Heathrow Airport

In January 2009 the then Transport Secretary  Geoff Hoon announced that the  UK government would support the expansion of Heathrow Airport by building a third runway and sixth terminal. The government would not undertake construction but encouraged airport operator B A A to apply for planning permission and carry out the work. The government anticipated that the new runway will be operational in 2015 or soon after but  declared that they did not intend that the third runway should be used at full capacity. More detailed plans for the third runway were approved together with a sixth terminal and also a major new  Heathrow Hub railway station but the route for  High Speed 2 did not include a direct connection with Heathrow . On 12th May 2010, the Heathrow Airport expansion was cancelled by the coalition government. B A A dropped its plans 12 days later but in  July 2015 the Airports Commission ruled that Heathrow Airport was recommended to have a third runway and a Heathrow Terminal 6 and letting the plans go ahead. The airport will have a capacity of 740,000 after construction has ended. In July 2013, the airport submitted three new proposals for the Heathrow Airport expansion to the  Airports Commission which was established to review airport capacity in the south-east of England. Each proposal involved the construction of a third runway, either to the north-west or south-west of Heathrow Airport.   The full report was published at the beginning of June 2015 which confirmed the north west runway and a new Heathrow Terminal 6 as the commission's chosen proposal. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> The commission estimates the cost to be around £18.6 billion, £4 billion higher than Heathrow's own estimate. 5 months after the Heathrow Airport expansion was given the go-ahead, Reagan Farmer  revealed a new trend for his other videos by uploading Heathrow Terminal 3 in January 2016 as part of a  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> statement that Heathrow Hub and Heathrow Terminal 6 would be considered a part of Heathrow Airport in the same year. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Opened as The Oceanic Terminal on 13 November 1961, the terminal was built to handle flight departures for long haul routes. Heathrow Airport had a direct helicopter service to Central London from the gardens on the roof of the terminal building. Renamed Heathrow Terminal 3 in 1968, it was expanded in 1970. Other facilities added included the UK's first moving walkways. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The terminal was refurbished between 1987 and 1990 at a cost of £110 million. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> The new £105 million Pier 6 was completed <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> to accommodate the Airbus A380. Emirates and Qantas now operate regular flights from Terminal 3 using the Airbus A380. Redevelopment of Heathrow Terminal 3's forecourt through the addition of a new four lane drop-off area and a large pedestrianised plaza was completed in 2007. These improvements were intended to improve passengers's experiences. Virgin Atlantic was assigned its own dedicated check-in area which features a large sculpture and atrium. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">A new baggage system connecting to Heathrow Terminal 5 for British Airways connections is currently under construction. <span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Reem,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24.8px;">Heathrow Terminal 2 is part of an £11 billion redevelopment of Heathrow Airport and will see Terminal 2 double in size in 2019, which means that Heathrow Terminal 3 will close and will be demolished. <span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Reem,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24.8px;">In a comment by one of ThomasSpecials's videos Reagan was confident about Heathrow Terminal 3 closing and being demolished in 2019 and told Percy to put his differences aside. Reagan, a YouTuber, said,  <span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap;">"If you're saying that no aeroplanes will terminate at Heathrow Terminal 3 in 2019, this means that Virgin Atlantic will have to move to Heathrow Terminal 4. Which doesn't make any sense whatsoever because Heathrow Terminal 3 has been served by Finnair since 1961. So if Heathrow Terminal 3 closes down in 2019, then you will have to go back to Heathrow Terminal 2 and expand it from there. Then, when it is complete, Cathay Pacific will once again operate flights to Hong Kong. In the next few weeks, I will learn whether my plan for a new song has been recommended by me. Terminals at busy airports are rarely seen as empty as Heathrow Terminal 3. If it is demolished in 2019, airlines will have to stop flying from Heathrow Terminal 3 and transfer to other terminals. Closure, followed by the terminal's demolition, brings to an end 58 years of operations from the terminal. The Heathrow Terminal 3 closure is part of an £7 billion development of my YouTube channel which will see it double in size in December 2016, at which point Wet 'n Wild Orlando will close. My ground breaking spirit that has defined Heathrow Terminal 3 will start in the development of Together. Which is due to make its début in January 2016 and is set to be featured in Heathrow Terminal 4 at the start of the year. It will be my first Thomas & Friends-related song since Runaway (U & I) by Galantis debuted in July. It has been remixed by Kaskade since October, and it will be joined by Don't Care and Together in 2016. The final chorus of Together bears a resemblance to Say Goodbye by S Club 7. Although they last appeared in the Ford F-150 Raptor on 28th March 2015, I should see more of them in 2016. Maybe if Together will be introduced in Wet 'n Wild Orlando in December 2016, it should bear a striking resemblance of the song. That way, it will mark the final appearance of said water park. And that's rather sad. Considering that Percy will close down Heathrow Terminal 3 in November 2016 as part of