• 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 …
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Friday 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) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 December 2023
• New TfL podcast celebrates 160 years of the London Underground (Rail UK) • New entrance to London Bridge station scrapped as development blocked (Murky Depths) • Is this a new era for high-speed rail …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 December
• Are we there yet? Barriers to transport for disabled people in 2023 (Transport for All) • UK online train ticket sellers warned to be more upfront about booking fees (The Guardian) • Revamped Central …
Continue readingFriday 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 11 December 2023
• Brent Cross West station: The next stage in a long London journey (Dave Hill) • Passengers trapped on cold, dark trains as travel chaos hits west London (The Guardian) • South Western rail boss …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 December 2023
• Counter-terror officers investigate ULEZ camera explosion (BBC) • Overground upgrade sees 2025 target for improved services (Murky Depths) • The surprising story of steam trains on the Central line (IanVisits) • Steam Trains & …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 December 2023
• Class 730s start running for LNWR (BusAndTrainUser) • London Underground thefts rise by 83% in a year (BBC News) • The world’s first railway station identified (Rail Engineer) • 1976: The Train Station with …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 December 2023
• London Underground tops 4 million journeys in a single day (IanVisits) • First passenger trains run to City of London using digital signalling (Network Rail) • The Mont-Blanc Express from Switzerland to France (The …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 November 2023
• Eurostar Amsterdam to London Trains Will Run Empty (Evening Standard) • Superloop Begins to Take Shape (BusAndTrainUser) • Driving trains on the Jubilee Line for the Last Time: Video (It’s just an idea) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 November 2023
• Riding The New Tube For London: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Gatwick: A Great Station Upgrade; Now Sort The Trains And Fares (BusAndTrainUser) • Exploring Stratford to North Woolwich: Video (The TfL Three) • Toyota …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 November 2023
• Birmingham Eastside Metro Extension Plans Brought Forward (Railway News) • Baltimore’s Red Line Should Be a Stadtbahn (Martha Lauren) • To Fight Fare Evasion, PATH Turnstiles ‘Speak Up’ (Railway Age) • Stockholm Plans to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17th November 2023
• Aslef announces industrial action in December (The Guardian) • Look out on the Central line (IanVisits) • Paris Mayor to set vote on increasing parking fees for SUVs (BBC) • HS2 Old Oak Common …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 November 2023
• The Most Dangerous Spots for Cyclists in London (Bloomberg CityLab) • Edinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parking (BBC) • Modernizing New York Commuter Rail (Effective Transit Alliance) • Russia said …
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