Please Stand On The Right
I’ve not seen this before on the Underground.
Please Stand On The Right
But it probably is a good simple idea.
Unless it was someone who forgot to clean their boots!
Is Putin Watching?
I’m watching the Eurovision Song Contest. But is Putin? Or has he just switched off the signal to all Russian sets, as a bearded drag act is representing Austria?
Remember Adolf didn’t need much of an excuse to invade Austria!
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line – Cricklewood
The Dudding Hill Line starts at a triangular junction at Cricklewood, where the line joins the Midland Main Line.
Unfortunately, due to the weather and the speed of the 32 bus I was travelling on, I didn’t a decent picture of the line, but I did get one of the junction on the Cricklewood bus map.
The Dudding Hill Line On A Bus Map
You can see the junction in the top left of the map.
The one thing that I did ascertain is that from North to West and vice-versa it is double-tracked, but the turn from South to West is single-tracked. So it is reasonable that trains can move in any direction, between any of the three tracks; north, south and west.
I shall have to go back to get some pictures.
A Good Simple Design For A Seat
Everywhere on public transport these days you seem to see uncomfortable, ugly and hard metal or plastic seating.
I saw this seat on Harlesden station this morning.
A Good Simple Design For A Seat
It’s certainly a lot better and more pleasing on the eye.
It’s also got the roundels
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line – Craven Park
I took the Overground to Willesden and then I took an 18 bus to Craven Park.
The bridge-cum-tunnel obviously has a low height, but it doesn’t look to be the worst to increase the headroom to allow container trains to use the Dudding Hill Line.
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line
This is an index of the various posts about searching for the Dudding Hill Line.
They will run from Cricklewood to Acton, for no logical reason, except that I’m a North Londoner, so I would choose from North to West.
Come In Number 38, Your Time Has Come!
I saw several New Buses for London or Routemasters today, as I travelled the other way on a 38 to and through Hackney.
But they weren’t the remnants of the original Hackney Eight, but pristine ones, just off the boat from Northern Ireland.
Coming back from the Angel, I got one of the new buses and the driver said with a big beaming smile on his face, that from Monday all buses on the 38 will be New Routemasters.
So now visitors to the capital and those that live here for that matter, will be able to take their partner, boyfriend or girlfriend to romantic Clapton Pond, as I surmised here.
On a serious note, If you were thinking of opening a cafe, then Clapton Pond surely is the place!
Also if I was Hackney’s Tourism Officer, I’d be making sure everything was ready.
Rumour also has it too, that a well known estate agent has jacked up the prices of all properties near to a 38 bus stop by two percent.
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line – North Acton
After I’d walked down Victoria Road, I took a photograph of the North London line, where it crosses the Central line on a high bridge. I then took a bus to Acton Central station, from where I took a train back to Hackney. As I crossed the bridge I took another photo, followed by another as the Dudding Hill line broke off to the left, to cross Park Royal and the Grand Union Canal.
Again the last picture, gives the impression that it is well-maintained railway.
Note the picture of the maps at Acton Central station. They show what a tortuous web London’s railways were in the Victorian era. And I suspect, it’s not just London, that was covered by such an intricate pattern of lines.
Boden’s Sense Of Humour
I just had to take a picture of this sign outside of Boden’s building as I walked by.
Boden’s Sense Of Humour
As this blog is only about things that are good to look at, I decided to show a picture of just the sign.
Thinking about it, I suspect that an ugly building is cheaper to rent or buy, so why not save money and just make fun of it.
I wonder what discount they got for The Shard?
Searching For The Dudding Hill Line – Victoria Road, Acton
After photographing the bridges over the canal, I retraced my step[s back to Old Oak Lane and followed it towards North Acton station.
The Dudding Hill Line crosses the road on a bridge.
In fact one feature of the line is several nice bridges.
The Anonymous Widower 