Lost Essex Line: Remembering Trains to Elsenham and Thaxted Villages

Lost Essex Line: Remembering Trains to Elsenham and Thaxted Villages

Explore the bygone Elsenham and Thaxted railway line in Essex, closed in 1953, and its impact on local transport. Lost Essex Line: Remembering Trains to Elsenham and Thaxted Villages Essex has great transport, especially trains. Some villages don’t have good train access now. But, this used to be different. Elsenham and Thaxted are quiet villages…

Portishead to Get First Train Station in 70 Years for £152 Million

Portishead to Get First Train Station in 70 Years for £152 Million

After 70 years, Portishead is getting a new train station, costing £152 million, with a rail link to Bristol planned by 2027. Portishead to Get First Train Station in 70 Years for £152 Million Hey! Guess what’s happening near Somerset! This town is getting a train station. It’s been over 70 years since they had…

Baltic Garage Faces Uncertainty With Proposed Liverpool Station Project

Baltic Garage Faces Uncertainty With Proposed Liverpool Station Project

Ashwell Motors in Baltic area may need to move due to Merseyrail Liverpool Baltic station construction. Baltic Garage Faces Uncertainty With Proposed Liverpool Station Project Paul Garrett owns Ashwell Motors. It’s been in the Baltic area for decades. A new train station project might force him to move. The city wants to build a new…

Kings Cross Station Unique Platform 0 in London Train System

Kings Cross Station Unique Platform 0 in London Train System

Kings Cross is the sole London station with Platform 0, added in 2010 to increase capacity during station upgrades. Kings Cross Station Unique Platform 0 in London Train System London’s train system has unusual things. For example, West Croydon lacks a Platform 2. King’s Cross is unique. It is London’s only station with Platform 0.…