John Bull

2028 Articles

Network Rail installing trial 'request-stop' station kiosk (RailInsider)

By John Bull 2 min read

Friday Reads - 23 September 2022

By John Bull 1 min read

History

Get him on the Blower!: The origins of Pneumatic Railways

By John Bull 18 min read

Electrification

Hitachi Rail unveils tri-mode battery hybrid train (RailUK)

By John Bull 1 min read

How railways can phase out diesel with HVO & possibly hydrogen (RailTech)

By John Bull 1 min read

VCs invested billions on e-scooter startups: Markets think they aren't worth it (Crunchbase)

By John Bull 1 min read

Bridges

Five modern bridges pushing the bounds of engineering (MITTechReview)

By John Bull 1 min read

Bridges

Monday's Friday Reads - 19 September 2022

By John Bull 1 min read

Freight

Combined rail-road-terminal transport data exchange established (RailwayGazette)

By John Bull

Buses

Friday Reads - 16 September 2022

By John Bull 1 min read

Extra trains, some overnight, in service to help people pay tribute to Queen (ModernRailways)

By John Bull 1 min read

Cities' incentives to coax residents to swap cars for e-bikes (Axios)

By John Bull 2 min read

Freight

Finland rejects European Commission regauging proposal (RailwayGazette)

By John Bull 1 min read

ÖBB & Siemens unveil next-gen NightJet sleeper train interior (RailTech)

By John Bull 1 min read

Airports

Monday's Friday Reads - 12 September 2022

By John Bull 1 min read

Arts

Friday Reads - 9 September 2022

By John Bull 1 min read

DfT

DfT to identify multi-modal National Freight Network (NewCivilEng)

By John Bull

Freight

US railroad crisis threatens supply-chain chaos, chicken cannablism (Wired)

By John Bull 2 min read