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• Crystal Palace Subway wins heritage restoration award

  18-12-2024 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The newly restored, Grade II* listed Crystal Palace Subway has won a National Railway Heritage Award, recognising the restoration of the subway that used to link the Crystal Palace high-level railway station to the palace building.
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  The £3.5 million subway restoration was selected by judges for the BAM Nuttall Partnership Award, recognising the collaborative approach to the restoration works.
  The subway is now run by Crystal Palace Park Trust, a community-led charit
  
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• Piccadilly line to remain suspended between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge until mid-January

  18-12-2024 13:45 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Piccadilly line services, which have been suspended between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge for several weeks, will not be restored until mid-January 2025.Transport for London (TfL) also says that it will have to operate a reducedPiccadilly line service between Acton Town and Rayners Lane, with trains running approximately every 15 minutes throughout the day until mid-January.
  The problems stem from unusually heavy leaf fall this year, which caused extensive damage to train wheels and means they have
  
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• King’s Gallery to show off the glamour of the Edwardian age

  18-12-2024 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  The King’s Gallery, next to Buckingham Palace, has announced that its main exhibition next year will be its first-ever exhibition devoted to the Edwardian era.The exhibition, which will open in April 2025, will explore the lives and tastes of two of Britain’s most fashionable royal couples – King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and King George V and Queen Mary – from their family lives and personal collecting to their glittering social circles, global travels and spectacu
  
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