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The 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 16, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Cooling the Tube (Ian Visits) Dissatisfied Southeastern passengers that bid for the railway franchise (BBC …
Continue readingThe Importance of Being Earnest: Making the Case for Crossrail 2
“When I was at school I liked art.” Says Michèle Dix CBE, Managing Director of Crossrail 2, when we ask her how she began her journey to the world of London transport. “I liked drawing, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 9, 2017
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Continue readingDiving into the Fleet Part 5: The Canary Wharf Years
Competition between the City and Canary Wharf, Conservative party politics and the rise and fall of one of the world’s largest property developers all helped define the Jubilee line as we know it today. Jonathan …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 2, 2017
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Continue readingFriday Reads – May 26, 2017
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Continue readingFriday Reads – May 19, 2017
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Continue readingBakerloo Déjà Vu: Buying New Trains for the DLR
With 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 readingFriday Reads – May 12, 2017
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Continue readingYou 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.
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