Stockholm County is a region of 2.5 million people. Despite its modest size, it has one of Europe’s busiest urban rail networks: in 2019, on the eve of the corona crisis, the 104 km Stockholm …
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TfL looking for partners to co-create, scale, co-commercialise innovations (TfL)
Innovation Collaboration Framework [TfL is] looking for three partners to co-create, scale and co-commercialise innovative solutions to London’s most challenging problems. This ground-breaking new procurement invites partners to invest in R&D on problem statements which …
Continue readingWorld’s largest e-bus depot opens for World Cup 2022 in Qatar (BusNews)
Qatar’s Minister of Transport, Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti, has inaugurated the Lusail Bus Depot, which has broken the record for the world’s largest electric bus depot. The depot has a capacity of 478 buses, which …
Continue readingMoanday’s Frightday Reaps – 31 October 2022
• Inside North End (Bull & Bush) ghost Tube station & Cold War bunker: video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Spooky 300 year old buried chapel unearthed at Vienna U-Bahn station (EuroGunzel) • The Atlantis of ghost stations: …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 October 2022
• Trains now more popular than planes between London & Edinburgh (IanVisits) • Illuminated River Thames walking tour map (MappingLondon) • Panel on present & ideal future of London’s bus service ft. Pedantic of Purley …
Continue readingMexico City elevated trolleybus line opens (UrbanTransport)
In order to quickly improve the situation of the public transport network in the Mexican capital region, the existing trolleybus system, which had been neglected for a long time, was taken into consideration a few …
Continue readingWestminster deploys street cleaner e-bikes (FutureTransport)
In partnership with Westminster City Council, Veolia is deploying a fleet of street cleaning e-bikes across Westminster, London. The 14 new e-bikes have joined over 60 electric cleaning and collection vehicles that already operate in …
Continue readingGlobal Rapid Transit Database (InstTransDevtPol-ITDP)
The Rapid Transit Database (RTDB) is a collection of all rapid transit corridors worldwide that relies on data collected from government sources and publicly available news sources. The RTDB was developed by ITDP and is …
Continue readingNew Depot Technologies: video (IMechE)
Every depot operates differently, and each fleet of trains require different maintenance procedures. Every operator or maintainer faces great challenges when trying to introduce new fleets to the network and operating these trains with as …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 October 2022
• Underground staff problems cause large rise in step-free suspensions (DisabilityNews) • The unbuilt Tube station at Mount Pleasant: video (JagoHazzard) • Inside the ghost pod metro of Paris: video (TimTraveller) • The NYC Subway …
Continue readingWho learns from whomst? (PedestrianObsv)
My interactions with Americans in the transit industry, especially mainline rail, repeatedly involve their telling me personally or in their reports that certain solutions are impossible when they in fact happen every day abroad, usually …
Continue readingEuropean night trains overview & trends (RailTech)
Night trains are making a comeback in Europe. Plans for a Trans Europ Express 2.0, further expansions of RegioJet and Snälltåget and the founding of several new night train start-ups show there is no doubt …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 October 2022
• Bond Street Elizabeth Line station now opening October 24 (RailwayTechnology) • Byford states driverless Tube trains ruled out by City Hall (EnfieldDispatch) • TfL to restart schemes to improve London active travel infrastructure (IntelligentTransport) …
Continue readingJR Central battery-hybrid trainsets enter service (RailwayGazette)
Central Japan Railway has launched its Series HC85 hybrid multiple-units on Limited Express services between Nagoya and Takayama. Branded on this route as Hida, the trains will also be deployed on Nanki Limited Express services between Nagoya, Shingu and …
Continue readingBank Station used novel solution to intercept foundation pile (GroundEngineering)
A bespoke load transfer solution was developed to solve a tricky pile intercept on the Bank Station capacity project, delegates heard at GE’s Basements and Underground Structures conference. Continue reading
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