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• Grand Central applies to run more trains between London and Yorkshire

  23-05-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The independent train company Grand Central wants to include its services between key destinations in the North East and West Yorkshire and London, and it has filed an application with the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
  (c) Grand Central
  If the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and consultations within the rail industry approve the plans, then Grand Central says it will be able to offer increased frequency and new direct journey opportunities.
  The train company wants to run up to two additional dail
  
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• Tickets Alert: Southbank Centre resumes architecture tours

  23-05-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Once a semi-regular event before the pandemic, the Southbank Centre is resuming its architectural tours of its buildings.
  Royal Festival Hall
  Love it or hate it, the concrete landscape of one of Europe’s most iconic arts centres has been dividing opinion since it was built in 1967. Have you ever wondered why the Queen Elizabeth Hall is such an irregular shape? Or why it looks as though the concrete is made from wood? Now’s your chance to find out.
  The tours will take place at 11am on
  
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• GTR launches TfL-style weekly cap on pay as you go train tickets

  23-05-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Customers travelling with Southern, Thameslink, and Great Northern are getting TfL-style caps on weekly travel, with a guarantee that pay as you go journeys will never cost more than an equivalent weekly season ticket.
  GTR Key Smartcard (c) Govia Thameslink Railway
  With people working from home at least some of the week, more people are paying for travel on the day they travel rather than buying a weekly (or more) season ticket. That can mean people unexpectedly asked to come into the office on
  
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• London’s Pocket Parks: Norfolk Square Gardens, W2

  23-05-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This square (well, long rectangle) in Paddington owes its origins to the same beginnings as nearby Talbot Square around the corner. It sits on top of a filled-in water reservoir built before the area developed with the arrival of the railways.As so much of the area was, it was laid out with tall, stocco-clad buildings surrounding a private garden. Planting aside, the garden also had a very different architectural appearance when built, as there was a large church at the far end.
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