DfT have just published the consultation document for its replacement. Of...
london connectionsfranchise consultationsouthernstarts
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/mayors-question-time-july-2008.html?showComment=1216979220000
London Connections: Mayor's Question Time: July 2008
A few interesting items from the most recent Mayor's Question Time: Trains on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line will be lengthened to three ...
london connectionsquestion timemayorjuly
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-circle-line-diagram.html?showComment=1208179740000
London Connections: The new Circle Line: a diagram
I've made a diagram of the new Circle Line , so it's clearer what the proposal is and what issues it causes (click to enlarge). I've includ...
london connectionsthe newcircle linediagram
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/east-london-line-progress-photos-april.html?showComment=1206883620000
London Connections: East London Line progress photos: April 2008
It's as good as April, so time for another set of pictures of East London Line extension progress. Last month's are here . A bit more steel ...
london connectionsprogress photoseastlineapril
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2007/07/geml-east-london-line-new-bridge-date.html
London Connections: GEML East London Line new bridge date
TfL have started their PR offensive over the closure of Liverpool Street station this Christmas. This is to demolish the bridge where the ...
london connectionsnew bridgeeastlinedate
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/crossrail-funding-doubts.html?showComment=1211317380000
London Connections: Crossrail funding doubts
A couple of interesting stories regarding the funding of Crossrail . First the Guardian reckon if it goes ahead TfL won't be able to afford ...
london connectionscrossrailfundingdoubts
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/london-overground-station-improvements.html?showComment=1208869380000
London Connections: London Overground station improvements
Friday's premature adulation of Homerton station has become not one but five near-identical press releases, covering: Homerton Hatch Hill ...
london connectionsoverground stationimprovements
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/east-london-line-progress-photos-april.html?showComment=1211919360000
London Connections: East London Line progress photos: April 2008
It's as good as April, so time for another set of pictures of East London Line extension progress. Last month's are here . A bit more steel ...
london connectionsprogress photoseastlineapril
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/mayors-question-time-july-2008.html?showComment=1217013420000
London Connections: Mayor's Question Time: July 2008
A few interesting items from the most recent Mayor's Question Time: Trains on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line will be lengthened to three ...
london connectionsquestion timemayorjuly
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/mayors-question-time-july-2008.html?showComment=1216977300000
London Connections: Mayor's Question Time: July 2008
A few interesting items from the most recent Mayor's Question Time: Trains on the Gospel Oak to Barking Line will be lengthened to three ...
london connectionsquestion timemayorjuly
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/paddington-getting-ticket-gates.html?showComment=1207594860000
London Connections: Paddington getting ticket gates
Ticket gates are now being installed at Paddington station to wall off most of the suburban platforms and resolve the lack of full gating on...
london connectionspaddingtongettingticketgates
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/shoreditch-hight-street-bridge-move-8.html?showComment=1206800160000
London Connections: Shoreditch High Street bridge move: 8-10am tomorrow
TfL have put out a press release with everything you could possibly want to know about the bridge over Shoreditch High Street going up tomo...
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https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/london-overground-for-south-london.html?showComment=1204796160000
London Connections: London Overground for south London
This month's Londoner has a short article on Transport for London's ambitions to add services in south London to the London Overground netw...
london connectionsovergroundsouth
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/mitcham-eastfields-station-opens-this.html?showComment=1212420240000
London Connections: Mitcham Eastfields station opening this Monday
There's been a bit of confusion over whether Mitcham Eastfields station would open on Sunday or Monday. In particular, the National Rail En...
london connectionsmitchamstationopeningmonday
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/mayors-question-time.html?showComment=1214468820000
London Connections: Mayor's Question Time
Since coming to power, Boris Johnson has taken part in two Mayor's Question time sessions. You can read his written answers here and here ....
london connectionsmayorquestiontime
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/thameslink-programme-illustrated.html?showComment=1217488560000
London Connections: The Thameslink Programme, illustrated
There are lots of elements to the Thameslink Programme , but at its core is a proposal to untangle the lines outside London Bridge to get th...
london connectionsthameslinkprogrammeillustrated
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/thameslink-2000-visibly-happening.html?showComment=1206827220000
London Connections: Thameslink 2000 visibly happening
Lurking at the side of Herne Hill station there's actual new track being laid as part of the Thameslink 2000 project, possibly the first sin...
london connectionsthameslinkhappening
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/tube-map-watch-march-2008.html?showComment=1205338920000
London Connections: Tube map watch: March 2008
A new copy of the pocket tube map is available at some tube stations (click to enlarge): Changes from the February pocket map are: Shepherd'...
london connectionstube mapwatchmarch
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-bank-monument-works.html?showComment=1206098280000
London Connections: How Bank-Monument works
Since I made my maps of Green Park and King's Cross St. Pancras I knew it was only a matter of time before I had a crack at Bank-Monument....
