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 …
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2nd runway consent for Gatwick expansion (ConstructionIndex)
Work is now set to start on bringing the standby northern runway at Gatwick into full operational use, increasing capacity from 280,000 flights a year to around 389,000 by the late 2030s. The £2.2bn project …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 September 2025
• Edinburgh’s new cycle hire scheme launches today (Midlothian View) • Britain’s New Train Ticket System is Starting!: Video (Nick Badley) • Is China’s High Speed Railway System Massively Overbuilt, or just Overbuilt? (JR Urbane …
Continue readingAmtrak Miami station agreement torpedoed: Analysis (Trains)
How much money Amtrak was willing to pay and the Florida Department of Transportation was willing to accept for use of the Miami Intermodal Center headhouse was apparently the main sticking point in a years-long …
Continue readingA Primer on Airport Expansion Economics (MobilityMatters)
This week has seen the Chancellor of the Exchequer state that it is the government’s position that the third runway at Heathrow Airport must proceed. Before auditioning to be a stand up comedian by saying it …
Continue readingLiving near an airport can make you ill (Transport&Environment)
Aviation emissions are a climate concern, and also have a serious impact on air quality. Yet, this issue has not received much attention from regulators or the aviation industry. When jet fuel is burnt, it …
Continue readingMultiModX Workshop: A Milestone in Seamless Air-Rail Integration (UIC)
On 20 February 2024, the first MultiModX EU project workshop, arranged with the support of the SESAR Joint Undertaking, took place at UIC HQ in Paris, bringing together approximately 50 experts representing the airline, airport, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 March 2024
• Plans to run new direct rail services to London (BBC) • HS2 tunnel workers hit out at site conditions (Construction Enquirer News) • Gallery of unique early Underground Maps (Bryars & Bryars) • New …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 January 2024
An analysis of LNER’s new flex tickets, a critique of the UK’s bus policy and the end of airport towers as we know them.
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 July 2023
• How low cost airline subsidies are hampering the great modal shift (RailwayTechnology) • History of Heathrow Express, from WW2 plans, to the future (IARO) • Ireland’s Strategic Rail Review makes 30 proposals to greatly …
Continue readingDeutsche Bahn, Lufthansa see major increase in air-rail demand (RailTech)
Deutsche Bahn (DB) and Lufthansa have registered a 25-per cent increase in joint air-rail services to and from Frankfurt Airport over the past two years, the companies write on Monday. In April 2021, DB and …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 February 2023
• Expanded ULEZ cut toxic NOx pollution across London by 23% report finds (Guardian) • Vancouver testing accessibility app to help sight challenged better navigate transit (MassTransit) • The best rapid transit in the US …
Continue readingJR Freight to transport bonded cargo for airlines (RailwayGazette)
JR Freight is to begin the regular transport of bonded cargo between warehouses and Tokyo’s main airports in April 2023, as part of a programme to reduce emissions and provide reliable logistics services as Japan …
Continue reading£225m DART Luton Airport rail link delayed until 2023 (LutonToday)
The pioneering £225m Luton direct air-rail transit (DART) has suffered another delay, ending hopes of carrying its first passengers this year. Luton DART is a major local investment project by the borough council and the …
Continue readingThe business & environmental case to encourage domestic train travel (IntergenerationalFound’n)
Trains over planes: Why the government should encourage domestic train travel This report argues that, on intergenerational justice grounds, the British government should be following France’s lead over banning domestic flights with a rail equivalent …
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