London Reconnections

Friday Reads – 24 June 2022

On 24 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Crossrail, Friday Reads, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Elizabeth Line to Ebbsfleet extension could cost £3.2bn (IanVisits) • German rail traffic surge exposes high speed gaps (PedestrianObvs) • NYC Subway vows to be 95% accessible by 2055 (MassTransit) • The overgrown tracks …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 June 2022

On 19 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, History, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Map of air conditioned London urban rail lines (GeoffMarshall) • Crossrail’s station footprints (MappingLondon) • Have you spotted the Transport Trust Red Wheels plaques? (Londonist) • New pub opens in Lancaster railway station (RailUK) …

Friday Reads – 17 June 2022

On 17 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Sleeper Trains, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Barking Riverside new Overground station to open early (RailAdvent) • Cardiff-Northwest Corridor tram-train report published (MetroReport) • Traintrackr LED circuit board display now available for some Tube lines (MappingLondon) • 7 potential New York …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 13 June 2022

On 13 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Crossrail, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Stations

• Elizabeth Line autumn target: through running & Bond Street opening (ModernRailways) • Lyon announces new express light rail project, cheaper than métro option (IntlRailJ) • Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station 45 years after the last Orient …

Friday Reads – 10 June 2022

On 10 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Friday Reads, New York, Sustainability, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• West Midlands tram services resume Wolverhampton to Bull Street (BritishTrams) • Rennes rubber-tyred CityVAL Line B opening postponed for 5th time (IntlRailJ) • 120 years of Berlin’s U-Bahn: podcast (MonocleRadio) • How to literally …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 6 June 2022

On 5 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Friday Reads, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Tunnels

• Structural issues halt Curzon Street Station restoration (RailMag) • Loughton, the underappreciated Art Deco, non-Holden Underground station (BeautyOfTransport) • Van Nuys LA light rail line gets $900m in federal funding (UrbanizeLA) • Historians explore …

Friday Reads – 3 June 2022

On 3 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Tunnels

• The art of the Elizabeth Line gives stations a unique identity (RailwayTechnology) • Canary Wharf visitors rise by a quarter on Elizabeth Line opening (AlArabiya) • Grand Central’s $11BN East Side Access tunnel: video …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 30 May 2022

On 30 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians, Thames crossings

• London’s imperfect geometry from above: streets, buses, Tube entrances… (BernhardLang) • Victorian 3D paper concertina Thames Tunnel viewer for sale (IanVisits) • The invention of jaywalking (CliveThompson) • NYC speed cameras don’t operate evenings …

Friday Reads – 27 May 2022

On 27 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Design, Friday Reads, History, Northern line

• Crossrail finally opens after decades of struggle; photo essay (Guardian) • Crossrails/Elizabeth Line opening: video tour (RMTransit) • Signaling upgrade online on Great Northern (City) line into Moorgate (IanVisits) • Andy Byford: Next TfL …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 23 May 2022

On 23 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Crossrail, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, Stations

• Grimshaw’s line wide Crossrail station design (ArchitectsJ) • TfL to expand contactless payments outside London (IanVisits) • Flatpack railway stations are coming down the line (TheTimes) • New battery-electric ultra-light trains designed & built …

Friday Reads – 20 May 2022

On 20 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Design, Friday Reads, Maps, Micromobility, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Photos from Bank station’s huge new platforms (IanVisits) • Elizabeth Line added to new London Tube Map (RailUK) • London hosts first eScooter race (Reuters) • Kyiv Metro seeks Europe’s help for spares (MetroReport) …

China’s annual December Metro openings bonanza

On 19 May 2022 By JR Urbane Network In Infrastructure, Long reads

It has become a popular pastime among Chinese railfans to get really excited at around the end of December, as that is the period of a slew of metro openings across the country. And being …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 May 2022

On 16 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Friday Reads, Micromobility, TfL, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• TfL’s new property company to build offices & homes to generate transport cash (MyLondon) • TfL to expand contactless payments outside London (IanVisits) • The 5.20 from Kyiv restored suburban rail offers hope as …

Friday Reads – 13 May 2022

On 13 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Micromobility, Northern line, Nudges

• Northern Line Bank Branch to reopen Monday 16 May (IanVisits) • Fare caps might get transit out of the pandemic slump (NextCity) • US cities testing benefits of Universal Basic Mobility (CityLab) • 16 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 9 May 2022

On 9 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Architecture, Crossrail, Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Brno donating trams & trolleybuses to help rebuild Kharkiv, Ukraine (TheMayor) • Before there was Crossrail, there was Crosslink: video (JagoHazzard) • Harry Beck’s 1935 Imperial Airways diagram (TransitMaps) • Art Deco design of …