Santander Cycles (formerly Barclays Cycle Hire) is a public
bicycle hire scheme in London. The scheme's bicycles are popularly known as Boris Bikes, after
Boris Johnson, who was the
Mayor of London when the scheme was launched in July 2010. The scheme was first proposed by previous mayor
Ken Livingstone in 2008. The operation of the scheme is contracted by
Transport for London to
Serco Group and was sponsored by
Barclays Bank from its introduction until March 2015. It is currently sponsored by
Santander. The scheme began with 5,000 bicycles and 315 docking stations distributed across the
City of London and parts of eight
London boroughs with the area covered expanding and the number of bicycles increasing in the following years.
Bicycles are available to hire from docking stations located around the city with the first 30 minutes of use free of charge. The bicycles are manufactured by
Cycles Devinci in Canada and are designed to be robust and vandal resistant with puncture resistant tyres, chain guards and LED lighting and cabling built into the frames.
After
World War I, Heaps designed the stations for the 1923-4 extension of the CCE&HR from
Golders Green to
Edgware, giving them a suburban style in keeping with the new housing developments that were expected to grow around them. After the Edgware extension stations, Heaps concentrated on the design depot buildings, although he designed new stations at
Osterley,
Boston Manor and
St. John's Wood. (Full article...)
Image 22The 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 32Arguably 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 33The 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 47Early style tube roundel in mosaic at
Maida Vale Underground station.
Image 48Sailing 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 49London 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.
Santander Cycles (formerly Barclays Cycle Hire) is a public
bicycle hire scheme in London. The scheme's bicycles are popularly known as Boris Bikes, after
Boris Johnson, who was the
Mayor of London when the scheme was launched in July 2010. The scheme was first proposed by previous mayor
Ken Livingstone in 2008. The operation of the scheme is contracted by
Transport for London to
Serco Group and was sponsored by
Barclays Bank from its introduction until March 2015. It is currently sponsored by
Santander. The scheme began with 5,000 bicycles and 315 docking stations distributed across the
City of London and parts of eight
London boroughs with the area covered expanding and the number of bicycles increasing in the following years.
Bicycles are available to hire from docking stations located around the city with the first 30 minutes of use free of charge. The bicycles are manufactured by
Cycles Devinci in Canada and are designed to be robust and vandal resistant with puncture resistant tyres, chain guards and LED lighting and cabling built into the frames.
After
World War I, Heaps designed the stations for the 1923-4 extension of the CCE&HR from
Golders Green to
Edgware, giving them a suburban style in keeping with the new housing developments that were expected to grow around them. After the Edgware extension stations, Heaps concentrated on the design depot buildings, although he designed new stations at
Osterley,
Boston Manor and
St. John's Wood. (Full article...)
Image 22The 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 32Arguably 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 33The 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 47Early style tube roundel in mosaic at
Maida Vale Underground station.
Image 48Sailing 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 49London 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.