a Galantis-related failure to keep Heathrow Terminal 3 open." A YouTuber by the name of Amanda Condon said, "<span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap;">It's like Hurricane Katrina on the Island of Sodor." Reagan agreed with Condon and said, " <span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap;">You're right. I would not be surprised if Together débuted in Heathrow Terminal 4. Because Heathrow Terminal 4 is full of so many surprises that you never know what will happen next. You would think that Heathrow Terminal 3 will be uploaded onto my YouTube channel in 2016. The similarities between Heathrow Terminal 3 and <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">DisneyQuest are not that big, because Heathrow Terminal 3 features Thomas the Tank Engine getting Heathrow Terminal 3 into trouble. And <span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">DisneyQuest does exactly the same thing. Assuming that Heathrow Terminal 3 will be demolished in 2019 to make way for the New Heathrow Terminal 2, I think it is a move on for Heathrow Terminal 3. Which is efficient enough because 2019 will see lots of major changes. Like me uploading 2019 at the start of the year, Megafobia on Christmas Day and Crossrail at the end of the year." In a comment by one of TTTEUK's videos Reagan said that <span style="font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thomas the Tank Engine got Heathrow Airport into trouble for announcing in May 2015 that Heathrow Terminal 3 will be demolished, which is a reference to Heathrow Terminal 3 being demolished. 1 day after the comments were posted, Reagan revealed a new trend for his other videos by uploading Heathrow Terminal 4 in January 2016 as part of a statement <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">that Heathrow Hub and Heathrow Terminal 6 would be considered a part of Heathrow Airport in the same year . He <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">dedicated the song played 3 minutes 5.33 seconds in, "Together," to Ariana Grande, who released the  lead single<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> for her upcoming third studio album Moonlight, " Focus," on 30th October. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Focus received mixed reviews from music critics. Kaitlyn Tiffany from The Verge <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> commented positively, saying, "As Ariana Grande is a massively talented vocalist, the song Focus itself is very pleasant to listen to." <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> Brennan Carley of Spin <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> had a mixed opinion by commenting that the song was a catchy slow-burn and describing it as a horn heavy piece of retro-modern fusion. He noted that Grande's vocals lacked any real excitement from a star who’s got the restraint and skill to take her instrument places most other pop singers can’t anymore. Time <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">‍ '​s Nolan Feeney also commented it for being similar to "Problem" but noted that this might not be a bad thing, saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it—no need for Grande to check her vision here." Reagan said that Focus was ranked #2 on his list of Ariana Grande songs, and revealed in November 2015 that he would use the final chorus of the song in January 2016 and that the d evelopment of Heathrow Terminal 2 will continue to increase capacity for the closure of Heathrow Terminal 3 in 2019. <span style="color:rgb(74,74,74);font-family:Reem,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24.8px;">The former Heathrow Terminal 1 will feature One Last Time by Ariana Grande, whereas the other four terminals will get a mixed treatment between songs with Heathrow Terminal 2 featuring Water by Galantis. Heathrow Terminal 3 will feature the Kaskade remix of Runaway (U & I), Heathrow Terminal 4 will feature Together and Heathrow Terminal 5 will feature  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Dancin' to the Sound of a Broken Heart by Galantis. According to a article relating to Galantis on Wikipedia, Galantis  is a Swedish electronic music production and songwriting duo consisting of Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson from Miike Snow and Linus Eklöw aka Style of Eye. They are best known for their 2014 single Runaway (U & I), which features Julia Karlsson performing the chorus. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">In June 2014 the BBC announced that it had ordered 60 episodes of a new series of Teletubbies <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> to be aired with  DHX Media<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> producing the series. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> This marked the first new episodes of Teletubbies since 2001 <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, after reruns of the original series of Teletubbies were broadcast on CBeebies. The new series was filmed on replica model sets instead of Wimpstone Farm in Warwickshire because Rosemary Harding  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">flooded the old set and turned it into a lake. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">  Jane Horrocks<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> will voice the Tubby Phone, which is a mobile phone that transports the Teletubbies to the modern world. 