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You Hacked: Cyber-security and the Railways
As 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.
Continue readingFriday Reads – May 5, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. TfL launches Please offer me a seat Badge – Railway Technology Deutsche Bank study finds …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 28, 2017
If 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 readingKent Route Study (Part 3): Victoria Metro Services
As 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 readingOn Our Line #9: On The (New York) Buses
London 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 readingFriday Reads – April 21, 2017
This 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 readingSite Notice: Things will look weird for a bit
We’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 readingStreamlined Modernity: Frank Pick’s Forgotten Bus Garages
Popular 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 readingFriday Reads – April 14, 2017
This 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 readingFriday Reading List – April 7
This 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 readingThe Kent Route Study (Part 2): Crossrail to Gravesend
Much 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 readingA Quick Note on Site Speed & Comments
The 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 readingFriday Reading List – 31 March
As 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reading List – 24 March
As 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 …
Continue readingThe Kent Route Study (Part 1): London Bridge Metro Services
On 14 March 2017 Network Rail finally published its draft Kent Area Route Study Report. On the same day, quite deliberately, the DfT published its consultation document for the requirements of the next South East …
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