Latest news stories from Hyperlocal sites tagged with 'station' :: Page 1
January 4 2013, 12.55PM Wansteadium
Shed pounds with ease! (Park at Snaresbrook)
From Monday, 5 January, the price of parking at Snaresbrook and Wanstead station car parks is going up again, to £6 and £5 respectively, rising fro...
May 3 2012, 6.43AM The Blackheath Bugle
Election day – don’t forget to vote! 
It’s election day. The polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm. However you choose to vote, please don’t forget! Greenwich pollin...
October 17 2011, 7.15PM Port Talbot Magnet
Council verdict on Parkway’s modern makeover
A MULTI-MILLION pound planning application to rejuvenate Port Talbot railway station will be considered by Neath Port Talbot councillors tomorrow. ...
August 10 2011, 11.13AM The Blackheath Bugle
Get the sliding door reopened 
I’m using the excellent new FixMyTransport to persuade Southeastern to get SouthEastern to re-open the sliding blue door! Who wouldn’t ...
July 22 2011, 8.57AM The Blackheath Bugle
SouthEastern trains enthuse about the wonderful steps 
Following on from yesterday’s nonsense, there’s another PR inflected piece of tosh here: Network Rail Blackheath Station becomes access...
July 21 2011, 11.14AM The Blackheath Bugle
Anyone care to balance this up a little? 
From the “just has to be read to be believed” department: Blackheath station becomes more accessible To keep disruption to a minimum an...
May 7 2011, 12.47PM The Blackheath Bugle
Nine months to install a lift… 
BVRG has a copy of a letter sent out to local residents, explaining that the building of the Sistine Chapel station improvement works will take lon...
April 24 2011, 2.40PM EastLondonLines
ELL Walks – Croydon: Lloyd Park and Surrounds
Croydon isn’t the most obvious choice for a day out amidst splendid greenery, but don’t let it’s unhealthy obsession with cold, modernist a...
February 26 2011, 9.32AM Blog Preston
Drugs dog and body scanner used at Preston station
A scheme designed to crackdown on anti-social behaviour led to an arrest at Preston train station. Operation…
February 9 2011, 10.41PM A Little Bit of Stone
Stone police station WILL be closed
Staffordshire Police confirmed today that Stone police station WILL be closed down – but promised that it would only happen when alternative ...
January 29 2011, 12.43AM The Blackheath Bugle
Piggybanks and Edvard Munch 
The never-much-good branch of Nationwide in Blackheath village is closing. More on 853blog here. And an excellent Scream-inspired painting of Black...
December 16 2010, 10.28AM
Power station protesters guilty
Power station protesters guilty A group of 20 climate change activists, including two from Kent, two from Southampton and one from Oxford, who plan...
December 15 2010, 4.56AM
Power station protesters guilty
Power station protesters guilty A group of 20 climate change activists, including one from Manchester, who planned to shut down the UK’s seco...
December 15 2010, 12.28AM
Power station protesters guilty
Greeting from Newark Nottinghamshire Image by laurencegoffnewarkuk Power station protesters guilty A group of 20 climate change activists, includin...
December 5 2010, 5.01PM
Ratcliffe Power Station (Guardian version)
A few nice Nottinghamshire images I found: Ratcliffe Power Station (Guardian version) Image by veggiesosage If you got the Guardian yesterday (10/5...
November 26 2010, 8.14AM The Blackheath Bugle
Access for All, eventually… 
So it begins. If you want go into London from Blackheath station, you’ll have to get onto the wrong platform, then cross over the rickety bri...
November 12 2010, 5.08PM The Blackheath Bugle
Fresh mint coming soon! 
Dear Selecta, Thanks ever so much for adding your vending machines to Blackheath Station. The machine isn’t filled up yet, but I notice there...
November 1 2010, 4.23PM EastLondonLines
Volunteers help turn Brockley green again
Last Sunday, a friendly planting event took place around Brockley Common, where, with the help of local volunteers the general area around Brockley...
October 31 2010, 3.43PM The Blackheath Bugle
You walk past this every day… 
…if you take the train. I really like the logo – it looks so solid, and reminds you that people used to know how to manufacture things ...
October 26 2010, 6.57AM I Love Longton
Public Meeting
There are some plans to hold a public meeting in the next few weeks to discuss ways that we can put pressure on Network Rail to paint the bridge in...
October 9 2010, 9.56AM The Blackheath Bugle
Lift being installed at Blackheath station 
Blackheath Society reports that Network Rail will (finally – see this post in May 2008!) begin work on installing a lift inside Blackheath St...
September 28 2010, 6.08PM The Blackheath Bugle
Girl collapsed at Blackheath station
Two ambulance-people attending to a girl who had collapsed on the up-ramp from Blackheath station – swarmed by rush-hour passengers. She was ...
September 6 2010, 9.30AM Lichfield Live
Police hope Lichfield commuters can identify couple
Lichfield commuters are being asked to help police track down track down two suspects after a purse was taken at station on the cross-city line. A ...
July 5 2010, 6.46PM Deadline News
Policeman joins family in court over drugs charges
By Paul Thornton A POLICE officer has been remanded in prison over claims he breached the Official Secrets Act. It is alleged police constable Dere...
June 6 2010, 3.46PM The Blackheath Bugle
Steaming through Blackheath Station
Chris writes: “Just happened to be waiting for a train the other day at Blackheath station when a steam train came rushing through. It was th...
