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• Why you end up following a stranger through a busy railway station

  25-02-2026 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  If you’re trying to get through a busy railway station, you might think you’re planning your own route through the crowd, but you’re probably following a stranger — even when you don’t realise it, and even when it’s not the fastest route.
  Liverpool Street station
  The unseen “crowdsourced” pathing was uncovered from watching how train passengers navigate around a platform obstruction at Eindhoven Centraal station.
  Researchers analysed three years of
  
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• Bromley’s historic archives to get bigger home in Priory Gardens

  25-02-2026 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Bromley’s historic archives are to get a new home, after plans to demolish their existing site and build a larger modern building were approved by the local council.
  Existing site (c) Bromley Council
  An enlarged archive store is needed in part because the council closed the local museum a decade ago, and the replacement space provided in Bromley library is too small to hold the entire collection. The library is also about to move to a new location, and the new site will not be able to hous
  
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• Could rising contactless fares push commuters back to season tickets?

  25-02-2026 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  This Sunday, contactless tube fares will rise by an average of six percent, but if you can switch to season tickets, those fares are being frozen.Even with more people commuting to work more frequently now, paying with contactless daily still seems like a saving, but depending on your travel pattern, fare rises may push the monthly spend closer to what a season ticket would cost anyway.
  The advantage that a season ticket offers is that you get a whole week/month/year of travel for a fixed amount
  
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• Tickets Alert: Guided tours of the Richmond Theatre

  25-02-2026 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  In the centre of Richmond is a grand theatre that recently marked its 125th anniversary, and they offer tours of the building.The Richmond Theatre opened in 1899 as the Richmond Theatre and Opera House. Designed by the prolific theatre builder, Frank Matcham, barring some modest changes, it’s pretty much still the same theatre that opened over 125 years ago.
  A few changes are pointed out in a tour – such as the decently sympathetic extension to one side to create more space, and as w
  
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