2015 saw a <span style="font-family:Georgia,Times,'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:14.04px;line-height:22.464px;">  <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'GuardianTextEgyptianWeb',Georgia,serif;line-height:24px;">new incarnation of Teletubbies<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'GuardianTextEgyptianWeb',Georgia,serif;line-height:24px;"> being revealed which was complete with touch screens on the Teletubbies's stomachs to cater for the digital generation. Teletubbies  returned with an all-star cast of voices including Harry Potter star Jim Broadbent and former BBC Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton, with Jane Horrocks voicing the Tubby Phone. It was confirmed by Reagan on 26th January 2015<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">that he will upload a film entitled Closure of Heathrow Terminal 3 in November 2016. Closure of Heathrow Terminal 3 focuses on Heathrow Terminal 3 closing down due to " <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">unforeseen teething problems," and starts off with Percy asking Adolf  Hitler  what Heathrow Terminal 3 is. But when Thomas the Tank Engine makes a reference to James and the Red Balloon it is revealed that the demolition of Heathrow Terminal 3 will take place in 2019 as part of  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">a further extension of Heathrow Terminal 2. Thomas and Percy are worried and wonder  whether their plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been recommended by Hitler. They also <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">choose whether to keep Heathrow Terminal 3 open which had accumulated 94,000 flights since 1961, and would be for £7,000,000 or nothing since the other Heathrow Airport terminals are worth nothing. Since Closure of Heathrow Terminal 3 takes place in an earlier timeframe than the Ferrari Concept F1 Car Of The Future, it utilizes Heathrow  Terminal 3's closure  and, therefore, Percy  is not Heathrow Terminal 3's pilot. Through a series of mistakes, though, the terminal does not appear as its pilot either, as the aerophobic Percy  finds himself at the controls of Heathrow Terminal 3. But  when Heathrow Airport needs a third runway to help Miguel Camino, Southern jumps at the opportunity. There is a explosion which results in the Fat  Controller being angry and warning Percy that anymore disturbances will put Heathrow Terminal 3 out of business. Hitler tries to  confront Percy about the trouble but Percy doesn't think so and says "And no aeroplanes!" which results in Heathrow  Terminal 3 being closed forever. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Heathrow Terminal 3's airlines are forced to change to different terminals. Pakistan International Airlines <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">has to go to Heathrow Terminal 4 with  China Southern Airlines with<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">  Japan Airlines<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> having to go to Heathrow Terminal 4,  Virgin Atlantic<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> is lucky enough to stay in Heathrow Terminal 4,  Royal Jordanian<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> has to go to Heathrow Terminal 4, and  Cathay Pacific<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> has to go to Heathrow Terminal 4. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">But there is worse to come. That night, a huge storm sweeps across Heathrow Airport and causes havoc. It blows down trees,  rips off roof tiles, flattens fences and destroys the Heathrow Airport Control Tower with its sheer ferocity. The Stig is very stern with Heathrow Terminal 3's airlines and reminds them that everyone will need to work extra hard, and Heathrow Terminal 3 will only be reopened when all the other jobs are completed first. Percy demands The Stig to reopen Heathrow Terminal 3 causing Hitler to hang up the phone. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The Fat Controller tells Henry that engines don't swim and that he  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">was meant to deliver fish, not swim with them. That night, Thomas the Tank Engine  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">gets Percy into trouble for  closing down Heathrow Terminal 3 forever. <span style="line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;">The flight attendant on board Southern Airways Flight 242 tells the 81 passengers to brace for impact but Tosha and Min yell "Storm!" which results in Dancin' to the Sound of a Broken Heart by Galantis playing for 31.46 seconds. Duck is shocked and says "What?" but Kat Jennings screams in horror and her 1997 Ford Expedition crashes into a log. Reagan revealed on 7 November 2015 that Closure of Heathrow Terminal 3 will be released on 27 November 2016. The movie shares 90% of Calling All Engines's <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">components which made Reagan feel like he's worked hard for nothing. He made it clear that he was reluctant to help Heathrow Terminal 3 but wanted to win Heathrow Airport over by promising that it will be the most useful terminal of all in November 2016. Heathrow Terminal 3 had been with Heathrow Airport since 1961, which is efficient enough because it underwent a update for 1st January 2016 as it got its ceiling raised a little and a bit more of a dirtying down. It was one of the only terminals that had appeared in every single movie relating to Heathrow Airport, largely because it was one of the key locations, if not the key location of the airport. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Phase 1 of High Speed 2 is a north westerly to route between  London Euston<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> onto the northbound classic West Coast Main Line <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> just north of  Lichfield in Staffordshire<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> taking service to the  North West of England<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and  Scotland<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. The line routes to the east of Birmingham which will end at the proposed new  Birmingham Curzon Street station<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Birmingham Curzon Street will be close to Birmingham Moor Street and the two stations could be directly linked. