• The 1973 railway plan that paved the way for the London Overground (Ian Visits) • The Long, Slow Failure of Ludgate Hill Station: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 September 2024
• Unusual London Overground trip via Primrose Hill is possible this coming weekend (Ian Visits) • York’s original railway station to open to public for one Oct weekend only (The Railway Hub) • Heathrow Rail …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 April 2024
• London’s abandoned underground tunnels are red-hot right now (Sydney Morning Herald) • Line 4 automation complete on Paris metro (Int’l Railway Journal) • Cairo Metro & Alexandria Tram network updates (Urban Transport Magazine) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 March 2024
• How The New Overground Map Colours Were Chosen: Video (Geoff Marshall) • TfL encourages customers to take a stand on International Bystander Awareness Day (TfL) • Plans to run new direct rail services to …
Continue readingThe Big Split: Overground Line Names
As the Overground has grown, calls have increased to provide its sub-lines with clearer identities of their own. Behind the scenes, TfL have been working to do just that. Those new identities have now been …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 December 2023
• Counter-terror officers investigate ULEZ camera explosion (BBC) • Overground upgrade sees 2025 target for improved services (Murky Depths) • The surprising story of steam trains on the Central line (IanVisits) • Steam Trains & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 November 2023
• Riding The New Tube For London: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Gatwick: A Great Station Upgrade; Now Sort The Trains And Fares (BusAndTrainUser) • Exploring Stratford to North Woolwich: Video (The TfL Three) • Toyota …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 October 2023
• London Overground into London Bridge? TfL is looking into it (Murky Depths) • London’s helicopter routes (HelicopterRedeye) • The high speed railway uncoupling the Baltic states from Russia & their Soviet past (EuroNews) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 October 2023
• HS2 being scrapped means fewer trains and higher rail prices, experts warn (inews) • The new housing case for extending Crossrail to Ebbsfleet (JamesO’Malley) • Chemical attraction: Hackney Wick Overground station (BeautyOfTransport) • Northern …
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 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 readingOld Oak Common Station HS2, CrossRail, Overground design plans: Video (PermWayInst)
Old Oak Common Station HS2 PWI West of England Section meeting presentation on 8 March 2023.
Continue readingThe Flowering of Overground lines & colours – How Soon is Now?
In his 2021 London Mayoral Election Manifesto, Sadiq Khan proposed giving names (and potentially their own colours) to London Overground lines to give them a unique identity. “TfL’s London Overground network has grown considerably over …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 September 2022
• Bond Street Elizabeth line station opening Monday 24 Oct (IanVisits) • Great British Railways already dead: Rail industry at lowest ebb (Guardian) • Barking Riverside – The Inside Story: video (JagoHazzard) • ScotRail announcements …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 June 2022
• TfL advances plans for DLR & Overground extensions (NewCivilEng) • Wales stops funding north-south air route in favour of rail (Railway-Technology) • Lyon announces light rail express line instead of metro (IntlRailJ) • Lausanne …
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