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Post by M1104 on Jan 22, 2024 4:25:48 GMT
A few of the concrete streetlights in Grove Road off the Sutton gyratory are not working, their lamps presumably blown. One's already lost its 'red- into-amber' lamp for a more modern variant (not LED) whilst another was struggling to shine as it ommits a very dim flickering red. The streetlights along Angel Hill have been modified with LED units barring the solitary concrete variant which still has its modernised (non LED) lamp.
Edit: One concrete variant still shines strong with its 'red-into-amber' lamp on Green Lane, easily seen from the Rose Hill roundabout during the appropriate times.
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Post by M1104 on Mar 10, 2024 22:31:40 GMT
Meanwhile here in Harrow, there’s one gallant old Eleco GR535 on a 5m pole on the corner of a Clovelly Way and Lulworth Close still going strong. Always had a big liking for these and other red-into-orange glowing lanterns, ones by Eleco, GEC, REVO and Simplex. In the Mitcham area we still have two unmodified red-into-amber streetlights on a cul-de-sac off Church Road that's also called Church Road. /quote] The one closer to the main Church Road is now LED retrofitted |
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Post by vjaska on Mar 11, 2024 0:29:20 GMT
A couple of weeks ago, I was in Waltham Forest ticking off a few routes and I noticed they've began to replace the remaining concrete columns on the side roads in the north of the borough around Chingford & Yardley Lane - as I went through Yardley Lane Estate on the 379, workmen were wiring up the new columns and condemning the concrete columns
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Post by M1104 on Mar 19, 2024 20:47:42 GMT
It's been reported that from late spring the section of Streatham Hill between Christchurch Road and Streatham Hill Station will begin the process of an infrastructure change. This is said to involve the removal of the central carriageway, widening of the pavement, overall reduction of traffic lanes (from six to two) and new cycle lanes. Amongst the end of an era of that road layout it will sadly be the end of those 90's installed streetlights.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2024 20:59:24 GMT
It's been reported that from late spring the section of Streatham Hill between Christchurch Road and Streatham Hill Station will begin the process of an infrastructure change. This is said to involve the removal of the central carriageway, widening of the pavement, overall reduction of traffic lanes (from six to two) and new cycle lanes. Amongst the end of an era of that road layout it will sadly be the end of those 90's installed streetlights. Sorry, SIX TO TWO? |
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Post by YY13VKP on Mar 19, 2024 21:15:52 GMT
It's been reported that from late spring the section of Streatham Hill between Christchurch Road and Streatham Hill Station will begin the process of an infrastructure change. This is said to involve the removal of the central carriageway, widening of the pavement, overall reduction of traffic lanes (from six to two) and new cycle lanes. Amongst the end of an era of that road layout it will sadly be the end of those 90's installed streetlights. Sorry, SIX TO TWO? Can't help but think what are they thinking? |
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Post by ronnie on Mar 19, 2024 21:17:28 GMT
It's been reported that from late spring the section of Streatham Hill between Christchurch Road and Streatham Hill Station will begin the process of an infrastructure change. This is said to involve the removal of the central carriageway, widening of the pavement, overall reduction of traffic lanes (from six to two) and new cycle lanes. Amongst the end of an era of that road layout it will sadly be the end of those 90's installed streetlights. Sorry, SIX TO TWO? WHATTTT Will it be at the same time as they reintroduce LTNs?  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2024 21:18:50 GMT
Can't help but think what are they thinking? What on earth do they need 4 lanes and the central carriageway for, I would've thought 2 lanes are enough |
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Post by vjaska on Mar 19, 2024 21:24:12 GMT
It's been reported that from late spring the section of Streatham Hill between Christchurch Road and Streatham Hill Station will begin the process of an infrastructure change. This is said to involve the removal of the central carriageway, widening of the pavement, overall reduction of traffic lanes (from six to two) and new cycle lanes. Amongst the end of an era of that road layout it will sadly be the end of those 90's installed streetlights. Sorry, SIX TO TWO? I believe the two refers to each direction - the consultation picture was one normal lane & one bus lane in each direction so it's currently three lanes each way which will drop to two lanes each way |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2024 21:26:05 GMT
I believe the two refers to each direction - the consultation picture was one normal lane & one bus lane in each direction so it's currently three lanes each way which will drop to two lanes each way Thanks for the clarification |
