A new form of window glazing featuring a lightweight polymer with an advanced scratch-resistant coating has been installed on the Coventry Very Light Rail vehicle, and could be used in other means of public transport. …
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Friday Reads – 16 October 2020
• Network Rail’s Wayfinding Design Guidance & Pictogram Redesign (SpaceAgency) • The Croydon Tram (unofficial) music video (Eccentronic) • The Victorian explosion in funiculars (FunicularFan) • Paris Mayor: Forget crossing through the city by car …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 October 2019
• London Ultra-Low Emission Zone cuts pollution by a third (IntelTransport) • 1967 Tube Stock retextiled reimagining (Dezeen) • Faces on the ferry art (Guardian) • The garden pavilion of West Croydon bus station (BeautyOfTransport) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 September 2019
• Croydon tram crash safety report watered down (BuzzFeed) • Tube map of Roman London (Londonist) • Accessible UK Travel Policy Guidance published (RailwayNews) • Art Deco, Poirot & the Orient Express (ArtDecoSociety) • Boston …
Continue readingInitial RAIB Report on Tram Accident Released
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) have released an initial report into the causes of the recent fatal tram accident in Croydon on 9 November 2016. The accident, which cost the lives of seven people …
Continue readingRoundtable: The TfL Draft Business Plan
Transport news, like London buses, often seems to come in clumps. With the various recent announcements it would thus be easy to miss that TfL have published their draft Business Plan for the next decade. …
Continue readingThe (Croydon) Tramlink: Part 2
Following on from part 1 which looked at the past, we now concentrate on the recent Tramlink update and look to the future. A new tram at Wimbledon heading for Elmers End on a training …
Continue readingThe (Croydon) Tramlink: Part 1
With the recent introduction of six more trams and a new service pattern, the time seems right to look both back at, and forward to, changes to Tramlink. In the first part of this article …
Continue readingIn Pictures: The New Croydon Tram Units
Last year TfL tendered for six new trams for the Croydon Tramlink. These are primarily intended to allow services on the Elmers End branch to be increased by 4tph. The £16.3m contract was won by …
Continue readingTramlink Shortlist Announced: A Possible Tale of Two Cities
Back in January, TfL began the process of tendering for additional Trams for the Tramlink. These are intended to be used for a Monday – Saturday service between Elmers End and Therapia Lane, a service …
Continue readingThe East Croydon Problem – A Look At the Brighton Mainline
Given the impact it has on (and the commuters it carries to) London, it makes sense to take a brief look at some of the issues on the Brighton Main Line. It also makes sense …
Continue readingTfL Tramlink Tenders whilst Brent Brainstorms
TfL are tendering for a number of additional trams with which to expand services on the Croydon Tramlink. The Contract Notice can be read here, although there’s not much more than a basic overview yet. …
Continue readingInterchange Work Begins at Elmers End
Work began last week on providing a purpose-built bus interchange alongside the Tramlink/Station at Elmers End. The works are taking place as part of the project to expand the neighbouring Tesco (visible in the background …
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