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• Railway engineering works close lines, but unlock a little-used bit of track near Twickenham

  21-01-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  There’s going to be railway disruption in southwest London next month, which is bad news for locals, but good news for trackbashers.
  Strawberry Hill station
  Due to Network Rail engineering work, SWR services between New Malden and Twickenham and on the Shepperton branch line will be affected between Saturday 14th February and Tuesday 17th February 2026.
  On Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th February, buses will replace trains between New Malden, Shepperton and Twickenham.
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• HS2 prepares to bore its final tunnels as Euston TBM launch date confirmed

  21-01-2026 13:40 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The first of the tunnel boring machines that will dig HS2’s last two tunnels is due to set off on its journey to Euston station next week.
  Rail Minister and HS2 CEO at Old Oak Common station box in 2024 to see the two TBMs preparing to build HS2 to Euston (c) HS2
  In a notice to local residents, HS2 said it expects to launch the first tunnel boring machine (TBM Madeleine) from the Old Oak Common site in the week beginning 26th January 2026. This will dig the upline tunnel, which will carry
  
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• Not the good guys: Exhibition confronts Britain’s colonial wars

  21-01-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Three often-overlooked post-WWII conflicts are the subject of a new exhibition that examines how colonial Britain still tried to pull the levers of political control across the globe.Bringing together testimonies from people in Kenya, Malaysia and Cyprus, the exhibition tells the story of their struggles for independence and, at times, of those who fought to retain the status quo.
  Their voices sit alongside young British National Service conscripts, revealing how these conflicts quickly escalate
  
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• Closed for a decade – part of the Thames riverside path has reopened at last

  21-01-2026 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A section of the Thames path that has been sealed off via a noisome detour since 2017 has finally reopened, with a new large riverside plaza.This is the Bazalgette Embankment, which sits atop a deep shaft as part of the Thames Super Sewer, designed to intercept sewage from overflowing Victorian sewers from entering the river. It’s as much a functional space below as it is a public space above, but that hidden space underneath is also partly why we have a large open plaza here, to give acce
  
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