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Post by M1104 on Mar 20, 2024 9:39:57 GMT
It's been reported that from late spring the section of Streatham Hill between Christchurch Road and Streatham Hill Station will begin the process of an infrastructure change. This is said to involve the removal of the central carriageway, widening of the pavement, overall reduction of traffic lanes (from six to two) and new cycle lanes. Amongst the end of an era of that road layout it will sadly be the end of those 90's installed streetlights. Sorry, SIX TO TWO? Typo error, should say from 'SIX' lanes (three a side) to four lanes ('TWO' a side). Was a bit tipsy when posted. |
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Post by M1104 on Jun 3, 2024 11:41:36 GMT
youtu.be/HmS3G5n-q-Y?si=6BntrGm_ojEHND4O&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2olxTcceOaGTag3K8o9Gj1s_solxXcQTlHIm0gfSB4-Ikbb7XcO2sBhlY_aem_ATohSs6V2wAc1kzuHLyzcGk9YZHjuZ2HGJWWzR1ohhTpEHRrwZ0ggI-TnWi8L4PmoiN17EtZ58gNeZralvroRyPYThough this link is primarily about RTs I'm loving the different streetlights shown from the era. The first scenes shows my favourite type, florescents identical to what were along the 152 routing mainly from Merton Garage to Raynes Park. Those fluorescents were also around Morden and Rose Hill with those around Carshalton Pond the last to go in the mid 80s. From seventeen minutes into the video are the old Chessington area streetlights I remember from when Chessington World of Adventures was then Chessington Zoo. They were still there in 1995 which was my last time seeing them. Moving off subject to the buses (strange to say on a bus forum lol) I'm not quite sure if I remember RTs on the 65¹ as we only used that route for annual trips to the zoo or Kew Gardens. I do remember them well on the 93 though, not long after conversion to Routemasters ¹ - remember the Routemasters very well
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Post by vjaska on Jun 3, 2024 14:03:19 GMT
Been meaning to do an update but not much has been happening:
Greenwich has now joined almost every other borough by now being majority LED lights (minus red routes of course) which leaves two boroughs who are still majority regular lights. These are Croydon & Lewisham which are notable in that these were the last two boroughs who went through borough wide re-lighting schemes less than 10 years ago that were done when LEDs were not anywhere near as common - had they waited a couple of years, they too would of likely joined the LED invasion as Hounslow's own scheme followed a few years later
The Southwark section of the A205 has lost it's Phillips Traffic Visions for LED's - these had been in for at least 25-30 years but TfL have re-lit this section. The Lambeth section, which also has Traffic Visions, has not been done and it's Traffic Visions aren't as old, at least a good 10 years younger in comparison as it originally had Thorn Europhanes.
The concrete columns outside King's College Hospital have all gone as of a year or so now (sadly). That also meant the last two Phillips MA's in the borough also went with them. Very few other sodium lights survive now but that ex Wandsworth one on Brixton Hill on Rush Common, despite now having a replacement column next to that works and has been in for about two years now, is still there - it doesn't work but it's remarkable it still hasn't been removed. A identical Wandsworth one that does work survives on an estate on Valley Road close to Streatham Common.
Finally, Lambeth have one again tinkered with the bowls on the Urbis St Giles in Brixton on the Lambeth run roads in the town centre - most now have shallow bowls now for some reason despite originally retaining the older bowls and cleaning them up when they were converted to LED's. Similarly, Norwood Road & the West Norwood one way system have also had the brackets & bigger Urbis Albanys exchanged for smaller ones despite the bigger ones having also been converted to LED's previously - I'm presuming Lambeth had too much money left over to get rid of before an April!
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Post by M1104 on Jun 5, 2024 16:19:53 GMT
Very few other sodium lights survive now but that ex Wandsworth one on Brixton Hill on Rush Common, despite now having a replacement column next to that works and has been in for about two years now, is still there - it doesn't work but it's remarkable it still hasn't been removed. A identical Wandsworth one that does work survives on an estate on Valley Road close to Streatham Common. Passed that Valley Road one a few weeks ago and was suprised to still see it lit up during the day, which it was doing two years earlier. |
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Post by M1104 on Jun 5, 2024 16:23:38 GMT
A few of the concrete streetlights in Grove Road off the Sutton gyratory are not working, their lamps presumably blown. One's already lost its 'red- into-amber' lamp for a more modern variant (not LED) whilst another was struggling to shine as it ommits a very dim flickering red. That struggling one's now working again, still with its present 'red-into-amber' unit |
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