Friday Reads – 29 August 2025

By John Bull 1 min read
Friday Reads – 29 August 2025

• Plans progress to expand Greater Manchester’s tram & train network (Rail UK)

• Huge HS2 bridge rotation & move completed in Birmingham ahead of schedule: Video (HS2)

• 3D map shows how the Underground could warm City’s historic churches (Ian Visits)

• Scotland garages turned into homes to help ease housing crisis (BBC)

• Secrets of Birmingham’s Cross City Line south: Video (Transport Matters)

• China’s Metros Raise Fares & Cut Service Amid Mounting Losses (Asia Daily)

• Italy approves world's longest suspension bridge linking Sicily to mainland (E+T)

• Jen Orpin paints Britain's motorways (The Spaces)