Farringdon Station – 3rd September 2019
These pictures show the Barbican station end of the Crossrail entrance at Farringdon station.
I showed this entrance in Farringdon Station – 7th July 2018.
The London Cablet
I took these pictures outside Carluccio’s in Smithfield.
It is called the London Cablet.
Construction Of The Luton Direct Air-Rail Transit (DART) Has Started
The Luton DART will connect Luton Airport to Luton Airport Parkway station.
This map from the London Luton Airport web site shows the route.
It is comprehensive with three planned stations.
- Luton Airport Parkway station.
- Central Terminal
- as it is planned to build a stop at the Mid-Stay car park, at a later date.
Note how the DART runs along the Airport side of the Midland Main Line before crossing over into the Airport on the Gateway Bridge, which is shown as an inset on the map.
These pictures show the construction of the DART underway at Luton Airport Parkway station.
It certainly looks substantial.
According to Wikipedia, it will open in 2021.
The New Bathgate Depot
As I passed through Bathgate station, I took these photographs of the new Bathgate depot.
This Google Map shows the station with its extension car parking and the depot.
Note how the layout is so much simpler, than most depots in the UK, which were designed over a hundred years ago.
Is This A Massive Endorsement For The City Of London?
This Google Map is dominated by the new Goldman Sachs building in the City of London.
Make what you want of the building and its significance for the City.
But is it an endorsement of a strong future or a monument to a glorious past?
Location, Location, Location
One property developer once said, these were the three most important things about a property.
This Google Map shows the location with respect to Farringdon station.
The station, which is at the top of map, will be the best connected in Central London as it will be the crossing of Crossrail and Thameslin. That probably won’t be important to some of the employees of Goldman Sachs, but the building apparently has favoured bicycle spaces over car parking.
Note just to the South of Farringdon station, two of the large buildings of Smithfield Market. These two are very much under-used and plans exist to convert part of them into the new Museum of London.
But a lot of the area between Goldman Sachs and Farringdon is under-developed and will the Goldman Sachs decision, lead to more development of offices, hotels and residences in this part of London at the West of the actual City?
Terminal Six At Heathrow And Terminal Three At Gatwick
I often joke, that this area, will become extra terminals at Heathrow and Gatwick Airports, with an easy link to the trains to Scotland and the Continent just a short taxi ride, bicycle ride or one stop on the Underground up the road at Kings Cross and St. Pancras.
A Walk From Smithfield To The Goldman Sachs Building
These are some pictures I took on the way.
The New Museum Of London Site
Holborn Viaduct
The Goldman Sachs Building
I’m sure that if I can walk to and from Farringdon station at seventy-two, then a lor of people working in the building will use the railway to get to and from work.
Conclusion
Have Goldman Sachs decided to build their new offices at the Crossroads of the World?
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