A brief history of the Hammersmith & City line in four forgotten maps

A brief history of the Hammersmith & City line in four forgotten maps

The Hammersmith & City line was largely built on a viaduct across fields in west London, also using the “cut and cover” tunnels of the Metropolitan line.

Government suggests closing or replacing Hammersmith Bridge, LDRS reveals

Proposals to turn Hammersmith Bridge into a completely inaccessible “monument”, or to demolish and replace it with a brand new river crossing, were both suggested by the Government at a recent meeting, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal. The ideas for the bridge’s future – both of which were rejected – were put on the table by the Department for Transport as two among six solutions for the structure’s poor state of repair at…