• Brent Cross West station: The next stage in a long London journey (Dave Hill) • Passengers trapped on cold, dark trains as travel chaos hits west London (The Guardian) • South Western rail boss …
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Friday Reads – 8 December 2023
• Counter-terror officers investigate ULEZ camera explosion (BBC) • Overground upgrade sees 2025 target for improved services (Murky Depths) • The surprising story of steam trains on the Central line (IanVisits) • Steam Trains & …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 December 2023
• Class 730s start running for LNWR (BusAndTrainUser) • London Underground thefts rise by 83% in a year (BBC News) • The world’s first railway station identified (Rail Engineer) • 1976: The Train Station with …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 December 2023
• London Underground tops 4 million journeys in a single day (IanVisits) • First passenger trains run to City of London using digital signalling (Network Rail) • The Mont-Blanc Express from Switzerland to France (The …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 November 2023
• Eurostar Amsterdam to London Trains Will Run Empty (Evening Standard) • Superloop Begins to Take Shape (BusAndTrainUser) • Driving trains on the Jubilee Line for the Last Time: Video (It’s just an idea) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 November 2023
• Riding The New Tube For London: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Gatwick: A Great Station Upgrade; Now Sort The Trains And Fares (BusAndTrainUser) • Exploring Stratford to North Woolwich: Video (The TfL Three) • Toyota …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 November 2023
• Birmingham Eastside Metro Extension Plans Brought Forward (Railway News) • Baltimore’s Red Line Should Be a Stadtbahn (Martha Lauren) • To Fight Fare Evasion, PATH Turnstiles ‘Speak Up’ (Railway Age) • Stockholm Plans to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17th November 2023
• Aslef announces industrial action in December (The Guardian) • Look out on the Central line (IanVisits) • Paris Mayor to set vote on increasing parking fees for SUVs (BBC) • HS2 Old Oak Common …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 November 2023
• The Most Dangerous Spots for Cyclists in London (Bloomberg CityLab) • Edinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parking (BBC) • Modernizing New York Commuter Rail (Effective Transit Alliance) • Russia said …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 November 2023
• Gatwick Airport station upgrade reduces delays (IanVisits) • Google Street View goes underground on the Tube (BBC) • Why rail electrification is so slow in Britain (Economist) • US announces $16.4B for Northeast Corridor …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 November 2023
• Edge Hill Engine Station: where it all began (Rail Engineer) • We Need To Do Something About Noise Pollution (Better Cities) • What TfL can learn about us from our mobile data (James O’Malley) …
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Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 October 2023
• New video shows the nearly finished Brent Cross West station (IanVisits) • UK storm Babet reignites calls to revive Okehampton-Bere Alston line (RailTech) • What to do with the disused City Widened Lines tracks: …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 October 2023
• New video shows the nearly finished Brent Cross West station (IanVisits) • Reflective pavements tackle urban heat but sometimes make feel pedestrians hotter (CityLab) • Kyiv Metro vs the World: How Kyiv Metro runs …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 October 2023
• TfL & Google Maps collaborate to make cycling better for Londoners & world (TfL) • Glasgow Subway services could soon run later (Glasgow Live) • ULEZ already raising air quality at 144 more London schools (OnLondon) …
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