Friday Reads – 8 November 2024

Discontinuous electrification selected for East West Rail (Rail Business UK)

Infrastructure tsar warns of ‘real challenge’ for HS2 to reach Euston (Standard)

Oxford’s Brand New Railway Project: A Look At The Cowley Branch Line: Video (SomeNorthLondoner)

Consultation launched on new plans to transform Liverpool Street Station (Rail UK)

Eurostar to run direct Amsterdam-London service from February (RailTech)

All Aboard! TfL’s new style guide sets stage for branded kids’ products (Ian Visits)

How & Why the Underground reached 56 miles outside of London for 50 years: Video (Paul Whitewick)

Why San Francisco Fell in Love With the Ferry Building (Citylab)

Why Miami’s Metromover People Mover Works: Video (Sensato)

Build the Public Transit System of Your Dreams (MetroDreamin’)

One comment

  1. The “new proposals” for Liverpool St are nowhere nearly as bad as the original scheme, which was roundly condemned underneath an avalanche of objections.
    The new proposal, at first glance is nowhere nearly as bad .. but … there will still be no natural daylight in the station, with a concrete roof “platform” over all.
    I expect, if not the 2000+ objections lodged the first time around, that there will, nevertheless, be a large number of people lodging complaints.
    As someone who has certainly been using the place since when N-7’s, Quint-Arts & “Britannias” were operating the services, I will be writing to the planning authorities, again.

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