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https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/south-london-rus-published.html?showComment=1207245000000
London Connections: South London RUS published
Network Rail have published their South London Route Utilisation Strategy , which propose forthcoming changes to services. There's a bewilde...
london connectionssouthruspublished
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/imperial-wharf-construction-begins.html?showComment=1217429220000
London Connections: Imperial Wharf construction begins!
If you believe this press release or this press release , they've finally started work on site at Imperial Wharf station , just 5 short yea...
london connectionsimperial wharfconstructionbegins
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-platform-at-denham.html
London Connections: New platform at Denham
Reader THC contributes this photo of the new platform being built at Denham station* on the Chiltern Main Line: They've built this because t...
london connectionsnew platformdenham
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/london-overground-station-improvements.html?showComment=1208871060000
London Connections: London Overground station improvements
Friday's premature adulation of Homerton station has become not one but five near-identical press releases, covering: Homerton Hatch Hill ...
london connectionsoverground stationimprovements
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/shepherds-bush-overground-wall-moving.html?showComment=1211216580000
London Connections: Shepherd's Bush Overground: wall moving
3 weeks into the work at Shepherd's Bush to move that wall and they've started repositioning the wall segments in what looks like their fin...
london connectionsshepherdbushovergroundwall
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/02/shepherds-bush-is-closed.html?showComment=1202071020000
London Connections: Shepherd's Bush is closed
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https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/dlr-three-car-project.html?showComment=1243509795350
London Connections: The DLR three-car project
Last week's event showing off the new DLR railcars was also the launch for the three-car DLR project, so it's probably time I wrote about w...
london connectionsdlrthreecarproject
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/transport-committee-minutes.html?showComment=1208507820000
London Connections: Transport Committee minutes
I've just been reading through this transcript of a recent London Assembly Transport Committee meeting in which Peter Hendy talks in detail...
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https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/london-overground-notes.html
London Connections: London Overground notes
I've been forwarded a set of slides from a recent presentation given by Transport for London about London Overground. A few interesting thin...
london connectionsovergroundnotes
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/north-london-line-upgrade.html?showComment=1207003440000
London Connections: The North London Line upgrade
Thanks to an anonymous commenter for pointing out that a whole load of info about the future of the North London Line has turned up on the...
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https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2007/07/hitachi-train-on-its-way-to-uk.html
London Connections: Hitachi A-Train on its way to the UK
The first train for Southeastern's forthcoming high speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link services to Kent has completed testing in Japan and has ...
london connectionsa trainway tohitachi
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/east-london-line-phase-2.html?showComment=1209480420000
London Connections: A walk along East London Line phase 2
With the recent talk of funding for phase 2 of the East London Line extension, it seems a good time to take a look at what it amounts to. ...
london connectionsa walkalongeastline
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/01/tube-upgrade-schedule.html?showComment=1201559400000
London Connections: Tube upgrade schedule
There's a new brochure (well I think new, it's undated) on TfL's website that gives an overview of what the "Transforming the Tube" program...
london connectionstubeupgradeschedule
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/east-london-line-phase-2.html?showComment=1239043560000
London Connections: A walk along East London Line phase 2
With the recent talk of funding for phase 2 of the East London Line extension, it seems a good time to take a look at what it amounts to. ...
london connectionsa walkalongeastline
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-bank-monument-falls-apart.html?showComment=1207168020000
London Connections: How Bank-Monument falls apart
Just as I was finishing my diagram of Bank-Monument a couple of weeks ago, TfL cryptically announced they'd be closing various bits today ...
london connectionsbankmonumentfallsapart
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/london-overground-notes.html?showComment=1213225140000
London Connections: London Overground notes
I've been forwarded a set of slides from a recent presentation given by Transport for London about London Overground. A few interesting thin...
london connectionsovergroundnotes
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/partial-northern-line-split-now.html?showComment=1211365140000
London Connections: Partial Northern Line split now permanent
Back in January signs appeared at Northern Line tube stations advising that during the morning peak, all northbound trains on the Bank branc...
