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• Auf Wiedersehen, Jet? Eurostar and DB revive plans for direct London–Germany trains

  04-12-2025 18:52 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There could be direct rail links between London and Germany from the early 2030s, after Eurostar signed an agreement with Deutsche Bahn (DB).
  Eurostar Celestia at St Pancras station (c) Eurostar
  If the service launches, it would likely see journey times of four to five hours between London and Frankfurt, with possible stops at Cologne and Brussels. Although that would be slower than flying, it would be comparable when you factor in that the railways would drop people off right in the centre of t
  
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• British Museum is promising ‘Good Vibrations’ for the Bayeux Tapestry’s trip to the London

  04-12-2025 16:17 via ianvisits.co.uk
  When the Bayeux Tapestry makes its historic visit to the UK next year, it will need to travel in a container that is exceptionally resistant to vibrations.That’s one of the conditions applied to the transfer, which the government has just revealed, ensuring that the precious tapestry does not experience more than 2 millimetres of vibration per second on its trip to London.
  This is going to be a very interesting challenge for the engineers tasked with constructing a cargo box that can be lo
  
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• Elizabeth line drives Liverpool Street station to nearly 100 million entries and exits

  04-12-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  London Liverpool Street has retained its title as Great Britain’s busiest railway station for the third year running, with almost 100 million entries and exits, according to figures from the Office of Rail and Road.
  It’s quite possible that the station could have broken the 100 million barrier if it hadn’t been closed for 8 days last Christmas (and will be again this Christmas) for engineering works.
  Liverpool Street station
  At the other end of the spectrum, Elton and Orston in
  
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• From BHS to Gothic revival: Oxford Street tower lined up for cathedral-inspired rebuild

  04-12-2025 12:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A familiar Oxford Street landmark, once home to the London College of Fashion and British Home Stores, could be in line for a rather unexpected reinvention — a rebuild inspired by medieval cathedral architecture.
  Currently
  Proposed (c) Planning documents / developer
  The original complex was completed in 1958 under the plot-ratio rules introduced in 1947, which encouraged taller structures set back behind lower street-frontages. Hence, the classic mid-century “podium with tower”
  
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• Look on His Works: Ramesses the Great exhibition is coming to London

  04-12-2025 11:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Ramesses the Great is coming to London next year, as a large exhibition of ancient Egyptian artefacts goes on display at Battersea.
  (c) Ramses & the Pharaohs’ Gold
  Ramesses II, better known as Ramses the Great, ruled more than 3,200 years ago and is widely hailed as the mightiest pharaoh of Egypt’s most powerful era, the New Kingdom. His 66-year reign – the longest of any pharaoh – cemented his reputation as a supreme builder, warrior, statesman and, with around 90&nd
  
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• TfL bids to take over Moorgate mainline with plan to increase Great Northern services

  04-12-2025 09:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Transport for London (TfL) has formally applied to take over the mainline railway out of Moorgate station north to Welwyn Garden City and to Stevenage via Hertford North.
  Although expected, and also suggested as an option in the government’s recent new towns paper, a Freedom of Information request has given some more details of what a TfL run service would look like.
  What is known as “Great Northern Inners” comprises the tunnels from Moorgate to Finsbury Park, and just north of
  
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• Disused telephone box becomes solar-powered herb garden

  04-12-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  An old red telephone box in Waltham Forest has been turned into a vertical farm growing herbs for a local charity.Funded by the local council through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the transformation of a disused British red telephone box, located just outside the William Morris Gallery on Forest Road, has turned it into a self-watering vertical garden.
  Inside the phone box is a custom designed, 3D printed ‘Petal Planter’ vertical system, complete with solar-powered ventilati
  
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