Friday Reads – 15 December 2023

New Subway fleet enters passenger service in Glasgow (SPT)

Limit reached in the UK train baggage area (RailTech)

Biden to invest $8B for nationwide expansion of passenger rail (Route Fifty)

Evolyn to launch Paris – London trains in competition with Eurostar (Railway Gazette)

Daylighting is a Cheap Street Fix that Saves Lives. Why Don’t More Cities Do It? (CityLab)

Polish hackers, Right to Repair, Digital Rights Management, stalled trains, & being sued (£) (404Media)

Reinventing the wheel (Roots of Progress) (Roots of Progress)

2 comments

  1. What is this list – I had to recheck the dates.
    Paris – London trains in competition with Eurostar
    By Railway Gazette International 11 October 2023

    Same page in RGI
    Evolyn trains not ordered yet, Alstom confirms
    16 October 2023 11:58 By Railway Gazette International

  2. Last month’s ‘news’ Virgin Tunnel: Richard Branson could challenge Eurostar monopoly
    https://www.railtech.com/all/2023/11/13/virgin-tunnel-richard-branson-could-challenge-eurostar-monopoly/

    Meanwhile Eurostar are struggling to process new border checks for existing seat capacity at a woefully under-provisioned terminal area. Perhaps the vast cleared site nearby designated for ‘future railway use’ could be utilised for a new modern multi-level border port serving multiple international operators.

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