Who watches over us from the Heavens when we travel? We take a non-denominational look at the Transport Spirit World. It is now time to look at some divine transport intervention, delving into the beatified …
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Friday Reads – 15 November 2024
• The secret plan to charge London’s drivers by the mile (London Centric) • Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme (Construction Enquirer) • New 3D maps give disabled passengers more independence at …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 August 2024
• Victoria line crowned hottest Tube line in 2023, surpassing Central line (IanVisits) • TfL board celebrates ‘remarkable turnaround’ in finances (On London) • Rome’s Historic, Wacky, and Modern Railways: Video (RMTransit) • Edmonton Valley …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 July 2024
• Libraries in stations and on public transport vehicles (Straphanger) • America’s Transit Exceptionalism: The US has pretty much given up building subways (BenjaminSchneider) • The Truth About Harry Beck: The Play, starting in September …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 May 2024
• Touring the Rebuilding Old Street Station: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • The Streets with no Game – they bore & stress pedestrians (Aeon) • Incorporating Art, Wayfinding, & Culture in Urban Rail Stations: Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 September 2023
• UK rail industry deeply frustrated by Network Rail’s extensive domestic air travel (RailTech) • Family Friendly Train operating companies Scorecard 2023 (FamilyFriendlyTrains) • Reuse of Philly’s City Branch downtown tunnel & RoW for transit …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 July 2023
• Unusual London Overground trips possible this weekend (IanVisits) • TfL announces 10 Underground stations to be upgraded to step-free access (IntelligentTransport) • Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1964 South Manchester Blues & Gospel Train show: Video …
Continue readingPoem on the Opening of the Elizabeth line: First Anniversary
With thanks to Jonathan Baggs MCIPR for this poem and allowing us to republish it on the anniversary of the final stage opening of the Elizabeth line 24 May 2022. Twas the Night before Crossrail, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 April 2023
• Aviation industry awarded £18Bn in public finance since the Paris Agreement (DeSmog) • West London Orbital Overground line likely to get approval (IanVisits) • East Lancs Railway faces accusations in sacking of 10 year …
Continue readingGood Friday Reads – 7 April 2023
• ‘Women on the Footplate’ against unacceptable behaviour speech at Heritage Ry Conf 2021: Video (JoanneCrompton) • Wales launches 1st VivaRail Class 230 hybrid train into service (RailTechMag) • Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 March 2023
• Parts of HS2, & the Lower Thames Crossing delayed two years due to soaring costs (Guardian) • Le Métro in Île de France: a new year retrospective (FabricOfParis) • Using a railway carriage as …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 February 2023
• Fast charge battery trial to resume after GWR agrees to purchase Vivarail assets (RailUK) • Wales road building projects stopped after failing climate review (Guardian) • Ottawa’s LRT didn’t go wrong, it started wrong …
Continue readingTrain battery/heavy equipment changer using linear motion guides (THK)
The linked videos below show modules of DB’s Ideenzug (idea train) – presented at Innotrans 2022 in Berlin – that were realized with THK solutions. The national railway company of Germany, Deutsche Bahn, developed the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 January 2023
• Adrian Shooter obituary, by Christian Wolmar (Guardian) • Edinburgh’s Newhaven tram extension almost complete (RailEngineer) • Public transport openings & construction starts planned for 2023 (TransportPolitic) • Here & There: Art of public transport …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 January 2023
• Secrets of Clapham South deep-level shelter: video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • The Shakespeare Tube Map by TfL (Mapway) • Cool contemporary Thameside sculpture (TidalThames) • Andy Burnham calls for London-style public transport for Manchester (Standard) • …
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