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• The London Buzz – 6th January 2025

  06-01-2025 18:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Today’s London news round-up:
  A popular Pie and Mash shop in Deptford that has been open for 100 years is set to close for good this month. News Shopper
  A man has been charged with aiding ex-British Army officer Daniel Khalife after he escaped from a south London prison. LBC
  Levitt Bernstein’s proposals to redevelop Finsbury Leisure Centre in north-east London are facing opposition from residents AJ
  Gatwick Airport rail station was evacuated after a train caught fire with smoke seen
  
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• Upgraded depot for Southeastern trains at Slade Green

  06-01-2025 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Southeastern’s maintenance depot at Slade Green has completed a multi-million pound upgrade, which included a new wheel lathe, carriage wash, and extended overhead gantry.
  General view of Slade Green and sidings with Networker units (c) Network Rail
  The depot, which employs 180 people locally, currently manages five different types of train. However, Southeastern is currently seeking suppliers for a new fleet that could replace many of the variants with a single fleet.
  Supporting the maint
  
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• TfL confirms the Silvertown Tunnel’s opening date

  06-01-2025 13:19 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London’s newest river crossing, the Silvertown Tunnel will open to road traffic on 7th April 2025, just before Easter.
  Silvertown Tunnel (c) TfL
  Transport for London (TfL) confirmed the opening date as it announced that construction work is coming towards a close, and operational readiness testing has started ahead of the tunnel opening.
  New bus routes serving the East London tunnel, which will be free for at least the first year, will also launch the same day. TfL is also installing the t
  
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• More ticket barriers now arriving at Liverpool Street station

  06-01-2025 11:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  While Liverpool Street Station was closed over Christmas for engineering works on the railway, more space was created for ticket barriers to reduce crowding in the station.
  New gateline (c) ianVisits
  Until recently, the gateline was divided into five sections by six small retail units, mostly selling food. Network Rail is now removing the shops and replacing them with more gates, and the first batches went in over the Christmas closure.
  Former shops being turned into ticket barriers (c) ianVisit
  
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• Half price entry to Hampton Court Palace

  06-01-2025 10:30 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  If you enjoyed Wolf Hall, now is a good time to visit the film set at Hampton Court Palace, where half-price admission is available as part of a winter special offer.Most of Wolf Hall was filmed elsewhere, but for the latest series, they were allowed to film in the palace itself, including the Great Hall, possibly the first time that’s ever been allowed for a drama series.
  The Great Hall (c) ianVisits
  Hampton Court Palace is a very large estate, and you can easily spend a whole day there,
  
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• London’s Alleys: Albion Mews, W2

  06-01-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This is a charming, plant-filled mews alley just north of Hyde Park, sitting next to a former and once very large cemetery.The area first started developing in the late 1790s, when St George’s church in Hanover Square bought a large plot of land north of Hyde Park to use as an overflow cemetery.
  Not long afterwards, housing started spreading around the area as well, and much of the street pattern was settled in the 1820s as part of a long-term plan by the architect Samuel Pepys Cockerell t
  
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