London Reconnections

The massive redevelopment at Earls Court took a step closer to fruition in November 2012 when the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea gave its outline planning approval. The London Borough of H...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2013/west-london-line-cocooned-by-earls-court-development/

Back in July the government outlined its rail investment strategy in the High Level Output Statement (HLOS) covering 2014-19 or Control Period 5 (CP5). We reported on the HLOS here and here, and ...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/the-hlos-for-2014-19-a-step-backwards/

Sometimes, whilst researching a topic, unexpected opportunities arise. This proved to be the case recently at Kings Cross where, during a site visit related to a future piece on the station's sub...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/in-pictures-the-kings-cross-clock-tower/

The extensive RUS process has already yielded a long shopping list of potential projects, including some big ticket items such as Crossrail 2. We are more likely, however, to see a package of mor...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/unlocking-herne-hill-and-the-kent-route-to-the-city-2/

The subject of safeguarding has cropped up in several of our recent posts, and here we explore a current example: at Blackfriars. As the Thameslink work at Blackfriars progresses apace, the openi...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/blackfriars-safeguarding-the-future/

In Part 1 of our journey below Smithfield we followed in the footsteps of John Bull’s underground wander down the Widened Lines from Barbican. Here in Part 2 we leave him fumbling in the dark a...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/london-terminals-fighting-over-farringdon-part-2/

Initially, we’d planned just a single post looking at Farringdon as part of our (increasingly badly titled) London Terminals series, but John Bull’s recent wander through the old 'Widened Lin...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/london-terminals-fullsome-farringdon-part-1/

This is the final part of our look at how freight may become the Achilles’ heel for rail planners in London. The first article provided some context, looking at the various strategies, the nati...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/london-freight-part-3-a-quart-into-a-pint-pot/

The more we looked at rail freight in London the more we realised the significant challenges it poses, including to TfL’s aspirations for the Overground and its ‘strategic interchanges’. As...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/london-freight-part-2-the-freight-must-flow/

In our previous posts on the shape of London’s rail network, we looked at how our infrastructure legacy gives rise to the pattern of services which concentrates demand onto the city core and it...

https://www.londonreconnections.com/2012/london-freight-part-1-reshaping-the-network/