London’s weekly railway news
A weekly round-up of London's rail transport news…

Tickets Alert: The Sky Garden reopens on 12th April
The Sky Garden at the top of the Walkie Talkie skyscraper has confirmed that it will be reopening from Monday 12th April.

Art Deco cinema saved from conversion into a hotel
A former theatre turned cinema in the West End has been saved from conversion into a hotel after Camden council rejected an appeal from the developer.

Unbuilt London: Biota! – the East London aquarium
Not that many years ago, and already largely forgotten, there was a plan for a huge aquarium, Biota!, to be built next to the Millennium Mills in Docklands.

Tickets Alert: Tours resume at the Globe Theatre
The doors to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside have been closed, and while plays may not start yet, guided tours of the theatre building can.

Check out these charming wooden railway models
A Scottish company that makes wooden models with proceeds going to charity have been expanding their railway collection.

M&S want to redevelop their Oxford Street flagship store
Another large Oxford Street retailer is looking to downsize in light of the recent surge in online shopping, and this time it's M&S.

I can haz a covid jab!
Yesterday, I joined a small queue outside a big blue bus to get my Covid vaccination jab. That short queue was the culmination of nearly a year of pandemic lockdowns and social distancing.

Report into Kensington High Street cycle lane published
Next week, Kensington and Chelsea council needs to decide what to do about the Kensington High Street cycle lane, and the initial council report has just been published.

Docklands: The Expanding City (1988 LDDC corporate video)
Found by the Tower Hamlets archive is a promotional video from 1988 for the Canary Wharf and Docklands development.

Tickets Alert: Hatfield House reopening
A short trip out of London can be found Hatfield House, a Jacobean mansion built in 1611, and has been in the same family ever since.

A new entrance for King’s Cross tube station
An isolated box entrance to King's Cross tube station is to be demolished and replaced with a new step-free entrance as part of a building development.

That’s Dandy! Two Beano exhibitions coming to London
To mark the 70th anniversary of Dennis the Menace's first appearance in The Beano, two exhibitions are opening in London to mark the event.

London’s railway closures over Easter 2021
Although some of the lockdown restrictions should be lifted by Easter, there will be a lot of railway engineering works to prevent too much travelling over the Easter weekend anyway.

London’s Alleys: Compter Passage, EC2
This is an entirely new alley for London, but owes some of its existence to a Tudor prison and a Victorian charity.