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Solar powered tube trains for the future?

04-11-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The tube trains of the future could get some of their juice from solar power, as Transport for London (TfL) is looking for a supplier who could plug solar cells directly into the TfL electricity grid.The project is primarily focused on private wire connections to new-build solar photovoltaic generation, and the contracts are for four years, with options to extend afterwards.
TfL has previously committed to delivering 1.1 megawatts of generating capacity by retrofitting solar panels across its la

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The Lord Mayor’s state coach is on display in the Guildhall

04-11-2024 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Ahead of this weekend’s Lord Mayor’s Show, the state coach the Lord Mayor will ride in can be seen in the City of London’s Guildhall.The Lord Mayor of London’s State Coach is, along with the King’s Gold State Coach and the Speaker’s State Coach, one of the three great state coaches of the United Kingdom. Unlike the other two, which are rarely used (and the Speakers never now), the London one is used every year and has been ever since it was built in 1757.
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London’s Alleys: Delancey Passage, NW1

04-11-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This is a short Camden passageway that dates all the way back to when all around here were fields, which wasn’t that long ago, as it happens.The alley leads off Delancey Street, but when that was first laid out in the 1820s, it was a much shorter road called Warren Street. The alley didn’t exist then, but you can see a gap in the houses lining Warren Street where space had been left for a back passage to be added later.
Greenwood map 1828
It didn’t take too long for the rest of

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TfL restores 18+ Oyster photocard applications following cyber attack

04-11-2024 01:01 via ianvisits.co.uk

Transport for London (TfL) has now begun accepting applications for 18+ Oyster photocards and several other concessions as it continues restoring services following the recent cyber attack.
(c) TfL
While work continues to restore services following the cyber attack, TfL says that it has restored its concession photocard website and can start processing new applications.
New applications for 18+ Student, 18-25 Care Leaver and Apprentice Oyster photocards now being accepted by TfL and applications

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