• A New Map for London’s Various Transport Modes (Mappingford) • If you were to build a depot for Channel Tunnel passenger trains, where would you build it? (Jon Worth) • The Tokyo Train Station …
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Correspondent and Friday Reads compiler for London Reconnections.
Farewell to the Stansted People Mover
The Stansted Airport Track Transit System (TTS) will be decommissioned in 2026 after 35 years of airside operation at the London airport. This people mover system debuted as a novel piece of transit infrastructure when it was …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 December 2025
• Zipcar’s rivals consider London expansion after it reveals UK exit (The Guardian) • Northumberland Line – lessons learned from transforming connectivity: Video (IMechE) • Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review (BBC) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 December 2025
• Great Britain’s new rail timetable (went) live this weekend (The Guardian) • Great British Railways goes back to the future with new branding (Design Week) • 25 Places with two stations: 25 Suburban London …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 December 2025
• How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy (The Conversation) • Midlands abandoned railway island to be brought back into use: Video (Transport Matters) • British Transport Police trials live facial recognition …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 December 2025
• Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry to ORR (The Guardian) • TfGM Eyes Denton Rail Line for Metrolink Tram-Train Expansion (Rail Technology) • Anorak Corner (National Rail edition) (Diamond Geezer) • …
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• Melbourne Metro Tunnel Now Open: Video (Sydney Trains Vlogs) • Social media influencers to promote Melbourne Metro Tunnel opening (ABC News) • Debunked: air passenger growth doesn’t necessarily lead to economic growth (Transport & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 November 2025
• Less WFH, more Lime, slower buses (London Centric) • The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair (Ian Visits) • Rendersinside Liverpool Street station’s £1.5bn redevelopment: Video (CityEd) • The New …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 November 2025
• 150 Years of Charles Holden: Video (Transport for London) • Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar ordered not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules (Jon Worth) • How 15-minute is your city? (Brandon Donnelly) • I …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 November 2025
• DLR to Thamesmead approved says Mayor (From the Murky Depths) • Stansted Airport to accept London’s contactless tickets (IanVisits) • £7bn East West Rail plan ramped up in design rethink (Construction Enquirer) • Full …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 November 2025
• Plans to run West Midlands trams to Dudley delayed: Video (Transport Matters) • Edinburgh should reopen its ghost line (A Letter from Scotland) • New Plans to Accelerate Development of High-Speed Rail Across EU …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 November 2025
• Holborn Viaduct Station: Doomed from the Start?: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about? (BBC) • Greater Manchester to Introduce Simplified Fare Scheme (Railway-News) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 November 2025
• Would your home have been under a motorway? (London Centric) • The secret plan to turn Regent’s Canal into a motorway: Video (Luke O’Sullivan) • For Better Public Transit, We Need Better Stories (Planetizen) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 November 2025
• Beaulieu Park: Britain’s newest railway station (BusAndTrainUser) • Not being allocated depot space at Temple Mills: blessing in disguise? (Jon Worth) • Time to scrap unreliable Thameslink from the Woolwich line? (Murky Depths) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 November 2025
• Exploring the hidden tunnels at New Street Station: Video (Transport Matters) • This has nearly been a Tube line three times… : Video (Jago Hazzard) • Netherlands Railway generates social profit of €1.33 billion …
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