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Monday’s Friday Reads – 29 January 2024
• Off-peak Friday fares trial to start for Tube and trains in London (BBC) • TfL’s battle against tube tunnel noise (IanVisits) • Martin Luther King’s Transportation Dream of Equitable Access to Mobility (Forbes) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 January 2024
• German union calls longest train strike in Deutsche Bahn’s history (Reuters) • Zurich 2040 plan approved to expand public transport network significantly (Urban Transport) • The Southern Heights Light Railway: Video (Jago Hazzard) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 January 2024
An analysis of LNER’s new flex tickets, a critique of the UK’s bus policy and the end of airport towers as we know them.
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 January 2024
In this Friday’s reads: Glasgow and BART’s new train fleets, the fate of E-scooter companies and a tribute to the shipping forecast.
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 January 2023
• Woolwich Elizabeth station much busier than predicted, to test escalator decrowding ideas (IanVisits) • Alstom signs €500m contract for Saudi catenary-free tramway system (Railway Technology) • European cities don’t regret 30 km/h speed limits …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 January 2024
• Boeing 737 MAX Incident a By-Product of Its Financial Mindset (American Prospect) • How Oulu became the winter cycling capital of the world (BBC) • TFL considering installing fake steering wheels at front of …
Continue readingDay Travelcards – Their History, Importance, & Salvation (Ticketing Part 2)
Digital is the mainstream now in fare payment, but it does little for those like on no or small fixed incomes, recent immigrants, those without bank or Oyster cards, people uncomfortable or unable to use …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 January 2023
• London Tube strikes called off as more pay talks planned (BBC News) • Weight limit for Albert Bridge to stop it suffering same fate as Hammersmith Bridge (Standard) • More details about plans to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 January 2024
• Major disruption expected on London Underground throughout next week (The Guardian) • Subway Trains Collide in Manhattan, Causing Derailment (New York Times) • Transit Project Openings in 2024: A Global Review (The Transport Politic) …
Continue readingNew Year’s Friday Reads – 2 January 2024
• Eurostar Channel services restarting on Sunday as flooding is cleared (The Guardian) • Plans for direct trains from St Pancras to Germany and Switzerland (Yahoo! News) • Elizabeth line testing ways of banishing its …
Continue readingCrossrail Numbers Rise Again
In November 2024 the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) published its annual count of passenger numbers at National Rail stations. These figures seem to be often treated as a one-day wonder but detailed analysis …
Continue readingChristmas Quiz 2023 Answers
As promised here are the answers to the Christmas Quiz. Comments are based on a limited number of responses sent in. Please mark your own work and tell us how you got on. The limited …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 December 2023
• More of the new Piccadilly line trains could be built in the UK (Ian Visits) • Regent’s Park – The Station That Shouldn’t Be There: Video (Jago Hazzard) • On demand transit doesn’t work …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 December 2023
• Europe’s Best and Worst Railway Stations of 2023 (CityLab) • The BusAndTrainUser Awards 2023 (BusAndTrainUser) • London’s Most… (Diamond Geezer) • Camden tunnels: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • Berlin-Paris night train revived (Le Monde) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 December 2023
• New TfL podcast celebrates 160 years of the London Underground (Rail UK) • New entrance to London Bridge station scrapped as development blocked (Murky Depths) • Is this a new era for high-speed rail …
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