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Prior to announcement of the HS2-1 Curzon Street station  Birmingham City University<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> had planned to build a new campus in  Eastside, with Curzon Street's <span style="font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">original stone becoming a new museum of photography, fronting onto a new Curzon Square, which would also be home to Ikon 2. A Midland Metro line 2 extension to Adderley Street and Coventry has been confirmed to improve links between Birmingham City Centre and Wolverhampton. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">David Higgins proposed a high-speed hub at Crewe junction, which is not currently a part of Phase 1 but would be built simultaneously. If this accompaniment to Phase 1 were approved, the connection to the West Coast Main Line at Lichfield would not be necessary with the High Speed 2 line connecting onto the W C M L further north at Crewe. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">High Speed 2 will continue from the airport into  Manchester city centre<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> via a 12.1-kilometre bored tunnel. The  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">tunnel will be at least 23 ft 9 in, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">drawing on consultations carried out for the Department for Transport and  Network Rail and<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> High Speed Two Limited would provide advice on options for a Heathrow Hub station <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, which  investigated the possibility of links to Heathrow Airport and connections with Crossrail. <span class="" style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Crossrail  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">is expected to begin full operation in December 2019 with a new east-west route across  Greater London<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. Work began in 2009 on the central section of the line  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">and connections to existing lines that will become part of Crossrail. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Crossrail will be operated by  M T R Corporation Ltd<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> as a  London Rail<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> concession of  Transport for London<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> which is a similar manner to  London Overground<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Services between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield transferred in May 2015 under the brand  TfL Rail<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and will be extended to other parts of the route in 2018 and 2019. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> The original plan was that the first trains would run from 2017. A spending review aiming to save over £1 billion of the £15.9 billion projected cost meant that the first trains are now planned to run on the central section in 2018. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Although Crossrail's main service to Shenfield will not begin until 2019, the operator started running services on 31st May 2015 by taking over the operation of the local service between Liverpool Street and  Shenfield <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">from  Abellio Greater Anglia<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. Thereafter, it has taken over a number of  Abellio Greater Anglia<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">'s  Class 315<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> electric multiple units until the Class 345 units have been delivered and commissioned. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Siemens withdrew from the tendering process, citing a likelihood of insufficient production capacity in the production timeframe. On  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">6th February 2014 it was announced that  Bombardier Transportation<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> had been awarded a £1bn contract to supply 65 Class 345 trains. London King's Cross's  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">new semi-circular departures concourse opened to the public on 19th March 2012, and <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> has been built in the space directly to the west of the station behind the Great Northern Hotel <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">. Arriving passengers initially exited the station from the old concourse on Euston Road, but now go through the new public square. The former  King's Cross Thameslink <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">occupied part of the original site of the  Metropolitan Railway<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">'s 1863 King's Cross station. The Thameslink platforms on the  City Widened Lines<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> were separated only by a newer wall from the site of the London  Underground<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> platforms, which may still be seen on the west side from London Underground trains travelling between  King's Cross St Pancras<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and  Farringdon<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> stations. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The platforms at King's Cross Thameslink were lettered rather than numbered. King's Cross Thameslink closed and was replaced by  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">new Thameslink platforms at London  St Pancras<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> in December  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">2007 because of substandard platform widths and lengths. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The Thameslink Programme involves the introduction of 12-car trains across the enlarged Thameslink network. As extending the platforms at King's Cross Thameslink was thought to be impractical, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> it was decided to build new Thameslink platforms under London St Pancras. The platforms serve trains to Luton and St Albans City in the north and Gatwick Airport and Brighton in the south. The Thameslink Programme will enlarge the Thameslink network more than threefold to 172 stations. