Monday’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 open the Holborn tunnels to the public (Ian Visits)

• HS2 Project Update, January 2024: Video (HS2 Ltd)

• Channel tunnel 30 years on – hasn’t met its potential (The Guardian)

• Making Subway Systems Accessible to All (Reece Martin)

• How Railroad Crossings Work: Video (Practical Engineering)

• History of the design of NYC Subway Tiles (Codex99)

One comment

  1. 1: Quote: “The Channel Tunnel should have made the UK truly European, but didn’t. We must get back on track” – as said, elsewhere & before – it is a political problem, driven by the actions & prejudices of our political “Leaders”
    Solutions to this lie in the voter’s hands, not anyone else’s

    2: That “Railroad” video on crossing-safety gave this European viewer the all-over shudders at the amazingly low level of safety that US Road-&-Rail operations regard as acceptable (!)

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