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Category Archives: Transport
Another one bites the dust on the KX gyratory
Just 20 minutes ago witnesses on the scene standing at the very end of York Way facing this collision in the middle of the orange box between Gray's Inn Rd, York Way and Pentonville Road, including a long-time resident from … Continue reading
Calling all graphic designers!
The tube map is a world famous design icon, pleasing in itself yet incredibly easy to use. So, here's your mission graphic designers out there should you choose to accept: design an equally pleasing and easy to use map of … Continue reading
Posted in Kings Cross Station Refurbishment, Transport, Travel
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They shoot pedestrians don’t they?
King's Cross has a long standing and fast growing reputation for being possibly the worst pedestrian danger spot in the entire capital. At "over a kilometer including three escalators, five pelican crossings, two uncontrolled road crossings, two sets of steps", … Continue reading
The hire bikes are coming
It's hard to miss the lickably-shiny new bicycle docking stations that have sprung up, in anticipation of the actual bikes, due on 30 July for the Transport for London, ahem, Barclays, cycle hire scheme. Or maybe it is hard to … Continue reading
Posted in Transport
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KX Station zero hour
Unveiled just an hour ago by newly appointed Secretary of State for Transport Philip Hammond, Platform Zero is a key milestone in the transformation of our local station, but its impact may not be so positive for the local area … Continue reading
Posted in Kings Cross Station Refurbishment, Transport, Travel
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An Alternative Cycle Route
The Bulletin Board received the following message from Del Brenner of the Regents Network via Lisa Tang of Friends of Regent's Canal. Camden is conducting a study to look at an alternative cycle route to the Regent’s Canal towpath to … Continue reading
Posted in Transport
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Northern Ticket hall – making a difference?
Britain's most expensive hole in the ground is probably the £300million northern ticket hall under the road between St Pancras and Kings Cross. Alternate exits for Kings Cross underground first came up in the Fennell Report into the appalling 1988 … Continue reading
Super station plans afoot to join Euston, St Pancras & King’s Cross…
By David Millward, Transport Editor, Daily Telegraph Published: 1:41PM GMT 30 Dec 2009 "It will be capable of handling 18 trains an hour – some of which could be double decker – into London, carrying about 20,000 passengers. "Detailed plans … Continue reading