• ScotRail abolishes peak train fares from Sept 1 (Rail Advent) • The full (mind-blowing!) guide to Channel Tunnel competition: Podcast (Green Signals) • New plans to complete Glasgow Queen Street station revamp, 7 years …
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Correspondent and Friday Reads compiler for London Reconnections.
Friday Reads – 29 August 2025
• Plans progress to expand Greater Manchester’s tram & train network (Rail UK) • Huge HS2 bridge rotation & move completed in Birmingham ahead of schedule: Video (HS2) • 3D map shows how the Underground …
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• The Iconic 1940s Gants Hill Station: Video (Geoff Marshall) • What really ate Ebbsfleet? (Michael Dnes) • Women in London’s transport in the two world wars (London Transport Museum) • Why do US train …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 August 2025
• GWR battery train sets new world distance record of 200 miles to celebrate Railway 200 (Rail UK) • Merseyrail ‘tap-and-go’ ticketing launched (BBC News) • I can’t afford to commute anymore – transport costs …
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• What’s going right in Britain? Look at the Elizabeth line (The Guardian) • Talking about Places for London (PfL), TfL’s property company: Video (OnLondon) • It’s time GTR got rid of First Class (BusAndTrainUser) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 August 2025
• Labour to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail project (The Guardian) • Is HS2 heading to Manchester by stealth? (Michael Dnes) • Revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail could save HS2 to Manchester (James O’Malley) • ScotRail …
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• Addison Lee could provide your next ambulance (London Centric) • Birmingham’s reopening £120M Rail: A detailed look at the Camp Hill Line: Video (SomeNorthLondoner) • Transpennine Route Upgrade electrification upgrade milestone (Infrastructure Intelligence) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 August 2025
• England’s National Cycling Network Gets a New Expansion Plan (CityLab) • How buses forged London’s social conscience (London TravelWatch) • An engineer’s tour of the Railway Museum’s New Hall: Video (Railnatter) • Station to …
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• What a French lunch discount card tells us about London fare dodging (London Centric) • Beware the Pod People – except at airports (CityLab) • US transit costs and how to tame them: Podcast …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 August 2025
• HS2 to unveil interior of their trains to public for first time this weekend (RailTech) • Chiltern’s parliamentary rail replacement ghost bus (BBC) • Transport for Wales rail journeys & revenue up, brand-new trains …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 July 2025
• London Financial District Workers Face Dangerously Hot Commute (CityLab) • The end of the new UK roads? (Michael Dnes) • New Midland Metro tram line extension progress to Digbeth, Dudley & Brierley Hill: Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 July 2025
• UK manufacturing industry calls for full HS2 resurrection for freight benefits (The Engineer) • Waterloo Station’s disused rail link (Ian Visits) • London: Is the Overground an S-Bahn? (Next Metro) • 7 Everyday Hacks …
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• Highgate Archway – Two Bridges and a Tunnel (A London Inheritance) • How to write the UK railway timetable, Part Two: Video (Network Rail) • Will Mumbai’s New Aqua Line Metro Fix the City’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 July 2025
• The next HS2 train to arrive will be… (Michael Dnes) • London Underground’s 4LM signalling upgrade reaches Neasden depot (IanVisits) • Netherlands to Convert Decommissioned Trains into Mobile Military Hospitals w/ War Threat (UNITED24 …
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• How engineers are fighting rising temperatures on the Tube (IMechE) • How to write the UK railway timetable, Part One: Video (Network Rail) • 25 places with two stations: 14 Catford (BusAndTrainUser) • History, …
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