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Category: Friday Reads

Friday Reads – 4 February 2022

On 4 February 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Congestion Charge, Friday Reads, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• TfL funding crisis will leave the disabled stranded (BylineTimes) • What comes after London’s Congestion Charge? (CityLab) • Sense of place: White Hart Lane station updated (BeautyOfTransport) • Paris starts test runs of new …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 31 January 2022

On 31 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Crossrail design & architecture overview video (Crossrail) • Evolution of tram traction in Paris (FabricOfParis) • Malta publishes light metro vision (T&UT) • Vancouver Translink uses hockey sticks to keep SkyTrains moving (TheBuzzer) • …

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Friday Reads – 28 January 2022

On 28 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Cable Car, Crossrail, Friday Reads, Old Oak Common, Sleeper Trains

• Tie a Crossrail ribbon round the Old Oak scene (HydeParkNow) • New station proposed for National Arboretum (AnonWidower) • Chance meeting on train platform rocked the world (MidnightTrains) • How cable cars could boost …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 24 January 2022

On 24 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Friday Reads, Stations, TfL, Vertical transport

• Huge new train departure board at Victoria Station (IanVisits) • Inside TfL’s Lost Property Office (Guardian) • UK rail station league tables pre-Covid (Novotel) • Paris’ Blvd Périphérique to lose lanes & become greener …

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Friday Reads – 21 January 2022

On 21 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, HS2, Sleeper Trains, Tunnels

• Crossrail starting final phase of trial operations ahead of opening (IanVisits) • HS2 archaeologists make big discovery (RailInsider) • Inside HS2’s Chiltern tunnel boring machines (JonnElledge) • Paris tests new disused railway tram train …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 17 January 2022

On 17 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, DLR, Friday Reads, New York

• Confusion over future of Beam Park Station in East London (IanVisits) • Lumo Trains’ new Diversity & Inclusion Ambassador (HydeParkNow) • Mancunians rebel against grey advertising boxes blocking pavements (Guardian) • Berlin proposal for …

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Friday Reads – 14 January 2022

On 14 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Kings Cross

• Crossrail pushing hard for a March opening date (IanVisits) • King’s Cross tunnels & Canal Aqueduct (HydeParkNow) • Debut test of Glasgow Subway’s new ATO train (Scotsman) • SFO BART Crisis Intervention Specialists already …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 January 2022

On 10 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Design, Friday Reads, HS2, Pollution, Sleeper Trains

• Euston Hampstead Tube station to be moved for HS2 (HydeParkNow) • 100 Years of Tube train evolution: video (LTMFriends) • How London’s buses helped WW1 British tank design (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Transport noise linked to …

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Friday Reads – 7 January 2022

On 7 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Friday Reads, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• A day in the life of a London bus (LondonTravelWatch) • Moscow Metro opens China-built Great Ring Line section (RailwayTechnology) • NYC to study Interborough Express freight line upgrade (AMNY) • Minneapolis’ LRT & …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 3 January 2022

On 3 January 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Friday Reads, Logistics, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• London to make 24 hour bus lane trials permanent (SmartTransport) • Transport for London – Arsenal pre-match jersey (FootyHeadlines) • Maximising capacity in the Brussels north-south connection (MetroVeloDodo) • Toronto bans delivery robots, needs …

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Friday Reads 2021 Year End Celebration

On 31 December 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, River

It has been a joy to compile Friday Reads, and many thanks to all those who have submitted links and suggestions. We present you with some inventive, insightful, and original links that you may have …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 December 2021

On 27 December 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Fonts, Friday Reads, Stations

• Overground trains to call at Battersea Park station all day New Year’s Eve (IanVisits) • Vintage Views from the upper deck: London bus videos (LondonInBits) • A bold failure: Rise & fall of Big …

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Friday Reads – 24 December 2021

On 24 December 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Night, Overground

• London sustainable Xmas shopping Tube Map (MappingLondon) • Night Overground services return for weekends (RailInsider) • Two great books for transit map lovers & creators (HumanTransit) • Duck Lanes added to UK urban canal …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 December 2021

On 20 December 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Tunnels

• Expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone ULEZ 1st month success (OnLondon) • How a London suburb reduced its morning traffic by 53% (FastCompany) • The history & construction of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel (LondonInheritance) • …

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Friday Reads – 17 December 2021

On 17 December 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Vertical transport

• Treasury blocked £30bn rail electrification (NewCivilEng) • TfL funding crunch could cost London 12bn+ over 10 yrs (IanVisits) • Historical accurate moquettes in new Last Train to Xmas film (Guardian) • Karlsruhe city centre …

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