005/270: #Arsenal – The Gunners

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Originally another Leslie Green fronted station, Gillespie Road was upgraded in the 1930s when The Gunners moved to town.

The only station to be named after a football team, Arsenal is now a hybrid of Holdenesque Art Deco on the outside and classic Leslie Green at platform level.

Despite it’s significance, it’s a fairly modest affair and now shares the matchday workload with nearby Holloway Road (004). Look out for the fan segregation barrier that runs the length of the station passageways.

Image copyright A Carter – CallingAllStations.co.uk

CAS Weekly 12/12/15

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Image From TfL Museum Shop

Modelling

Engine Shed look at Hornby’s upcoming B12 and Q6 Class locos.
Livery samples of Bachmann’s Wickham Trolley.

UK Rail

Rail fares set for annual increase. What’s the most expensive journey per mile?
It’s no good building a new railway if it sucks.
Scotland’s also doing it’s best to find more trains to help with the Forth Road Bridge closure.
Great Western Mainline upgrade progress plagued by buried signalling.
Network Rail to invest £4m in routes in and out of London Bridge and Victoria, whilst sneakily escaping a hefty fine.
London Underground breaks record for busiest day. And then breaks it again 6 days later.
London Midland gets franchise extension.
Crossrail goes cut and cover in Paddington.
Princess Risborough signal box to become mainline viewing platform.
Upgrade plans in the Bristol commuter belt.
Swanage Railway to get mainline link in 2016.
How Arsenal station got it’s name.
National Railway Museum to get exciting overhaul.
What did a Victorian railway excursion look like?
How Network SouthEast reinvented railway brand identity.
The London train journeys you don’t know about.
If you’ve got a spare 600 quid knocking around you can treat yourself to a London Underground map Fender guitar.

World Rail

Have you seen the Turtle fly under on the Japanese Railway?
Australia’s very very very very very very long train.
Cargo ship destroys rail bridge in Germany.

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CAS Weekly 13/02/15

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Image from Northern Rail

UK Rail

Spanish firm CAF win bid to build new sleeper cars for the new Caledonian sets.
Manchester Airport has a new platform.
Whilst Birmingham Snow Hill is mooted for a rebuild.
London Reconnections take you through the Crossrail Launch Plan.
Commute London revamp their website. Find out how the capital’s rail franchises are fairing on social media.
Abandoned tube tunnels could be turned into cycle lanes…
…but I tell you why this is dreadful idea.
Virgin will replace the East Coast Loyalty Reward system with Nectar when they take over the franchise. Regular customers are upset.
A sneak peak of the Class 319’s being kitted out in Northern Rail livery.
Diamond Geezer rides a ghost train to West Ruislip.
…and Arsenal fans are concerned about their slip down the table after a visit to the Transport Museum.

World Rail

Imagine driving down the highway with a Steam Train barrelling towards you. Turns out you can in California…
US Freight rail network to get a hefty investment.
More stunning rail architecture from the states. A study of Newark Penn Station by The Beauty of Transport.

Feature Image by David Chandler.