Friday Reads – 17 October 2025

By John Bull 1 min read
Friday Reads – 17 October 2025

Timely arrival: Great British Railways clock launches at London Bridge (The Guardian)

Old Piccadilly line trains to be cannibalised to keep Bakerloo line running (Ian Visits)

Other Stations: 226 Garages & Service Stations (The Beauty of Transport)

Dizzying diagonal digital new screens along Tube escalators are disorienting (London Rail)

UK Dieselgate trial to start at London's High Court (E+T)

The plans that could give the UK's busiest station a tube connection: Video (CityMoose)

Why are so many transit agencies facing ‘fiscal cliffs’? (The Urban Condition)

The WWII Ruins of Berlin's Most Beautiful Railway Station: Video (Whitlam's Berlin Tours)

Moving away from aggressive battery-bus adoption, Seattle focusing on trolleybus network (The Urbanist)

Tehran Opens Holy Virgin Mary Metro Station (Parametric Architecture)

Japan's Railway Operation Act (KHKQ Beside Trains)

Anorak corner (tube edition) (Diamond Geezer)

We apologise for missing out on "Monday's Friday Reads" this week. Hopefully today's extra-large selection of links helps to remedy the omission!