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Friday Reads – 7 March 2025
• London bus depot decimates a river (London Rail) • First cycle train enters service on the Heart of Wales line (Rail UK) • Call for Edinburgh’s south suburban rail line to reopen to passengers …
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• Channel Tunnel plans for direct links to Germany, Southern France, & Switzerland (Railtech) • The Great Unwashed Bakerloo 72 Tube Stock (London Rail) • New York subways testing system using smartphones to find track …
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• HS2 Euston tunnel work put on hold for another review (Construction Enquirer) • First look at unusual branding for the new £2m Silvertown tunnel bike bus (The Standard) • SouthEastern Class 465 in Network …
Continue readingCrossrail: 4tph to Terminal 5?
We were slightly surprised by a fairly recent article in the Evening Standard suggesting that Andy Lord, TfL Commissioner for Transport, wants to at least double the number of Crossrail trains to Heathrow Terminal 5. …
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• Famed British Rail ‘ship’ has no buyers (London Rail) • Penny Lane was about a bus station: Video (NealBeatZone) • Map of High-Speed Rail in France 2025 (Lars’ Transport Maps) • Chicago’s Secret O’Hare …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 February 2025
• Pathfinder 1, The airship that could usher in a new age (BBC) • The Long Modernization of the Italian Railways (Marco Chitti) • MTA looking to dig tunnel underneath Queens cemetery for IBX light …
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• ‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times (The Guardian) • The Blackfriars Station That Isn’t in Blackfriars: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Is Berlin’s Public Transport Actually Better Than London’s? Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 February 2025
• I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father (The Guardian) • A Million Cars Disappeared: NYC after a Month of Congestion Relief Pricing (Fast …
Continue readingRailway Interiors – Next Generation Fleets Part 2
In The Lost Art of Passenger Comfort & Good Design – Railway Interiors Part 1, we looked at individual components and functionalities of train interiors – from seats, layout, information displays, and storage spaces, down …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 February 2025
• Did Lime switch to bike tyres ‘less suitable for London’s roads’? (London Centric) • We Had A Bike Stolen And This Is What Happened Next: Video (GCN) • The Passing of Donald Shoup, The …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 February 2025
• Why Bakerloo line trains occasionally call at Kilburn High Road station (IanVisits) • The Victorian River Thames (London Archives) • Why Taiwan Kaohsiung’s New Railway Station Revolutionizes Transit Hubs: Video (Herman Luk) • Tourists …
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• This Cyclist has Gotten 1000s of Motorists Fined for Dangerous Driving: Video (Streetsblog) • The Future of the NYC Second Ave Subway: Video (TransitTalk) • Full size Brick Train sculpture in Darlington (Colossal) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 January 2025
• The early history of trams in Edinburgh (Threadinburgh) • Aircraft Carrier Airships Went Horribly Wrong: Video (Mustard) • Every Train in Every Wes Anderson Film: Video (Railway Mania) • Heart for transplant delivered by …
Continue readingCrossrail Numbers Rise Again
In November 2024 the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) published its annual count of passenger numbers at National Rail stations. These figures seem to be often treated as a one-day wonder but detailed analysis …
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• TfL & Motts discuss West London Orbital Overground line, feasibility stage completed (New Civil Engineer) • Renaming the Overground – 10 years ago (Diamond Geezer) • School Dropoff Is Everything That Sucks About Car …
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