Daily Archives: May 24, 2023

With thanks to Jonathan Baggs MCIPR for this poem and allowing us to republish it on the anniversary of the final stage opening of the Elizabeth line 24 May 2022. Twas the Night before Crossrail, and all through the townThe Platforms stood ready, some 100ft down.Roundels, display screens, maps, set out with careFor thousands of passengers soon to be there.…

For Better For Worse? We know that service 865 from Clifton  tram terminus via East Midlands Parkway station has been withdrawn. We also know that this occasional Monday to Saturday service did not serve East Midlands Airport; the only link from train to plane being a taxi. This is confirmed by the National Rail station information pages … … which…