• Famed British Rail ‘ship’ has no buyers (London Rail) • Penny Lane was about a bus station: Video (NealBeatZone) • Map of High-Speed Rail in France 2025 (Lars’ Transport Maps) • Chicago’s Secret O’Hare …
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Friday Reads – 21 February 2025
• Pathfinder 1, The airship that could usher in a new age (BBC) • The Long Modernization of the Italian Railways (Marco Chitti) • MTA looking to dig tunnel underneath Queens cemetery for IBX light …
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• ‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times (The Guardian) • The Blackfriars Station That Isn’t in Blackfriars: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Is Berlin’s Public Transport Actually Better Than London’s? Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 February 2025
• I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father (The Guardian) • A Million Cars Disappeared: NYC after a Month of Congestion Relief Pricing (Fast …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 February 2025
• Did Lime switch to bike tyres ‘less suitable for London’s roads’? (London Centric) • We Had A Bike Stolen And This Is What Happened Next: Video (GCN) • The Passing of Donald Shoup, The …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 February 2025
• Why Bakerloo line trains occasionally call at Kilburn High Road station (IanVisits) • The Victorian River Thames (London Archives) • Why Taiwan Kaohsiung’s New Railway Station Revolutionizes Transit Hubs: Video (Herman Luk) • Tourists …
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• This Cyclist has Gotten 1000s of Motorists Fined for Dangerous Driving: Video (Streetsblog) • The Future of the NYC Second Ave Subway: Video (TransitTalk) • Full size Brick Train sculpture in Darlington (Colossal) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 January 2025
• The early history of trams in Edinburgh (Threadinburgh) • Aircraft Carrier Airships Went Horribly Wrong: Video (Mustard) • Every Train in Every Wes Anderson Film: Video (Railway Mania) • Heart for transplant delivered by …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 January 2025
• TfL & Motts discuss West London Orbital Overground line, feasibility stage completed (New Civil Engineer) • Renaming the Overground – 10 years ago (Diamond Geezer) • School Dropoff Is Everything That Sucks About Car …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 January 2025
• Lime bike brake failures keep breaking Londoners’ legs (London Centric) • Famously quirky Osterley Bookshop in old Tube station is closing down (Ian Visits) • Hungerford Bridge Refurbishment Set to Begin (Railway-News) • Bank …
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• TfL aims to use more AI to improve platform safety (BBC) • UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ (The Guardian) • Underfunded and Overwhelmed: The Struggle for Public Transit Funding in …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 January 2025
• Robotaxis are coming: London must be prepared (OnLondon) • Washington DC Metro: The Great Society Subway: Podcast (JourneyWithPurpose) • Mumbai’s first underground Metro corridor, Aqua Line 3, opening in phases (MagicBricks) • Elon Musk …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 January 2025
• Global (non-US) Rapid Transit Projects planned to open in 2025 (TransportPolitic) • Matthew Somerville pulls Live Underground Train Tracker due to possible legal action (CLondoner92) • How Madrid built its Metro Cheaply (WorksInProgress) • …
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• New Jersey commuters report crowded trains with congestion pricing (PIX11) • US Rapid Transit Projects planned to open in 2025 (TransportPolitic) • The Interconnexion between Broad Street & Liverpool Street Stations, as were (LondonRail) …
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• Royal Mint launches £2 coin to mark the Railway’s 200th anniversary (Rail UK) • Paris & Berlin high-speed train link launches w/ fares from €59 (Euronews) • Cars Need Buttons, Not Touchscreens, for Safety …
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