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Capacity constraints meant that there were no <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">southbound Thameslink trains in the evening peak between 16:43 and 18:27. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Brighton line Thameslink trains ran via  Herne Hill<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> instead. The present work is designed in part to remedy the situation. It will improve the flow not only of Thameslink services but also of Southeastern commuter services from Kent. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Work started in 2013 and is expected to be completed in 2018. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> Until January 2018, all Thameslink trains are diverted via Herne Hill and will not call at London Bridge for a period of three years. According to a website relating to the Thameslink Programme, " Until January 2018, no Bedford to Brighton Thameslink trains will call at London Bridge. Thameslink services will continue to operate between Bedford and Brighton. They will be diverted via an alternative route between London Blackfriars and East Croydon and will not call at London Bridge with Thameslink services operating to Luton Airport Parkway not calling at London Bridge." <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">In 2010,  Deutsche Bahn<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> announced a  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">full service to Amsterdam and Frankfurt <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, which was subsequently delayed until 2016 and is unlikely to be in service until 2018 or 2020. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">In August 2011, the  invitation to tender<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> was delayed by one year to 2012 and the contract decision to 2014 with the introduction of trains on the  Great Eastern Main Line<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> expected in December 2016. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The delay was a cost-saving measure to avoid new Class 345 electric multiple units being unused whilst Crossrail tunnelling was completed; <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> it also postponed bidding until after a review of governmental procurement. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> Alstom withdrew from the bidding process in August 2011, stating that it lacked a suitable developed product. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">But i <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">n December 2011, the request to raise the debt ceiling at Transport for London to allow the acquisition with public funds was rejected, which  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">became politicised after  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Percy failed to win the  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> Green Key Eco Rating Program and  said that he may have to close Heathrow Terminal 3 <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> if he did not win the Crossrail contract. I <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">n November 2015 Porterbrook Leasing announced that it had ordered a further a total of eighty additional Class 387 vehicles to act as a buffer stock of trains guarding against future demand for electric units, with a number of operators already expressing interest in obtaining the use of the trains. Southeastern<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> runs high-speed  Class 395<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> trains on  High Speed 1<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> to Kent and the South East, to  Ramsgate<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">,  Stratford International<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and other destinations in Kent. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The Class 375 is the principal new train used by  Southeastern<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">which the slam door Mark 1 derived stock did not meet up with modern health and safety requirements. All the Southeastern units have also been converted from Tightlock to Dellner couplers. But unlike the Southern fleet, they have not been reclassified as 377s. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The only noticeable difference from the 377 is that none of the 375's have external CCTV. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">In May 2015 unit 375301 was moved from Ramsgate Depot to Derby Litchurch Lane for a full refurbishment. On 16th May it was returned to the Kent depot wearing a new livery, which was similar to but not based on the 'High Speed' livery carried by the high speed  Class 395. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">It is intended for all Class 375 units to receive this refurbishment between 2015 and 2018, which is transferred to Bombardier's Ilford works for the remaining units. U <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">nit no 375-703 was in collision with a herd of  cattle<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> on the line between  Wye<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and  Chilham in July 2015,<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> and derailed. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Southern ordered 12 four-car Class 377-5 Electrostars<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> to replace the remaining twelve  Class 319's<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> for transfer to  First Capital Connect, with Go Ahead<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> purchasing a further 11 Class 377/5's. All 23 ended up being sublet to First Capital Connect to provide extra stock for the  Thameslink Programme<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> changes from March 2009. