A perennial and fairly meaningless question that is often asked is ‘what are the origins …
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Back to the Future: (Re)lengthening and Shortening at Waterloo
With the current three week blockade at Waterloo to lengthen platforms 1-4 coming to a close, we take a look at works, and at how the detail doesn’t necessarily always match the headlines. The rebuild …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 18, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • How useful are the “connectors” on the Tube Map? …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 11, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • Rephrasing transit as a Congestion Free Network (CityLab) • …
Continue readingThe Kent Route Study (Part 4): Victoria – Dartford, the Forgotten Southeast Service
For our final look at passenger suburban services considered in the draft Kent Route Study we look at a route which is, in many ways, a bit of an oddball – not least because it …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 4, 2017
Thank you to link contributors. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • The typefaces of Britain – Johnston and Gill Sans …
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Thank you to link contributors. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • Tube platform green lanes trial (Diamond Geezer) • Mexico …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 21, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • TfL’s new speed limit map (Mapping London) • South Kensington station refurb (Rail Engineer) …
Continue readingWhy capacity won’t increase on Southeastern Metro any time soon
Way back in 2011 we wrote a piece called Two Of Our Carriages Are Missing. It was about the long term failure to provide 12-car trains on Southeastern Metro services via London Bridge to Charing …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 14, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • How tube stations got their funny names (Beeb) • Demonyms – not what you …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 7, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Slow death and rebirth of Battersea Power Station (Mike Horne Metadyne) Vision Zero data shows …
Continue readingThe Final Result: Crossrail Heads to Terminal 5
July 4th 2017 saw the surprise announcement that the Elizabeth line would serve Terminal 5 at Heathrow. Heathrow Media Centre, the public relations department of Heathrow Airport Ltd, let the world know of this Crossrail …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 30, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Bike lanes cause more pollution myth debunked (Guardian) Best Tube photo ever? (1LondonBlog) Roman roads …
Continue readingHow Can You Mend A Broken Railway? Thameslink and the Gibb Report
Last summer the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, commissioned a report from an experienced and well-respected railwayman, Chris Gibb. The goal was a framework to enable much-needed improvements to railway services across the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 23, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Typographical quirks on the Tube (Look Up London) America’s Political Economy: Infrastructure and Chicago’s 75th …
Continue readingTfL Confirm Gap in Croxley Rail Link Funding
In December 2016 we wrote about the curious absence of the Metropolitan line extension to Watford (the Croxley Rail link) from the TfL Business Plan. Sources at the time suggested that the extension was facing …
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