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One of the brand-new London Underground Piccadilly line 2024 Tube Stock trains calls at Finsbury Park station. At present (August 2026) this fleet of trains are still undergoing pre-service tests, checks and familiarisation, so they are not carrying passengers. The trains are of a new fully...

A mini review of tram and light rail services in the British Isles where some (or all) of the rolling stock includes full-width crossbench and / or 'toastrack' style seating. Locations visited include: *The National Tramway Museum in Crich *The Isle of Man *Seaton Electric Tramway *Volks...

Riding the Class 230 battery-electric train which set a new world record for travelling 200 miles on one charge of its batteries. The ride that I filmed is whilst travelling on a quiet suburban branch line between West Ealing and Greenford stations in west London This is a former London...

Special livery wraps on Classes 345 and 378 plus 1996ts trains for 25 years of TfL. (Transport For London) So that's Elizabeth Line, London Overground and Jubilee line trains. https://x.com/AlstomUK/status/2009580623908782424?s=20

It is a very big shame that Pecorama has closed, however my understanding is that it is to be maintained in a way that will facilitate reopening again, when the economy has improved. I have made many visits over the years and in the end created several web pages of photographs. Most views were...

Gloucester Road Station Contrasts 1980s - 2025 Film 1 Trains and station views - still images and S-VHS video - at Gloucester Road Underground station in London. This is the first of two films - this one shows C and D subsurface stocks (on the Circle and District lines) and 1973 tube stock...

A short film showing London Underground D Stock trains at Gloucester Road station as filmed in 2012 and 2015. Plus, at the start of the film, a split view showing the inside of the train on the left and arriving at the station on the right. This train was travelling east - towards Upminster...

Riding London Docklands Light Railway (DLR) B23 Train No. 209 on the first day that any of these trains entered passenger service - Tuesday 30th September 2025. My instant first impression after boarding was to notice just how quiet the train is (announcements and door alert noises excepted)...

Recently I was able to take a few photos inside one of the new B23 DLR trains whilst standing just outside an open doorway and also looking through the window glass. I've combined these with a little moving video of these trains plus the 'next train' describer at Stratford station, platform 17...

B23 train at Stratford and Abbey Road stations, P86 and P89 trains, B90 No.40 in two liveries and more! ------------ As testing of the London Docklands Light Railway B23 trains continues the new trains are, for the first time, now running (albeit without passengers) alongside trains carrying...

All Metropolitan line London Underground trains - which includes trains that normally pass by at speed and trains not in passenger service - must stop at Preston Road station to switch between human driving and CBTC computer driving. (CBTC = communications-based train control ... every train is...

All four escalators at Cutty Sark (for Maritime Greenwich) London Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station have become a maintenance liability and hence need replacing. To do this the station closed on 1st June 2025. The escalator replacement project is expected to take about 10 months. Whilst the...

Using footage taken between 1993 and 2025, this film shows trains on the Central and Waterloo & City lines as they were when brand new and after several upgrades / refurbishments. The Central Line Improvement Project (CLIP) is a £500 million life extension plan for the 1992ts (tube stock)...

British Rail Blue / Grey Livery Farewell Revival With their replacement approaching one train unit each from three fleets of trains built by British Rail in the 1970's and 1980's - Classes 313, 507, 455 - were repainted in their original blue / grey livery, albeit with contrasting colour doors...

Passenger and special / rare trains as seen at Northwood station 1990s - 2019. Northwood station is served by London Underground Metropolitan line trains. It is on a jointly operated route (with Chiltern Railways) with some stations being served by both railway operators. The trains seen when...

Trains at Kew Gardens railway station (London) as filmed between the 1990s and 2024 Services at this station are provided by both the Main Line railway (British Rail / Network Rail - London Overground North London Line) and the London Transport / Underground District line. The film includes...

This is currently (June 2024) underway in west London It uses 230 001 - a former London Underground D stock train. To simulate a real-world application this test train shadows the West Ealing - Greenford diesel passenger service, stopping at stations etc but it is not carrying passengers.

London Underground 1962ts Rail Adhesion Train (RAT) shunting at Hainault depot as seen out the window of a 1992ts train travelling from Grange Hill to Hainault stations Also seen is a 1992 tube stock train

It was announced that trial running of the Class 345 trains through the brand new tunnelled section of the London Crossrail (Elizabeth line) railway had began, so I went to Custom House station (which is wholly above ground) to see the trains in action. Exhaustive trials with moving trains are...

Out of curiosity I've gone and bought some 3D printed model railway things from Shapeways, this includes an LNER 1937 Tyneside Electrics coach (one half of an articulated pair), some London Underground signals with the 'pigs ear' - one with feather and one without - plus a few other items...