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Modern trains are expected to handle crush loads at times, rough use and vandalism, yet …
Continue readingWith tight curves and other unique features. Buying trains for the DLR means buying bespoke. We look at TfL’s current plans to renew the rolling stock and the timescales involved.
Continue readingIf you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Airlander 10 resumes flight tests – Ars Technica Citymapper Smartbus London circulator – Medium Network …
Continue readingAs both the Underground, and rail in general, become increasingly reliant on their digital infrastructure, so the potential impact of a cyber attack grows. We look some of the core cyber-security issues facing the railway, and at how the need to keep a ‘wetware’ backup still remains.
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Continue readingIf you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Night Tube noise complaints – Railway Technology Mail Rail BT Cold War cable removal – …
Continue readingAs part of our series on the recent Kent Route Study, we look at what it refers to as the ‘Victoria Metro Services.’ It is nearly impossible to do so, however, without also looking at …
Continue readingLondon Reconnections continues its New York podcast series with an episode exploring New York’s buses: the challenges, stepping stone successes and further ideas for improvement. London and New York are both facing declining bus travel …
Continue readingThis is the next installment of our weekly Friday Reads post – listing the links and articles we’ve been reading at LR Towers. Be sure to also check out our Industry Links posts, updated every weekday, with the latest developments in technology, operations, frameworks, policy and best-practices.
Continue readingWe’re under a massive attack at the moment. I’m having to switch us to a different design and turn a bunch of stuff off while I deal with it. Apologies! JB
Continue readingPopular appreciation of London Underground’s 1930s Modernist Tube station buildings has kept them well in the public eye. There was an equivalent programme, however, during the same decade at remote outposts of London Transport’s empire in the counties surrounding London. Thanks to an estate of run-down bus garages, London Transport’s Country Bus department enjoyed a renewal and replacement programme which left it with some Modernist and Streamline Moderne buildings that reflect their common patron – Frank Pick. This is the story of the best London Transport buildings you’ve never heard of – London’s Country Bus garages.
Continue readingThis is the next installment of our weekly Friday Reads post – listing the links and articles we’ve been reading at LR Towers. Be sure to also check out our Industry Links posts, updated every …
Continue readingThis is the next installment of our weekly Friday Reads post – listing some links and articles we’ve been reading at LR Towers. Also check out our Industry News posts, updated every weekday, with the …
Continue readingMuch has been written about Crossrail in recent years. One topic that has largely slipped through the net, however, is the revival of the originally planned route from Abbey Wood to Ebbsfleet. This was to …
Continue readingThe eagle-eyed among you will have spotted that we’ve temporarily removed a few of the more advanced features of the website. Most notably, the “Most active articles” list on the side of the homepage. The …
Continue readingAs anyone looking to properly understand London’s transport needs and network knows, context, background and best-practice are important. As readers might imagine, behind the scenes here at LR Towers we thus spend a lot of …
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