Tunnel Boring Machine

By Matt Brown from London, England (Looking along the running track) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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Hornby are going to do another production run of their popular BR 4-6-2 “Exeter” West Country Class

TfL announce the ordering of two Tunnel Boring Machines for the Northern Line Extension to Battersea.
Meanwhile on the Bakerloo Line, refurbishment of the 72 Stock is going to be more costly than LU expected whilst they wait for the NTfL in 10 years time.
Do you find Oyster charges confusing? When are you better off getting a season ticket? When are National Rail journeys more expensive? This useful site has the answers!
Programmer Will Gallia has created this wonderfully hypnotic animation of daily Tube journeys. A must watch!
It’s a week of Tube based creativity as these beautiful watercolour sketches from 2013 of Leslie Green arcetecture by Artist Emily Pulham surface on my Twitter timeline.
From art to photography, check out these cracking images showing the development progress at Manchester Victoria in GM News.
An unexploded bomb closes the Folkestone to Dover line.
RailwayManiac has done an excellently detailed study of the maze of railway lines that once graced the Bury area. Certainly worth a read whether you’re from that part of the world or not!
The Heathrow spur of HS2 has been dropped.
First are looking to get in on the East Coast action.
Whilst The end of the InterCity 125 is nigh…

After the sad passing of Terry Pratchet, London Reconnections pay tribute with their Ankh-Morpork Transport Committee review.

With over 40 of the total 42km of Crossrail Tunnels now completed, I ask – Just how many Pringles can you fit in Crossrail?
In fact so popular was this post that it appeared on Londonist’s Daily News Roundup! *Smug face*

Cover Image by ObaJak from Discworld Novels.

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