• Former District line train to start GWR battery-train trials (IanVisits) • Vienna plans orbital S-Bahn lines (Rail Journal) • Construction to start in March on next phase of Second Avenue Subway (amNewYork) • How …
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Friday Reads – 9 February 2024
• Battery traction trial ahead as TransPennine Express fortunes improve (Railway Gazette) • New £2bn Edinburgh tramline to be put to public consultation (New Civil Engineer) • History of psychological tricks TfL trialed to make …
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• Why the hovercraft’s time might have finally arrived (BBC) • Athens Metro to Grow by a Third, Eliminating 53,000 Car Tips a Day (CityLab) • A year on from the East Palestine toxic train …
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• London Overground staff to strike over pay (BBC) • Transport-related social exclusion in England (Transport for the North) • Through traffic to be banned from key routes across Edinburgh city centre (Edinburgh News) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 January 2024
• Off-peak Friday fares trial to start for Tube and trains in London (BBC) • TfL’s battle against tube tunnel noise (IanVisits) • Martin Luther King’s Transportation Dream of Equitable Access to Mobility (Forbes) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 January 2024
• German union calls longest train strike in Deutsche Bahn’s history (Reuters) • Zurich 2040 plan approved to expand public transport network significantly (Urban Transport) • The Southern Heights Light Railway: Video (Jago Hazzard) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 January 2024
An analysis of LNER’s new flex tickets, a critique of the UK’s bus policy and the end of airport towers as we know them.
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 January 2024
In this Friday’s reads: Glasgow and BART’s new train fleets, the fate of E-scooter companies and a tribute to the shipping forecast.
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 January 2023
• Woolwich Elizabeth station much busier than predicted, to test escalator decrowding ideas (IanVisits) • Alstom signs €500m contract for Saudi catenary-free tramway system (Railway Technology) • European cities don’t regret 30 km/h speed limits …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 January 2024
• Boeing 737 MAX Incident a By-Product of Its Financial Mindset (American Prospect) • How Oulu became the winter cycling capital of the world (BBC) • TFL considering installing fake steering wheels at front of …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 January 2023
• London Tube strikes called off as more pay talks planned (BBC News) • Weight limit for Albert Bridge to stop it suffering same fate as Hammersmith Bridge (Standard) • More details about plans to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 January 2024
• Major disruption expected on London Underground throughout next week (The Guardian) • Subway Trains Collide in Manhattan, Causing Derailment (New York Times) • Transit Project Openings in 2024: A Global Review (The Transport Politic) …
Continue readingNew Year’s Friday Reads – 2 January 2024
• Eurostar Channel services restarting on Sunday as flooding is cleared (The Guardian) • Plans for direct trains from St Pancras to Germany and Switzerland (Yahoo! News) • Elizabeth line testing ways of banishing its …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 December 2023
• More of the new Piccadilly line trains could be built in the UK (Ian Visits) • Regent’s Park – The Station That Shouldn’t Be There: Video (Jago Hazzard) • On demand transit doesn’t work …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 December 2023
• Europe’s Best and Worst Railway Stations of 2023 (CityLab) • The BusAndTrainUser Awards 2023 (BusAndTrainUser) • London’s Most… (Diamond Geezer) • Camden tunnels: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • Berlin-Paris night train revived (Le Monde) …
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