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King’s Cross tube station gets brighter

02-04-2025 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

If you’ve noticed that King’s Cross tube station has been a bit brighter recently, you’re not wrong—it is.Transport for London (TfL) recently replaced most of the station lights with newer LED lights that produce more light while consuming less power. The upgrade is expected to generate energy savings of 1400 MWh per year, equivalent to powering 500 homes a year and up to £455,000 in operational savings in the first year. As LED lighting tends to last longer than tr

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From fancy costumes to brutal battles: New exhibition looks at a pirates life

02-04-2025 13:15 via ianvisits.co.uk

Pirates, the fancy-dressed rum-drinking parrot-keeping seafarers of old are, as a new exhibition shows, nothing of the sort.
Aptly located at the National Maritime Museum, the exhibition tries to pull the eyepatch back and shine a light on the reality of the pirate’s life — short and brutal but, if you were lucky, could make a person incredibly rich.Maybe to ease you in a bit, it opens with the fantasy before getting into the blood and guts proper.
Although piracy is as old as sailin

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Cutty Sark DLR station to close for nearly a year to replace its escalators

02-04-2025 12:30 via ianvisits.co.uk

Bad news for Greenwich, as Cutty Sark station on the DLR will close at the end of next month for nearly a year of work to replace its unreliable escalators.
Cutty Sark station main entrance (c) ianVisits
The existing four escalators were installed when the station was built by City Greenwich Lewisham (CGL) Rail, the PFI that funded the extension to Greenwich and Lewisham and was responsible for its maintencance until their concession ended in 2021.
The station has been plagued with problems ever

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Latest photos from the Silvertown Tunnels ahead of opening to motorists

02-04-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

East London is about to get two new road tunnels as the Silvertown Tunnels carry out their final tests before opening to road traffic.The tunnel is undeniably controversial, with arguments on both sides of the debate about pollution (increase or decrease), road traffic (increase or decrease), congestion in the wider area (increase or decrease) and the costs (no one wants an increase).
The stated aim is to reduce the long queues on either side of the river, with the expectation that fewer idling

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