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Southern leased 17  Class 442 Wessex Electrics<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> withdrawn by South West Trains in early 2007. After retaining the franchise in 2009, Southern leased the remaining seven Class 442's. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Southern announced that  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">the 23  Class 377's<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> on sub lease to  First Capital Connect<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> would not be returned in time to deliver the operator's planned capacity increases from the December 2013 timetable change. It began a process to procure 130 new vehicles. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> T <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">he first of the new Class 377-6s arrived from Derby for type testing and since October 2013 these units have been used in passenger service, initially on a peak-hour London Bridge to West Croydon diagram. Sout heastern<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> are expected to receive 25 Class 377 units in coming years according to the documents published in September 2013, relating to the new combined Thameslink Southern and Great Northern franchise. London Midland<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> operate Class 172 diesel multiple units <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">, which  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">have revised front ends with end gangways which make the trains look like the <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">  Electrostar<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">family of units. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The units started operating on the  Snow Hill Lines<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> with some weekend work from Birmingham to Hereford. When first used in service in 2011, the units suffered a fault with engine vibration in the passenger cabin. Hatfield railway station is currently being redeveloped to include a new bus interchange and taxi rank, multi-story car park and three new retail units as well as step-free access to all platforms. Work on the £9 million project began in 2013 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Hatfield has waiting rooms on all platforms, with extra shelters provided at various points along the platforms as well as a canopy on Platform 1. There is a small café-shop style business, "Chuggs," and three new retail units are scheduled to open in the new station building in the second half of 2015. There  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">are three platforms in total. Platform 1 is a side platform facing the Up Slow line and used by London-bound trains, whilst platforms 2-3 face the Down Fast and Down Slow lies respectively, with the latter being used by the majority of northbound trains. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Hatfield has a "Fast Ticket" machine as well as a standard  touch screen<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;"> machine on either side of the building. Hatfield also has many vending machines throughout the station and a photo booth inside the booking hall, which also contains a separate disabled toilet. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">On 31st October Reagan uploaded Focus and revealed that he  expects to finish his YouTube career in 2022. He had been linked with a move to retire but he signed a new three-year deal with YouTube, taking him up to 2018. That could mean Reagan retiring from YouTube in 2022, aged 22 - with a maximum of 2,000 videos to his name. <span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;line-height:17px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Reagan will introduce a stunning camera angle from the Season 3 episode " All at Sea" in Bexhill, in which the narrator says that the  horizon of Bexhill is packed with sails flapping against the blue skies. Hitler tells Thomas that he wishes he could sail to far away lands  but Thomas says to Hitler, "Oh no James! You saved the hot air balloon!" Hitler hangs up the phone. Harold tells the two characters that the boats are there for the Regatta and that it's his job to hover around in case he's needed. Hitler asks Harold if he's ever been to the horizon, and Harold says that he can land on ships, anywhere, anytime. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">But there is worse to come. That night, a huge storm sweeps across Bexhill and causes havoc: trees are blown onto the line. Percy says that he doesn't feel safe in the Smelters but KDA ignores him and plays Turn the Music Louder to stop the storm from hitting Brighton. Thomas feels sorry for KDA and wishes there was something he could do to make things better again by saying, "Yes, indeed. But what? We can't mend broken trees." Galantis put things right at the last minute by playing 10.87 seconds of the Kaskade remix of Runaway (U & I), which is accompanied by a thumping sound that is repeated for the entire scene where the children run for cover due to a spring rain shower. Hitler  speculates that the Soviets might have captured the railway bridge over the Oder but  Thomas says to Hitler, "Oh no James! You saved the hot air balloon!" Hitler hangs up the phone. He tells Ariana Grande what she wants but Grande sings  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;text-align:center;">from the word "Hey" right through to the letter "Y." Hitler looks at Grande and a 1.79 second picture of Bexhill is used causing Hitler to hang up the  <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">phone. That night, Thomas the Tank Engine gets Bexhill into trouble for  causing KDA to play Turn the Music Louder. <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">The flight attendant on board Southern Airways Flight 242 tells the 81 passengers to brace for impact but it's too late <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">