• How TfL plans to build 20,000 new homes (Guardian) • Design, wellbeing, & the Elizabeth line: A joyful connection (Grimshaw) • Northern employees to be trained to ID & support vulnerable passengers (RailTechnologyMag) • …
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Glasgow city centre freight route safeguarded, w/ Crossrail potential (RailFreight)
Network Rail has committed to renovating a freight route through the centre of Glasgow. The infrastructure agency is to invest in a programme of improvement works set to begin on a bridge that’s key to …
Continue readingLighting up the Elizabeth Line with LEDs (E&T)
E&T spoke to the engineers behind the lighting architecture across London’s recently opened Elizabeth line which aims to promote a safe and efficient passenger experience. Using LEDs to light up the stations, escalator shafts and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 August 2022
• TfL could be nationalised (RailTech) • Secrets of the Elizabeth Line: video (GeoffMarshall) • These maps help you see & noise pollution in your city (FastCompany) • Vancouver, St Louis saw increased safety, decreased …
Continue readingElizabeth Line Envy: Thameslink deserves some map respect
In an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Commander Riker was challenged by a subordinate. His response was “I bring all the options to the Captain.” This needs to be one of TfL’s map …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 July 2022
• Paddington station’s new Elizabeth to Bakerloo transfer tunnel (IanVisits) • Prepare yourself for the negative levels of Crossrail (DiamondGeezer) • London Transport after Ashfield: Post-War Chairmen 1948-87: video (LTMFriends) • Ireland to progress with …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 June 2022
• Elizabeth Line to Ebbsfleet extension could cost £3.2bn (IanVisits) • German rail traffic surge exposes high speed gaps (PedestrianObvs) • NYC Subway vows to be 95% accessible by 2055 (MassTransit) • The overgrown tracks …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 June 2022
• Map of air conditioned London urban rail lines (GeoffMarshall) • Crossrail’s station footprints (MappingLondon) • Have you spotted the Transport Trust Red Wheels plaques? (Londonist) • New pub opens in Lancaster railway station (RailUK) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 June 2022
• Elizabeth Line autumn target: through running & Bond Street opening (ModernRailways) • Lyon announces new express light rail project, cheaper than métro option (IntlRailJ) • Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station 45 years after the last Orient …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 June 2022
• The art of the Elizabeth Line gives stations a unique identity (RailwayTechnology) • Canary Wharf visitors rise by a quarter on Elizabeth Line opening (AlArabiya) • Grand Central’s $11BN East Side Access tunnel: video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 May 2022
• Crossrail finally opens after decades of struggle; photo essay (Guardian) • Crossrails/Elizabeth Line opening: video tour (RMTransit) • Signaling upgrade online on Great Northern (City) line into Moorgate (IanVisits) • Andy Byford: Next TfL …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 May 2022
• Grimshaw’s line wide Crossrail station design (ArchitectsJ) • TfL to expand contactless payments outside London (IanVisits) • Flatpack railway stations are coming down the line (TheTimes) • New battery-electric ultra-light trains designed & built …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 May 2022
• Brno donating trams & trolleybuses to help rebuild Kharkiv, Ukraine (TheMayor) • Before there was Crossrail, there was Crosslink: video (JagoHazzard) • Harry Beck’s 1935 Imperial Airways diagram (TransitMaps) • Art Deco design of …
Continue readingCrossrail-style ‘heroic’ leadership no longer fit for purpose (ICE)
Construction’s traditional “heroic” style of leadership is no longer fit for purpose, according to an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) review of major project delivery. The ICE’s second iteration of its A Systems Approach to Infrastructure …
Continue readingThe Purple Elephant in the Room: Crossrail’s Opening Date
Unsurprisingly, the subject of Crossrail/Elizabeth line opening dates is a hot topic in the transport community at the moment. In this article, we address that big purple elephant in the room. The truth is that …
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