• Salisbury train crash: two trains collide in tunnel (BBC) • How we made Secrets of the London Underground show (RailMag) • Ace of Herts: Broxbourne Station Hertfordshire (BeautyOfTransport) • Victorian railway ticket ledger found …
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Friday Reads – 15 October 2021
• Freightliner withdraws electric fleet due to high electricity prices (RailMag) • Dartmoor Line to reopen after almost half a century (RailEngineer) • Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia: study (Guardian) • How …
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• Imberbus 2021 behind the scenes video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Northern Virtual Reality simulation to assist disabled (Railway-Tech) • Fog on the Underground (ThomasBrissot) • Man builds home in style of a Grand Trunk Railway Station …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 October 2021
• Tesco’s rail logistics keep their shelves stocked (Guardian) • The case against transit project mega contracts (EnoTrans) • HS2 restoring listed Curzon Street station (RailTechnology) • Nancy’s tram plan postponed in favour of trolleybus …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 September 2021
• Pollution on some new UK trains 13 times London’s busiest road (Guardian) • Underground trains getting faster thanks to signalling upgrade (IanVisits) • The Overground’s secret station (GeoffMarshall) • New open access operator Lumo …
Continue readingFrankfurt Hauptbahnhof new tunnel OK’d (RailwayNews)
Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, Germany’s most important station, has been given the green light for the long-awaited new railway tunnel. Once built, most long-distance trains will approach the station from 35 metres below ground and will …
Continue readingDenmark Hill station first use innovative solar technology (RailTechnology)
Denmark Hill station has become the first train station in Europe to have BIPVco’s Flextron thin film technology installed, on top of other upgrades, following a £7.5m extension. The sophisticated and flexible solar panels are …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 September 2021
• HS2 restoring listed Curzon Street station (RailTechnology) • Underground train Boxing Announcement (PriscillaOprescu) • Huddersfield’s Platform 1 crisis & mental health charity (PaulBigland) • Nancy’s tram project postponed in favour of trolleybus line (UrbanTransport) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 August 2021
• The challenges of building Crossrail’s Liverpool Street Station (NewCivilEng) • Tram wires don’t ruin Vienna, they won’t ruin your city (HumanTransit) • The future of the 2nd Avenue Subway (Vanshnookenraggen) • Unreported & undetected …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 July 2021
• Bus privatisation destroyed British systems – but there is hope (Guardian) • TfL property company plans to build up to 46,000 homes (ArchitectsJ) • Leeds ponders transforming iconic Holbeck Viaduct to ped High Line …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 July 2021
• Strand to be part pedestrianised from late August (IanVisits) • TfL wants to inspire licensing partners further (LicensingSource) • Exploring London Waterloo’s secret arches (Rob’sLondon) • Europe’s cities are making transport systems more gender …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 July 2021
• Transport decarbonisation plan doesn’t do what it says on the tin (Freewheeling) • Metro model railway expanded to be training simulator (MétroMaquettes) • Travel Norway’s fjords on a quiet electric ferry (Hyperdrive) • Brooklyn …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 July 2021
• Proposal to reopen Oxfordshire rail line (NewCivilEng) • Mind the Gap: Keeping trains & platforms level is a complex issue (IMechE) • A40 buslanes almost perfect, but stop short (Freewheeling) • Berlin’s severe new …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 July 2021
• London’s train link to Europe cities is unused green asset (CentreForLondon) • The green space beneath the M4 (TheSpaces) • Rebranding is generally a bad idea for transport (Freewheeling) • Study supports additional Stuttgart …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 June 2021
• Mobile phone coverage coming to Underground tunnels (IanVisits) • Euston Station goes live with British Sign Language screens (Railway-Tech) • Barcelona accelerating link to connect tram networks (Tramways&UrbanTransit) • Grand by design: History of …
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