Another ERTMS announcement has recently emerged, this time concerning the London to Paris and Brussels high-speed routes through the Channel Tunnel. At a meeting in Paris on 19 July, an agreement signed by four parties …
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NS using 3D printing for train maintenance (Int’lRailwayJ)
NETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has begun introducing 3D printed components as part of its train maintenance activities with 20 components currently available and plans in place to produce more than 50 by the end of the …
Continue readingLR Meetup at Royal Oak pub, 13th September
The second Thursday of the month brings with it our meetup, which happens next on 13th September from 6pm. As always, these are informal affairs where the beer flows, offering an opportunity to put faces …
Continue readingThe future of transportation (UWestEngland)
Are we on the cusp of completely changing how we drive, fly or move around? Hear from Glenn Lynons, Mott-MacDonald Professor at University of West England, Bristol, international expert who’s in Edmonton to speak about …
Continue readingMusk: Boring Company started as a joke, tunnel project may fail (Business Insider)
Elon Musk appeared on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast on Thursday [6 Sept], where he said The Boring Company started as a joke. Musk said that he couldn’t be sure the project’s ambitious plans to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 September 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Making the most of the commute (BBC) • Birmingham New Street’s mirror finish (TheBeautyOfTransport) • Does New York really need BQX? (NYCurbed) • Elegant NY City track schematics with …
Continue readingBiocomposite resin train door launched (MetroReport)
TRB Lightweight Structures has developed a biocomposite resin based carbon fibre reinforced sandwich panel door leaf with a 100% recycled foam core which is fire rated for both surface and underground rail use. This is …
Continue readingLearning from Seoul’s 2004 bus network redesign (MobilityLab)
Bus redesigns aren’t a new idea. When Seoul – a city pursuing a car-first approach to surface transportation to satisfy the dreams of an increasingly wealthy population – faced plummeting bus ridership in the early …
Continue readingAutonomous tram testing to begin in Germany (E&T)
Siemens Mobility has shown off a driverless tram that it says is the first vehicle of its type to be equipped with autonomous technology. The tram will be tested on a 6km long test track …
Continue readingTwo London boroughs imposing ultra-low emission zones (Guardian)
All but the cleanest vehicles to be banned from nine streets in Islington and Hackney. Two London councils are to ban all but the cleanest vehicles from some areas at peak times to help tackle …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL’s secret internal Tube map (DiamondGeezer) • The museification of London (FailedArchitecture) • Britain’s lost tram network and its future (Guardian) • Televised 1959 preview of Lisbon’s Metro (CityLab) …
Continue readingRail industry pledges to cut ticket jargon (Railway-Technology)
The rail industry has revealed it will remove jargon printed on rail tickets and journey information from 500,000 routes this September in a bid to simplify the process of buying tickets. A host of industry …
Continue readingMelbourne orbital rail proposal (DanielBowen)
Okay, I didn’t see this coming. Orbital rail for the middle ring of Melbourne, announced on Facebook this morning. Labor say they want to build a 90km suburban rail loop from Cheltenham (by which they …
Continue readingLondon rooftops snapped up for drone vertiports (Dezeen)
Landing and recharging pads for drones will become ubiquitous atop urban buildings within a few years, according to a company that is buying up London rooftops for a network of drone ports. Duncan Walker of …
Continue readingRethinking bikelanes for personal mobility (HumanTransit)
Now that we have scooters sharing bike lanes, I wonder if we’ll need to think more clearly about the different kinds of lane on a street and what their real defining features are. This could …
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