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https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/ken-no-new-bendy-bus-routes.html?showComment=1205762460000
London Connections: Ken: No new bendy bus routes
Ken Livingstone has declared there are no plans to convert further routes to bendy buses. As Boris Johnson supports scrapping them complete...
london connectionsbendy buskennewroutes
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/east-london-line-phase-2.html?showComment=1234561680000
London Connections: A walk along East London Line phase 2
With the recent talk of funding for phase 2 of the East London Line extension, it seems a good time to take a look at what it amounts to. ...
london connectionsa walkalongeastline
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/first-great-western-oyster-payg.html?showComment=1234560660000
London Connections: First Great Western Oyster PAYG confirmed for September
The Mayor has announced that First Great Western will be the fifth train company to roll out Oyster on all its London services: Thousands m...
london connectionsgreat westernfirstoysterpayg
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/south-london-rus-published.html?showComment=1207073160000
London Connections: South London RUS published
Network Rail have published their South London Route Utilisation Strategy , which propose forthcoming changes to services. There's a bewilde...
london connectionssouthruspublished
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/crossrail-bill-date-22nd-july.html
London Connections: Crossrail Bill date: 22nd July
The House of Lords Committee on Recomittment that was reviewing final amendments to the Crossrail Bill appears to have finished, and readi...
london connectionscrossrailbilldatejuly
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/mayors-question-time.html
London Connections: Mayor's Question Time
Since coming to power, Boris Johnson has taken part in two Mayor's Question time sessions. You can read his written answers here and here ....
london connectionsmayorquestiontime
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/thameslink-programme-illustrated.html?showComment=1217500740000
London Connections: The Thameslink Programme, illustrated
There are lots of elements to the Thameslink Programme , but at its core is a proposal to untangle the lines outside London Bridge to get th...
london connectionsthameslinkprogrammeillustrated
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/mitcham-eastfields-station-opens-this.html?showComment=1212403800000
London Connections: Mitcham Eastfields station opening this Monday
There's been a bit of confusion over whether Mitcham Eastfields station would open on Sunday or Monday. In particular, the National Rail En...
london connectionsmitchamstationopeningmonday
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/london-overground-info-from-modern.html?showComment=1206959280000
London Connections: London Overground info from Modern Railways
The latest issue of Modern Railways has a few bits of info relating to London Overground: Hampstead Heath tunnel to close for three months ...
london connectionsovergroundinfomodernrailways
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/london-overground-notes.html?showComment=1212619740000
London Connections: London Overground notes
I've been forwarded a set of slides from a recent presentation given by Transport for London about London Overground. A few interesting thin...
london connectionsovergroundnotes
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/ken-no-new-bendy-bus-routes.html?showComment=1205765580000
London Connections: Ken: No new bendy bus routes
Ken Livingstone has declared there are no plans to convert further routes to bendy buses. As Boris Johnson supports scrapping them complete...
london connectionsbendy buskennewroutes
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/crossrail-to-have-ato.html
London Connections: Crossrail Bill ready to pass Lords
The parliamentary process to approve the Crossrail Bill looks to be coming to an end shortly, after the House of Lords committee hearing pet...
london connectionsready tocrossrailbillpass
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/imperial-wharf-construction-begins.html?showComment=1217488260000
London Connections: Imperial Wharf construction begins!
If you believe this press release or this press release , they've finally started work on site at Imperial Wharf station , just 5 short yea...
london connectionsimperial wharfconstructionbegins
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/paddington-getting-ticket-gates.html?showComment=1207743540000
London Connections: Paddington getting ticket gates
Ticket gates are now being installed at Paddington station to wall off most of the suburban platforms and resolve the lack of full gating on...
london connectionspaddingtongettingticketgates
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/london-overground-station-improvements.html?showComment=1208941440000
London Connections: London Overground station improvements
Friday's premature adulation of Homerton station has become not one but five near-identical press releases, covering: Homerton Hatch Hill ...
london connectionsoverground stationimprovements
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/01/all-hail-london-overground-bench.html
London Connections: All hail the London Overground bench
The worst thing about London Overground is the mandatory 18 minute wait on Sunday evenings in the grimmest part of London . The best thing a...
london connectionshailovergroundbench
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2007/11/london-overground-branding-details.html
London Connections: London Overground branding details confirmed
Design Week has confirmed some of the previously discussed details about how the London Overground brand will be rolled out. There are a f...
london connectionsbranding detailsovergroundconfirmed
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/02/east-coast-main-line-rus-published.html?showComment=1204420200000
London Connections: East Coast Main Line RUS published
Network Rail have published their East Coast Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy . The recommended work affecting London includes: Six-car...
east coast main linelondon connectionsruspublished
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/ken-no-new-bendy-bus-routes.html?showComment=1205866800000
London Connections: Ken: No new bendy bus routes
Ken Livingstone has declared there are no plans to convert further routes to bendy buses. As Boris Johnson supports scrapping them complete...
london connectionsbendy buskennewroutes
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-bank-monument-falls-apart.html?showComment=1207005300000
London Connections: How Bank-Monument falls apart
Just as I was finishing my diagram of Bank-Monument a couple of weeks ago, TfL cryptically announced they'd be closing various bits today ...
london connectionsbankmonumentfallsapart
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-circle-line-diagram.html?showComment=1208094600000
London Connections: The new Circle Line: a diagram
I've made a diagram of the new Circle Line , so it's clearer what the proposal is and what issues it causes (click to enlarge). I've includ...
