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The London Buzz – 2nd December 2024

02-12-2024 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Today’s London news round-up:
A London bus driver is urging people to think about where they buy their e-bikes and parts, after he and his family escaped from a converted e-bike battery fire which ripped through his home. BBC News
The headteacher of a Walthamstow primary school with a dwindling pupil roll has suddenly resigned after serving five years in the role amid mounting concern over leadership and workplace culture at the school. Waltham Forest Echo
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HS2’s TBMs are about to start tunnelling towards Euston

02-12-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

The two giant tunnel boring machines that will soon dig the HS2 rail tunnels between Euston and Old Oak Common are now being assembled ahead of tunnelling starting next year.
Rail Minister and new CEO at Old Oak Common station box to see the two TBMs preparing to build HS2 to Euston (c) HS2
The tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are like underground factories, excavating the tunnels using a turning cutterhead, lining them with pre-cast concrete tunnel segments, grouting them into place before moving

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South Western Railway confirms next rollout of its new Arterio trains

02-12-2024 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

South Western Railway has confirmed where the next of its new and very heavily delayed Arterio trains will be deployed across its rail network.More trains in the fleet are coming into service now to increase services from Windsor & Eton Riverside, Sheperton and Strawberry Hill. By June 2025, trains will serve lines include Dorking, Epsom, Guildford, Hampton Court and Reading.
Five of the new trains have also been given names, inspired by the sporting venues that South Western Railway passes

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Delayed Beam Park railway station moves forward with new planning application

02-12-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

A planning application has been filed to build the delayed new railway station at Beam Park in east London, although formal approval to open it is still uncertain.
Proposed Beam Park station entrance – source: Planning application
Beam Park station would be on the c2c railway line between Rainham and Dagenham Dock and provide journeys into London Fenchurch Street in about 20 minutes. However, the Department for Trade (DfT) did not approve the station when it expressed concerns about its fi

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London’s Alleys: Sutton Walk, SE1

02-12-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

This is a very busy passage between the South Bank and Waterloo station, but at around 200 years old, it’s also one of the oldest streets in the area.This part of London was still fields in 1800, with wharfs lining the riverside, but apart from a few roads behind the wharfs, there was not much else in the area. However, things were about to change rapidly, and in the 1820s, the area was urbanising fast.
In fact, one of the earliest new streets to be added was Sutton Street, lined with a ro

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