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• Greater Anglia running longer trains between Liverpool Street and Hertford East

  08-09-2022 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Greater Anglia has completed the deployment of new longer trains on the Hertford East line, with nearly two-thirds more seats than the old Class 317 trains they replaced.
  (c) Greater Anglia
  Ahead of the new trains being introduced Greater Anglia and Network Rail had to lengthen the platforms at Hertford East, Ware, Broxbourne and Stratford, with 17 days of work during August. However, not all the stations are long enough for the new trains, so for the first time on this part of the network, they
  
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• Guided tours of Harrow school in October

  08-09-2022 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Four times a year, there are tours of the famous posh private school in northwest London, and tickets for the next tours are on sale.The tours take in the historic rooms and buildings at Harrow School including the Fourth Form Room, Speech Room, Chapel and War Memorial Building, amongst others, accompanied by their guides. The tours are a mix of the history of Harrow school and how it was founded, the day-to-day life of a Harrow student today with the traditions and customs, but really, it&rsquo
  
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• Derelict railway arches to be brought back into use

  08-09-2022 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A long row of derelict railway arches close to the Bermondsey beer mile could be brought back into use, if planning permission is granted. The Arch Co, the company that manages Network Rail’s railway arches is planning to spend £10 million bringing 29 currently empty and derelict railway arch spaces at Bermondsey Junction, close to South Bermondsey station back into use.
  Some of the empty arches (c) Google Street View
  The plans, which have been submitted to Southwark Council will see
  
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• King’s Cross’s Keystone Crescent, Europe’s smallest crescent

  08-09-2022 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A small crescent next to King’s Cross station is notable for having the smallest radius of any crescent in Europe. It’s also unusual in that it has houses facing both sides of the crescent.The crescent was built in the mid 1840s by Shoreditch based developer Robert James Stuckey, although it was originally called Caledonian Crescent, as it leads off Caledonian Road. The renaming of Caledonia(n) Crescent to Keystone Crescent took place in April 1912 when a sealed order was issued by t
  
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