london connectionsthe newcircle linediagram
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/london-overground-for-south-london.html?showComment=1204814280000
London Connections: London Overground for south London
This month's Londoner has a short article on Transport for London's ambitions to add services in south London to the London Overground netw...
london connectionsovergroundsouth
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-ge19-bridge-gains-temporary.html?showComment=1205740440000
London Connections: New GE19 bridge gains temporary extension
I was on a train out of Liverpool Street earlier today and was surprised to see the new GE19 bridge had gained an appendage on its west end...
london connectionsnewbridgegainstemporary
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/crossrail-funding-doubts.html?showComment=1211302140000
London Connections: Crossrail funding doubts
A couple of interesting stories regarding the funding of Crossrail . First the Guardian reckon if it goes ahead TfL won't be able to afford ...
london connectionscrossrailfundingdoubts
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/east-london-line-phase-2.html?showComment=1213110900000
London Connections: A walk along East London Line phase 2
With the recent talk of funding for phase 2 of the East London Line extension, it seems a good time to take a look at what it amounts to. ...
london connectionsa walkalongeastline
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/homerton-station-improvements-404-not.html?showComment=1208769180000
London Connections: Homerton station improvements: 404 Not Found
This weird item popped up in TfL's press release RSS feed on Friday night. It had no title and the page it links to doesn't exist. But if ...
london connectionshomertonstationimprovementsfound
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/south-london-rus-published.html?showComment=1207052640000
London Connections: South London RUS published
Network Rail have published their South London Route Utilisation Strategy , which propose forthcoming changes to services. There's a bewilde...
london connectionssouthruspublished
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/bridge-move-live-time-to-leave.html?showComment=1210486980000
London Connections: Bridge move live: Time to leave
They've very nearly got the bridge in place and my time here us up. Here's one final photo.
london connectionstime tobridgemovelive
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/thameslink-programme-illustrated.html?showComment=1217539380000
London Connections: The Thameslink Programme, illustrated
There are lots of elements to the Thameslink Programme , but at its core is a proposal to untangle the lines outside London Bridge to get th...
london connectionsthameslinkprogrammeillustrated
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/04/hammersmith-circle-line-looking-likely.html?showComment=1207775880000
London Connections: "Hammersmith & Circle Line" looking likely
Plans to rework the subsurface network* have been being discussed for years now, but with no real indication of exactly what is planned and...
london connectionscircle linehammersmithlookinglikely
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/05/ge19-bridge-push-day-2.html?showComment=1210079700000
London Connections: GE19 bridge push: Day 2
After getting the GE19 bridge most of the way across yesterday , it was moved into its final position overnight. Here are some photos of it...
london connectionsbridgepushday
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/surrey-quays-could-go-back-to-being.html?showComment=1237557600000
London Connections: Surrey Quays could go back to being Surrey Docks
TfL are considering demands to rename Surrey Quays station on the East London Line back to Surrey Docks: A TfL spokesman said: "TfL London ...
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https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/mayors-question-time.html?showComment=1214486760000
London Connections: Mayor's Question Time
Since coming to power, Boris Johnson has taken part in two Mayor's Question time sessions. You can read his written answers here and here ....
london connectionsmayorquestiontime
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/mayor-reviewing-tram-schemes-and-bus.html?showComment=1213693320000
London Connections: Mayor reviewing tram schemes and bus shelter projects
Architects' Journal has a slightly scare-mongering story about the status of the Oxford Street Tram and bus shelter redesign projects: B...
london connectionsbus sheltermayorreviewingtram
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/06/mayor-reviewing-tram-schemes-and-bus.html?showComment=1213828800000
London Connections: Mayor reviewing tram schemes and bus shelter projects
Architects' Journal has a slightly scare-mongering story about the status of the Oxford Street Tram and bus shelter redesign projects: B...
london connectionsbus sheltermayorreviewingtram
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/03/crossrail-refused-full-access-rights.html?showComment=1206646740000
London Connections: Crossrail refused full track access rights
The Crossrail project has been busy applying for thirty year access rights (what they call TAO) to make sure its services can run on existi...
london connectionstrack accesscrossrailrefusedfull
https://londonconnections.blogspot.com/2008/07/thameslink-programme-illustrated.html?showComment=1217534160000
London Connections: The Thameslink Programme, illustrated
There are lots of elements to the Thameslink Programme , but at its core is a proposal to untangle the lines outside London Bridge to get th...
london connectionsthameslinkprogrammeillustrated
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Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: So long Guelph, hello London
All good things must come to an end. OGS Conference 2018 is over. Congratulations to the organizers and helpers. No matter how much you fe...
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