Selected article
|
Eurostar is a
high-speed railway service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains traverse the
Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operated separately by
Eurotunnel.
The London terminus is
St Pancras International, with the other British calling points being at
Ebbsfleet International and
Ashford International in Kent. Calling points in France are
Calais-Fréthun and
Lille-Europe, with the main Paris terminus at
Gare du Nord. Trains to Belgium terminate at
Midi/Zuid station in Brussels. In addition, there are limited services from London to
Disneyland Paris at
Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy, and to seasonal destinations in southern France.
The service is operated by eighteen-coach
Class 373/1 trains which run at up to 300 kilometres per hour (186 mph) on a network of high-speed lines. The
LGV Nord line in France opened before Eurostar services began in 1994, and newer lines enabling faster journeys were added later—
HSL 1 in Belgium and
High Speed 1 in southern England. The French and Belgian parts of the network are shared with Paris–Brussels
Thalys services and also with
TGV trains. In the United Kingdom the two-stage Channel Tunnel Rail Link project was completed on 14 November 2007 and renamed High Speed 1, when the London terminus of Eurostar transferred from
Waterloo International to St Pancras International. (
Full article...)
All selected articles
|
Selected biography
|
John Rennie (the Elder) (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821) was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges,
canals, and
docks. Rennie, a farmer's younger son, was born at
Phantassie, near
East Linton, East Lothian,
Scotland. He showed a taste for mechanics at a very early age. After studying at the
University of Edinburgh he worked briefly for
James Watt in Staffordshire before moving to London in 1784. In London, he worked first as a mechanical engineer before setting up his own business in 1791 at Holland Street, Blackfriars and expanding into the designing of
civil engineering projects.
Rennie designed many canals, bridges and docks around the United Kingdom and Ireland as well as harbours and lighthouses.
Amongst the projects designed by Rennie in London were previous versions of
Vauxhall Bridge,
Waterloo Bridge,
Southwark Bridge and
London Bridge and the
London,
East India and
West India Docks.
After his death, Rennie's sons
George and
John founded the engineering company
J. and G. Rennie. (
Full article...)
All Selected biographies
|
Did you know...
|
More Did you know...
|
Related portals
|
|
|
Selected pictures
|
-
Image 1
London General Omnibus Company
B-type bus B340 built in 1911 by
AEC. One of a number of London buses purchased by the British military during
World War I, this vehicle was operated on the
Western Front.
-
Image 2The south façade of
King's Cross railway station London terminus of the
East Coast Main Line.
-
-
Image 4Tram 2548 calls at
Arena tram stop. This is one of the trams on the
Tramlink network centred on
Croydon in south London.
-
-
-
-
-
Image 9Archer statue by
Eric Aumonier at
East Finchley Underground station.
-
Image 10Day (left) and Night (right) sculptures by Sir
Jacob Epstein on the
London Underground's headquarters at
55 Broadway.
-
Image 11London Underground
Battery-electric locomotive L16 designed to operate over tracks where the
traction current is turned off for maintenance work.
-
Image 12The Circle routes of Victorian London, comprising the
Inner Circle,
Middle Circle,
Outer Circle and
Super Outer Circle.
-
Image 13Planes waiting at
Heathrow Airport's
Terminal 4.
-
Image 14
Vauxhall Bridge across the
River Thames opened in 1906 and features sculptures by
F. W. Pomeroy.
-
-
Image 16
Hammersmith Bridge, opened in 1887, crosses the
River Thames in west London.
-
Image 17
Ruislip Lido Railway's 12-inch (300 mm) gauge locomotive "Mad Bess" hauling a passenger train.
-
Image 18Early style tube roundel in mosaic at
Maida Vale Underground station.
-
Image 19London Underground
A60 Stock (left) and
1938 Stock (right) trains showing the difference in the sizes of the two types of rolling stock operated on the system. A60 stock trains operated on the surface and sub-surface sections of the
Metropolitan line from 1961 to 2012 and 1938 Stock operated on various deep level tube lines from 1938 to 1988.
-
Image 20Sailing ships at
West India Docks on the
Isle of Dogs in 1810. The docks opened in 1802 and closed in 1980 and have since been redeveloped as the
Canary Wharf development.
-
Image 21A
tram of the
London United Tramways at Boston Road,
Hanwell, circa 1910.
-
-
Image 23Original stations on the
Metropolitan Railway from
The Illustrated London News, 27 December 1862.
-
Image 24Preserved
AEC Routemaster coaches in London Transport
Green Line livery.
-
Image 25Escalators at
Westminster Underground station descend between beams and columns of the
station box to reach the deep-level
Jubilee line platforms.
-
-
Image 27
Clapham Common Underground station north and south-bound platforms on the
Northern line.
-
Image 28The newly constructed junction of the
Westway (
A40) and the
West Cross Route (
A3220) at
White City, circa 1970. Continuation of the West Cross Route northwards under the roundabout was cancelled leaving two short unused stubs for the slip roads that would have been provided for traffic joining or leaving the northern section.
-
-
Image 30Helicopter landing at
London Heliport, a jetty constructed in the
River Thames in
Battersea.
-
Image 31Rail, road and river traffic, seen from the
London Eye.
-
Image 32
Hornsey Lane Bridge,
Archway, more commonly known as "Suicide Bridge".
-
Image 33
Central London Railway poster, published in 1905.
-
Image 34Southern approach to the
Rotherhithe Tunnel that runs under the
River Thames in east London between
Rotherhithe and
Limehouse.
-
Image 35
Woolwich Ferry boats "John Burns" and "James Newman" on the River Thames, 2012.
-
Image 36
55 Broadway, headquarters of the
UERL and its successors, is a Grade I
listed building in Westminster designed by
Charles Holden.
-
Image 37Arguably the best-preserved disused station building in London, this is the former
Alexandra Palace station on the GNR Highgate branch (closed in 1954). It is now in use as a community centre (CUFOS).
-
-
Image 39
Albert Bridge, opened in 1873, crosses the
River Thames between
Chelsea and
Battersea.
-
Image 40The multi-level junction between the
M23 and
M25 motorways near
Merstham in
Surrey. The M23 passes over the M25 with bridges carrying interchange slip roads for the two motorways in between.
-
Image 41The
New Routemaster built by
Wrightbus has three entrances, two staircases and is designed to be reminiscent of the
Routemaster.
-
Image 42
Qantas
Boeing 747-400 about to land at
Heathrow Airport, seen beyond the roofs of Myrtle Avenue,
Hounslow.
-
-
Image 44The western departures concourse of
King's Cross railway station.
-
-
Image 46"Boris Bikes" from the
Santander Cycles hire scheme waiting for use at a docking station in Victoria.
-
Image 47
TX4 London Taxi at
Heathrow Airport.
-
Image 48View of
Old London Bridge, circa 1632 by
Claude de Jongh.
-
Image 49The original
Hampton Court Bridge in 1753, the first of four on the site.
All Selected pictures
|
In the news
|
Archive
|
Anniversaries
|
|
|