Daily Archives: October 4, 2023

In scale and speed of construction, Tianjin West seems almost impossible – especially when viewed from Britain. It is, therefore, the perfect embodiment of China’s high speed rail network, on which the station can be found. It is also, I am sorry to say, the antithesis of the development of high speed rail in Britain, […]

Curiouser And Curiouser There are three stations called Watford. One is actually just called Watford but tends to be known as Watford (Met) for Metropolitan Line. (above map, centre left, definitely an “Underground” station). The station is quite sweet realty and probably the least used of the three. Watford High Street (map bottom right) was served by the “Watford Electrics”…