The weather on the other side of the channel wasn’t that great once we emerged from the Channel Tunnel. Despite … More
Tag: train
HS1
The train tracks from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel are known as HS1 (short for High Speed 1). They … More
The station next door
Travellers on the London Underground will have encountered the tube station ‘KingsCrossStPancras’. Above ground, there are two stations directly next … More
Permanent St Pancras Art
St Pancras tweeted this link to me about last week’s post, a YouTube video about One More Time. You can watch … More
Temporary Station Art
On the upper level of the station there are two permanent works of public art as well as one site … More
St Pancras
I feel like I’m back in my ‘elephant’ as one of my friends always says. I’m sitting on a long … More
Lancaster Gate
The tube station is named after the closest gate into Kensington Gardens which itself was named to honour Queen Victoria, … More
Bronzes along the way
Updated to add that a week after I posted this, Sir Nicholas Winton died, aged 106. I join many in … More
Terminus
London doesn’t have one central station, it has multiple stations arranged around what was the edge of the city in … More
Great Western
The Great Western Railway was founded in the 1830s (corrected after the comment below!) to connect London and Bristol by … More
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