• Eurostar bailout & the effects on Channel Tunnel freight (RailTech) • All the (UK) Funiculars (JosephBrennan) • Travel restrictions one of most effective pandemic responses – if they’re strict (NYTimes) • President Biden will …
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Very light rail trial track laid in disused tunnel (RailBusinessD)
New pictures released today show the first sections of track have been laid as part of the pioneering multi-million Very Light Rail (VLR) development in the borough. The images show track on the ground in …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 January 2021
• Govt tells London builders to cut Tube overcrowding or be shut down (Building) • The Railway hobby – A history and a lament (LondonReviewBooks) • Turin turns abandoned tramway section into a linear park …
Continue readingWhy trams are the most energy efficient pubic transport (BlaiseKelly)
Trams are a seemingly expensive outlay for a city. They require permanent tracks and overhead wires. At least that’s how the figures can often initially appear. But there is more to it than basic installation cost. …
Continue readingMilan Part 2: Tram City to Metropolitana City
The post-war tramway shrinks but holds The war years brought severe destruction upon the city, as tracks and thousands of tram cars were destroyed in the bombings. When the city was finally liberated the 25th …
Continue readingRoute map to expedite light rail plans (UKTram)
A comprehensive ‘route map’ to help keep proposed light rail schemes on track has been published by UKTram. Developed by the experts at the organisation’s Centre of Excellence, the document provides a step-by-step guide for …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 January 2021
• My Routemaster Passion live YouTube show Monday 18 Jan 6.15pm (LTMFriends) • Nine Elms ped/cycling bridge paused for council rethink (NewCivilEng) • The Millennium Inclinator: London’s most obscure transport? (JagoHazzard) • Is Cambridge Autonomous …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 January 2021
• 11,000t tunnel to push under East Coast Main Line a UK engineering 1st (NewCivilEng) • Tram benches celebrate Blackpool’s tram heritage (Blackpool) • You have no right to drive through our neighbourhood, even in …
Continue readingTram train pilot learning hub launched (RailTechMag)
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE), Stagecoach Supertram and Network Rail have partnered together to launch the Tram Train Pilot Learning Hub, comprising of a wealth of information drawn from the collective experience of designing, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 11 January 2021
• TfL revises & botches Thameslink addition to Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Transported music: Delightful links between transport and opera (LTMuseum) • Netherlands is transforming old ashtrays into bike charging stations (FastCompany) • Lund Sweden …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 January 2021
• We need more school streets banning cars for kids’ safety (CityLab) • History of Parisian tramways, beyond the horse (FabricOfParis) • Differences between subway maps & actual geography (MyModernMet) • Car access more than …
Continue readingBoxing Day’s Friday Reads – 26 December 2020
• Xmas DLR preliminary funding present for Thamesmead (IanVisits) • And a second entrance present for Surrey Quays station (IanVisits) • When the Big 4 railways banded together to run an airline (AirportOfCroydon) • How …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 21 December 2020
• Road air pollution major factor in London girl’s death rules coroner (Guardian) • Illuminated River project to light up more Thames bridges (NewCivilEng) • Review of Christian Wolmar’s Cathedrals of Steam (OnLondon) • History …
Continue readingMilan: Medieval City to Metropolitana City
As with many other modern cities, the history of Milan, the economic capital of Italy, is tightly tied with the development of its far-reaching and increasingly sophisticated rail networks. And as in many early rail …
Continue readingProject to help overcome tram expansion barriers (UKTram)
A new project by UKTram aims to help promoters navigate one of the complex statutory processes associated with developing new light rail projects. Since 1993, Transport and Works Act (TWA) Orders have been required to …
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