• Unusual London Overground trips possible this weekend (IanVisits) • TfL announces 10 Underground stations to be upgraded to step-free access (IntelligentTransport) • Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1964 South Manchester Blues & Gospel Train show: Video …
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Poem on the Opening of the Elizabeth line: First Anniversary
With thanks to Jonathan Baggs MCIPR for this poem and allowing us to republish it on the anniversary of the final stage opening of the Elizabeth line 24 May 2022. Twas the Night before Crossrail, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 April 2023
• Aviation industry awarded £18Bn in public finance since the Paris Agreement (DeSmog) • West London Orbital Overground line likely to get approval (IanVisits) • East Lancs Railway faces accusations in sacking of 10 year …
Continue readingGood Friday Reads – 7 April 2023
• ‘Women on the Footplate’ against unacceptable behaviour speech at Heritage Ry Conf 2021: Video (JoanneCrompton) • Wales launches 1st VivaRail Class 230 hybrid train into service (RailTechMag) • Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 March 2023
• Parts of HS2, & the Lower Thames Crossing delayed two years due to soaring costs (Guardian) • Le Métro in Île de France: a new year retrospective (FabricOfParis) • Using a railway carriage as …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 February 2023
• Fast charge battery trial to resume after GWR agrees to purchase Vivarail assets (RailUK) • Wales road building projects stopped after failing climate review (Guardian) • Ottawa’s LRT didn’t go wrong, it started wrong …
Continue readingTrain battery/heavy equipment changer using linear motion guides (THK)
The linked videos below show modules of DB’s Ideenzug (idea train) – presented at Innotrans 2022 in Berlin – that were realized with THK solutions. The national railway company of Germany, Deutsche Bahn, developed the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 January 2023
• Adrian Shooter obituary, by Christian Wolmar (Guardian) • Edinburgh’s Newhaven tram extension almost complete (RailEngineer) • Public transport openings & construction starts planned for 2023 (TransportPolitic) • Here & There: Art of public transport …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 January 2023
• Secrets of Clapham South deep-level shelter: video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • The Shakespeare Tube Map by TfL (Mapway) • Cool contemporary Thameside sculpture (TidalThames) • Andy Burnham calls for London-style public transport for Manchester (Standard) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 December 2022
• TfL to slash another £600m from its annual budget by 2026 (IanVisits) • London Underground seeks passenger feedback on gap bridging device (MetroReport) • Thames-side murals, sculptures, & art (TidalThames) • A short history …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 September 2022
• Bond Street Elizabeth line station opening Monday 24 Oct (IanVisits) • Great British Railways already dead: Rail industry at lowest ebb (Guardian) • Barking Riverside – The Inside Story: video (JagoHazzard) • ScotRail announcements …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 September 2022
• Grimshaw wins Waterloo Station masterplanning commission (ArchitectsJ) • Bond Street Elizabeth line station tour preview video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Railway Guardian app reports transport harassment & violence to BTP (RailInsider) • Germany’s 27-year struggle to …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 August 2022
• Edinburgh Festival visitors choosing to travel by rail (RailAdvent) • Ten great films set railway stations (BFI) • Vancouver, Stockholm, & the suburban metro model (PedestrianObvs) • NYC’s most forgotten train terminal (LiamO’Connell) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 June 2022
• Elizabeth Line autumn target: through running & Bond Street opening (ModernRailways) • Lyon announces new express light rail project, cheaper than métro option (IntlRailJ) • Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station 45 years after the last Orient …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 June 2022
• Structural issues halt Curzon Street Station restoration (RailMag) • Loughton, the underappreciated Art Deco, non-Holden Underground station (BeautyOfTransport) • Van Nuys LA light rail line gets $900m in federal funding (UrbanizeLA) • Historians explore …
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