Titanium dioxide has proved its efficiency for cleaning and disinfecting trains. It reduces the number of bacteria inside the carriages up to 99 per cent. The tests have been carried out by the Polish regional …
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Free EBike loan for London health workers (TheVerge)
Key National Health Service (NHS) workers in London are being offered a three-month e-bike loan to help them commute to work while social distancing. There are currently 20 Gocycle GS loaner e-bikes available, with more …
Continue readingSNCF deploys hospital TGV for COVID (RailwayGazette)
SNCF has started transporting Covid-19 patients using a TGV Duplex trainset that has been has adapted as a mobile hospital unit. It is being used to evacuate recuperating patients from hot spot areas where the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 March 2020
• Manchester Metrolink opens Trafford Park line (MetroReport) • The longest ever individual load on rails (RogerFarnworth) • Budapest’s busy tram network (TheUrbanist) • Toronto & Vancouver look into closing roads for social distancing (Globe&Mail) …
Continue readingMore robots assisting railways (RailTech)
The spread of coronavirus around the world and particularly in Europe has made the use of unmanned technologies more vital. In this regard, robots could be a solution for cleaning and disinfecting trains or stations. Where …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 March 2020
• Secret passageway discovered in UK House of Commons (NPR) • Grimshaw’s story of designing Waterloo International Terminal (Dezeen) • East Midlands stations win £161m to improve neighbourhoods (BusinessDesk) • Transport & urban form determine …
Continue readingAir pollution & spread of COVID-19 infection (SIMA)
To date, several scientific studies focused on viruses diffusion among humans demonstrated that increased incidence of infection is related to airborne particulate matter (PM) concentration levels [1,2]. It is known that PM fractions (e.g., PM2.5 …
Continue readingCOVID-19 highlights need for freight analytics (GreenBiz)
COVID-19 shines a spotlight on flexible, digital freight – not enough masks and ventilators in one COVID-19 country hotspot. A lack of testing kits in another. Toilet paper, baby wipes, milk and eggs emptied off …
Continue readingGermFalcon Airliner UV sterilizer (IEEESpectrum)
Flight of the GermFalcon: how a potential Coronavirus-killing airplane sterilizer was born. Dimer UVC’s ultraviolet germ zapper took some very hands-on design work. Dr. Arthur Kreitenberg and his son Elliot got some strange looks when …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 March 2020
• Tube heating at closed City Road station to warm homes (IanVisits) • Comfort, or capitalist realism, more important on UK rails (PassengerTransport) • Barcelona Tibidabo tram reconstruction on hold (UrbanTransport) • Renfe inks $6bn …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 March 2020
• TfL closes 40 Tube stations & Night Tube, fewer buses next-week/ (IanVisits) • UK could nationalise transport during COVID crisis (Independent) • Why Britain should legalise e-scooters (CityMetric) • The French S-K people mover …
Continue readingB’ham to reopen Camp Hill Line for pax (RailBusiness)
The reopening of a former railway line in south Birmingham moved a step closer after a local passenger train travelled the route for the first time in nearly 80 years. The Camp Hill line has …
Continue readingHydrogen bus BRT line rolls out in France (SmartCitiesWorld)
A hydrogen bus fleet rolls out in France. The new service will see eight 18-metre long Van Hool buses operate on a 6km dedicated line in the centre of Pau. The world’s first hydrogen-powered bus …
Continue readingUBir reopens aerodynamic train facility (UKRRIN)
The University of Birmingham’s Transient Aerodynamic Investigation (TRAIN) facility, based in Derby’s Rail Technology Centre (RTC) business park, has reopened following a £1.5 million renovation and upgrade. The TRAIN rig is a unique facility which …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 March 2020
• Curzon Street Station’s 1st roundhouse found in HS2 dig (Nodrog) • Whence went the flying boat – the Saunders-Roe Princess Story (Mustard) • Germany’s intercity cycle superhighway (InterestingEngineering) • Meet Montréal’s REM – Sydney …
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