Friday Reads – 10 October 2025

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• Clock is ticking on West Coast Main Line’s looming capacity crisis (Rail Professional)

• Bikes stolen from train stations that were left for more than two hours will not be investigated, says British Transport Police (road.cc)

• High-speed train links to major European cities gets under way (EuroNews)

• Genova and the evolution of its railways (Marco Chitti)

• Uber’s Navigation System Endangers Public w/ Reckless Driving Directions (Streetsblog)

• Every Tokyo Rail Company’s Most Used Train Station: Video (AdamU)

• Tea compounds can revive dead batteries (Anthropocene)

• I Drove a Realistic Train Driver Simulator: Video (Nick Badley)

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