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I recall reading somewhere that Canary Water station was completed so early that its systems no longer meet safety standards and are incompatible with the rest of the line. Hence its place on the naughty step with Bond Street. So it’s just as bad to be too early as too late...
"A world of purple possibility" for just £2.40 - what more could anyone want...
AIUI it's post-Grenfell fire requirements that Canary Wharf fell short on.
I do not like those purple signs marked Elizabeth Line I wish they would name it Crossrail 1
Well-said Rosemary, the best saved for last. I expect I will always be musing on "a world of purple possibility" when I finally get to travel on Crossrail. Inspired.
More Soho Place info here if anyone's interested.

dg writes: that is top quality placemakingbolx.
On actuarial data there is a ~25% chance that Liz won't make it to her platinum jubilee in June 2022, so they are in a race against time that she may ever be able to visit the line named after her.
Did you actually visit Paddington? If so, was that for a very long walk, or are you venturing onto public transport again?
Does anyone know what the prolonged contractual problems at Bond Street are? Nothing I've read indicates why planned work is overrunning its scheduled time, or whether some nasty surprises were encountered after work got under way.
It could be that by the time Bond St is ready, we are all flying around with our jetpacks.;)
That black and gold colour scheme in Dean Street - gaudy and vile though it undoubtedly is - seems to appeal to modern middle eastern tastes, and since the offspring of oil potentates may well be amongst the target group of buyers, it is perhaps an understandable choice of external decor.
A glass roof with pictures of the sky on it, blocking the view of the sky. Am I missing the point here?

dg writes: Yes.
Why is it that architect's pictures of how finished buildings will look always have such a strange perspective? TCRW looks as if the upper floors are increasing in area and their windows leaning over the street - obviously they are not.
When they showed the design for the Paddington canopy on the Crossrail TV documentary I had a fear it would look somewhat less impressive in reality. I'm disappointed that I appear to have been right.
It’s interesting to see that the platform signs at Tottenham Court Road (I’ve only interchanged recently, not entered or exited) still show Crossrail under the covering stickers that are now so dirty it’s actually very legible.
I had hoped that Canary Wharf's issues were similar to (one of the many) at Berlin's Brandenburg airport - that screens were turned on in readiness for the original opening day, and the deadline slipped so late that the screens reached the end of their lifespan before any passengers ever laid eyes on them.
I too have had my fears regarding the Paddington roof confirmed - albeit not from platform level. Maybe it's nice from far, but far from...
Although it's odd to see this Mediterranean open to the elements idea, perhaps over the lifetime of the project the smudged roof art may indeed be needed to screen the sun. With all the tarted-up office blocks alongside it, the canopy can do little at that height to stop the rain being blown through windy alley, sorry Eastbourne Terrace.










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