• You are invited to a 360 virtual tour of Farringdon Station (Crossrail) • Elephant & Castle Tube station rebuild to include Bakerloo Extension (IanVisits) • What’s that London smell?? Mostly exhaust it turns out …
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New railway digital research centre 1st phase completed (RailBusiness)
A new purpose-built centre designed to deliver specialist research in digital railway engineering has been opened at the University of Birmingham. The Centre of Excellence for Digital Systems showcases successful collaboration between academia and industry, …
Continue readingVirtual replica of HS1 line to aid repairs (NewCivilEng)
A virtual replica of the High Speed One rail line between London and Kent is being developed to assist engineers carrying out repairs to the line’s signalling and electronic systems. Continue reading
Continue readingCould AR windshields end distracted driving? (StreetsBlog)
Countless drivers have gotten away with murder by telling a cop the magic words, “I just didn’t see [that pedestrian/cyclist/wheelchair user] coming.” But if a new augmented reality windshield technology works as designed, they might …
Continue readingLow polluting renewable diesel (fryer fat) for HGVs (Gladstein)
What is Renewable Diesel? Renewable diesel (RD) is an emerging replacement fuel for today’s heavy-duty diesel engines. It is chemically identical to conventional (fossil) diesel fuel, but RD is produced from 100 percent renewable feedstock …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 February 2021
• HS2 starts construction of Old Oak Common crossover box (IanVisits) • Hidden London Hangouts digs deeper at Piccadilly Circus station (LTM) • Sweden’s interactive Arctic bus shelter (Dezeen) • Public lifts & escalators for …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 January 2021
• Eurostar bailout & the effects on Channel Tunnel freight (RailTech) • All the (UK) Funiculars (JosephBrennan) • Travel restrictions one of most effective pandemic responses – if they’re strict (NYTimes) • President Biden will …
Continue readingVery light rail trial track laid in disused tunnel (RailBusinessD)
New pictures released today show the first sections of track have been laid as part of the pioneering multi-million Very Light Rail (VLR) development in the borough. The images show track on the ground in …
Continue readingCloud platform to drive infrastructure innovation (RailEngineer)
To drive better, faster and greener delivery of infrastructure, Costain has worked together with key partner SAP, as well as the Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy Living Lab (TIES Living Lab) consortium of industry leading enterprises, …
Continue readingSmart transport & city tech all depends on governance (TheStar)
After a Green/Social Democrat coalition won control of the Hamburg state parliament in a February 2020 election, the new government, under Mayor Peter Tschentscher, moved quickly to launch an ambitious transportation strategy for a fast-growing …
Continue readingThe Second Coming of Hydrogen? London’s Hydrogen Buses (Hydrogen Part 1)
Despite impressive advances, bus battery technology is still not optimal – poor range, and reduced energy storage in cold weather. So to avoid putting all their clean energy buses in one basket, TfL has consistently …
Continue readingElectric revolution needs sustainable batteries (GreenBiz)
To electrify many of the world’s vehicles in the coming years, the EV industry will need to procure a massive amount of lithium-ion batteries. And that will require brand-new sources and technologies to find, extract …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 January 2021
• Govt tells London builders to cut Tube overcrowding or be shut down (Building) • The Railway hobby – A history and a lament (LondonReviewBooks) • Turin turns abandoned tramway section into a linear park …
Continue readingWhy trams are the most energy efficient pubic transport (BlaiseKelly)
Trams are a seemingly expensive outlay for a city. They require permanent tracks and overhead wires. At least that’s how the figures can often initially appear. But there is more to it than basic installation cost. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 January 2021
• London buses converted to Covid ambulances (Guardian) • The archaeology of HS2 (RailStaff) • Welcome to the time capsule Art Deco Railway Hotel (MessyNessy) • The chic garments made from WWII escape maps (AtlasObscura) …
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