• Deferring Crossrail 2 doesn’t only bode ill for London (OnLondon) • London’s ‘field of broken dreams’ overflows (NYTimes) • The history and future of Vivarail (RailEngineer) • Berlin finally opens U5 metro extension under …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 30 November 2020
• Restoring a heritage London Underground roundel totem (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace’s never opened Tube station – video (JagoHazzard) • A conversation with London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner (StreetsBlog) • Clermont-Ferrand’s one-off monorail tram now …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 November 2020
• London hospital trust to pay £250k for a LTN for public health benefits (Guardian) • Do bike lanes have an accessibility problem? (CityLab) • Finding City Road, Islington’s abandoned Tube station video (JagoHazzard) • …
Continue readingTrial enforces face coverings on London rail (GlobalRailway)
Great Northern, Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink worked with the British Transport Police to enforce face covering rules over an eight-week period, experiencing a 98.4 per cent success rate. As part of ongoing work by the rail industry to increase …
Continue readingTube deploys UV escalator sanitisers (MetroReport)
As part of bespoke cleaning measures during the coronavirus pandemic, Transport for London is installing more than 200 UV light devices to sanitise the handrails on 110 London Underground escalators. This follows a six-week trial …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 November 2020
• Dramatic plunge in London air pollution since 2016 (Guardian) • History of the Romford to Upminster line (HydeParkNow) • Historic & modern UK & Ireland rail map (RailMapOnline) • Sydney & London: A tale …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 November 2020
• A 20/20 perspective of TfL at 20 (LondonFirst) • Dutch Metro driver has a whale of a stop (Guardian) • National lockdown delays Blue Pullman launch (RailwayMag) • Hiding transport (& other) infrastructure stylishly …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 November 2020
• TfL delays accessibility works at 9 stations due to Covid-19 revenue hit (Building) • Denmark Hill station getting new entrance, photovoltaics in major upgrade (IanVisits) • Northern announce on-train permit scheme for mobility scooter …
Continue readingNew virus capturing air filtration being tested in NYC (Gothamist)
The MTA [New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority] is piloting a new air filtration and purification system that the manufacturer claims can capture and kill 99.9998% of viruses and other germs through a three-stage process. …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 October 2020
• Warnings & fines for failing to wear face coverings on transport (RailBusinessD) • HS2 orders first two London tunnelling machines (IanVisits) • Woolwich ferry does donuts to support health care workers (TheCut) • Searching …
Continue readingMetro train design response to COVID (RailMag)
Adaptable interiors for metro trains could help passenger numbers to bounce back in the post-Coronavirus era. Design company tangerine, which has created interiors for Heathrow Express and Chinese train builder CRRC, has revealed its concept …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 October 2020
• TfL picks DLR & Northern line upgrades over CR2 & Bakerloo Extension (IanVisits) • Parcel forwarding via Thames launched (TidalThames) • High speed fish shipment (RailwayGazette) • Crustacean biologist obsessed with building a DC …
Continue readingCOVID killing UV robots now patrolling St Pancras Int’l (E&T)
Robots equipped with coronavirus-killing ultraviolet (UV) lights have begun patrolling St Pancras International, one of London’s biggest train stations, in a bid to minimise the risk to travellers. Created by US firm UVD Robots, the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 September 2020
• Franchising is Dead – Long Live Concessions! (Railway-News) • Outer London road congestion now worse than pre-lockdown (Guardian) • Network Rail acquires Brunel’s Bristol Old Station (RailUK) • France considers massive airline eco-tax (OneMileAtATime) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 September 2020
• Opening disused tunnel at King’s Cross for more train capacity (IanVisits) • How to travel safely on the bus, train, & Underground (BBCFuture) • White tile Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels (BeautyOfTransport) • A …
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