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• Crossrail’s Mark Wild takes over as HS2 boss

  24-05-2024 20:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Mark Wild, who took over the completion of the Crossrail project after it ran into trouble, is taking over as the boss of HS2 railway.
  Mark Wild (c) HS2
  Mark will join HS2 at a pivotal moment in the programme’s delivery. Civil engineering works along the route from London to the West Midlands are reaching their peak, and the focus is shifting to building the infrastructure to operate the railway.
  This new appointment forms part of a series of reforms across the project aimed at bearing dow
  
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• London stations among 50 receiving funding for Step-Free access cost evaluations

  24-05-2024 18:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The government has released funding to support step-free access at railway stations, but at this stage, only to evaluate the costs of adding step-free access in the future.
  The opening day of step-free access at East Grinstead station in Sept 2022
  The Department for Transport (DfT) says that ministers have agreed on the list of 50 additional stations selected for initial feasibility work, which, if successful, will be taken forward as part of the Access for All (AfA) programme.
  The fifty station
  
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• Elizabeth line celebrates two years of service with over 350 million journeys

  24-05-2024 14:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  On the second anniversary of the Elizabeth line’s opening, TfL revealed that it had carried more than 350 million journeys since opening on 24th May 2022.
  Opening Bond Street station (c) ianVisits
  During its first full year of operation, the Elizabeth line saw more than 150 million passenger journeys. In 2023/24, this number dramatically increased to 210 million journeys. On average, the line handles around 700,000 passenger journeys every weekday, with the busiest day recorded on 18th Apr
  
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• Birds: The Living Dinosaurs – This new NHM exhibiton tells their evolutionary tale

  24-05-2024 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A declaration that birds are dinosaurs is how an exhibition about birds in a museum famous for its dinosaurs opens, as it tells the story of avian evolution from the dinosaurs into your Christmas lunch.The common idea that dinosaurs died out when an asteroid hit the earth has become considerably more complicated in just the past few decades. Recent discoveries have shown that dinosaurs were already evolving into birds when the asteroid hit, and the impact opened the door for that evolution to ta
  
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• Your chance to nominate a historic figure for a Blue Plaque

  24-05-2024 07:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you’ve ever wanted to nominate a notable person or organisation for a Blue Plaque, then now’s your chance, as Historic England is seeking ideas from the public.
  London’s 1000th official blue plaque unveiled in 2023 (c) ianVisits
  To be eligible, the person being nominated needs to have died at least 20 years ago and have at least one building associated with them that survives from the time of their occupancy and where a plaque would be clearly visible from a public highway.
  
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