How six colours update the iconic London Tube map
Changes to six lines of the London Overground mean an update to a 1931 design that went global, even sparking an uproar in 2009 when the River Thames was taken off the map.
Source: bbc.com
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Why the Metropolitan Line embodies the brilliance of Britain
When you ride the magenta line from Farringdon to Chesham you are travelling through time
Source: telegraph.co.uk
A Brief History Of The Metropolita Line
From the first shovel of dirt to the 160th anniversary.
Source: londonist.com
Patient died as roadworks blocked ambulance, councillor says
A person died after roadworks stopped an ambulance getting through a street, a councillor has said, claiming road closures are causing…
Source: bucksfreepress.co.uk
Book Review: Luxury Railway Travel, A Social and Business History by Martyn Pring
This book tells how railway companies developed luxury rail travel to satisfy demand from the upper and middle classes and wealthy overseas visitors.
Source: railadvent.co.uk
Metro-Land cocked a snook at those who mocked the suburbs as unbearably bourgeois
John Betjemans 50-minute film, Metro-Land, must be one of the most brilliant things ever shown on British television. It was released on BBC One on February 26, 1973.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
The Metropolitan Railway: Origins of the Tube-Joshua Park, Tiffin Boys
For a long time, London has been seen as an iconic city on our planet. Whether it be its ancient architecture (in the form of museums and…
Source: thisislocallondon.co.uk
Historic railway swing bridge is being restored
The historic swing bridge which is being restored near Oxford railway station didn’t enjoy the best of starts.
Source: thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
Rail construction works leave Aylesbury Vale village roads 'in a hazardous state'
Mud continues to cake the road surface and mile after mile of grass verges have been destroyed,' says MP
United Kingdom Steeple Claydon Newton Longville Grendon Underwood Peter Martin Buckingham Greg Smith
Source: bucksherald.co.uk
New book by Laurence Waters looks at old rail lines of Oxford
Work on re-establishing the East-West route from Oxford to Bletchley (Milton Keynes) is already under way. Plans to restore passenger services between Oxford and Cowley are in the pipeline, and now the revival of the Oxford-Witney has again been mooted. The history of these three routes, plus others in the area, is outlined in rail enthusiast Laurence Waters’s latest book, Railways of Oxford, A Transport Hub that Links Britain. The Oxford-Bletchley line opened in 1851 and was part of ...
Source: oxfordmail.co.uk