Back in 1981 Princess Diana had to be fitted in secret for her wedding dress, one of the world’s most famous pieces of clothing. The 19-year-old bride-to-be had personally selected designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel to create the gown featuring 10,000 pearls
While commuters may be used to seeing the patterns on the London Underground seats, many miss what is hiding in plain sight. To most, the seats look like they have any bog-standard public transport pattern across them, looking somewhat similar to those
London’s bus routes have received a stylish Tube-style map based on Sadiq Khan’s “Superloop 2” concept. The Mayor of London has promised to follow up on his already popular Superloop route, the orbital line he introduced in 2023. The completed Superloop offers
Passengers on the London transport network may be booted off their train or bus if they’re caught playing music out loud or taking calls on speakerphone, under plans mooted by the capital’s Tory mayoral candidate. Susan Hall vowed to revise the Transport
A global mega city visited by millions of people every year hides a £1.6bn secret beneath the surface in the shape of a massive underground ‘cathedral’ most people never get to see. As deep underground as one-and-a-half Nelson’s Columns, the Metropolitan Area
In an era where efficient public transportation is a necessity for bustling metropolises, Shanghai’s remarkable underground system stands out as a beacon of modern infrastructure. With an awe-inspiring total of 508 stations and a staggering annual ridership of 3.6 billion passengers, the
An incredible map shows what the London Underground could look like by 2050. The map is based on the London Infrastructure Plan 2050, a report released in 2015 while Boris Johnson was mayor. It said that London’s public transport would need to
Britain’s deepest mine is found at Boulby, in between Saltburn-on-Sea and Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast. It is 4,593ft beneath the ground and takes six minutes to descend to the bottom of. Within the mine, which has been open since 1968,
The world’s deepest mine will soon expand thanks to a multi-million cash infusion. Mponeng Gold Mine, an ultra-deep tabular mine in South Africa, first began producing in 1986 in Carletonville, a town roughly 90km (55 miles) southwest of the country’s capital, Johannesburg.
A stunning country on the other side of the world is transforming its infrastructure – creating new stations and underground lines in a giant mega-project costing more than £2bn. When you think of New Zealand, you probably think of lush green rolling