• Welcome to Inspiration (Railway 200) • Evacuated London train passengers forced to walk along tracks on hottest day of year (The Guardian) • Network Rail working to fix mobile phone “no-spots” in railway tunnels …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 5 May 2025
• London Underground’s longest advert ever (London Rail) • Making a future for London’s black cab trade (On London) • The Midland Pullman Past & Present (Railway-News) • Why We Lost The World’s Only Double-Sided …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 April 2025
• Pope of the people, man of the rails: the quiet power of Francis’ love for trains (RailTech) • Clever tube trivia in the Elizabeth line’s new station stickers (Ian Visits) • Network Rail Painting …
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• The Mother of All Inventions… (Roger Farnworth) • Urban Rail in Africa (Reece Martin) • The Saunders Roe Queen: The Cruise Liner Flying Boat: Video (Found & Explained) • Why does Tokyo have Two …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 January 2025
• Royal Mint launches £2 coin to mark the Railway’s 200th anniversary (Rail UK) • Paris & Berlin high-speed train link launches w/ fares from €59 (Euronews) • Cars Need Buttons, Not Touchscreens, for Safety …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 October 2024
• Bakerloo line extension pre-contracts awarded (IanVisits) • National Highways to stop calling collisions ‘accidents’ (road.cc) • UK‘s new £340 million fully integrated rail, bus and coach station is open (BusAndTrainUser) • Can the UK …
Continue readingThe Unknown Hammersmith & City Construction Calamity
Everyone knows the history of the Metropolitan Railway as the world’s first underground line on 10th January 1863 between Bishops Road and Farringdon – but that was not even how the line was going to …
Continue readingFriday 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 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) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 July 2023
• London buses are slowing down, slowing down, slowing down (OnLondon) • Gloucester Road: Forgotten spaces, historic features, & art installation: Video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Fare Dodger Bingo: Which excuses have you heard? (RailUK) • Freight …
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• Views under Waterloo Station on its 175th Anniversary (IanVisits) • Britain’s Railways All Change: oral history collection of the privatisation process (NatlRailwayMuseum) • The Carmont 2020 Railway disaster, Part One: Podcast (SignalsToDanger) • Montpellier …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 July 2023
• Govt knows the value of London transport investment but withholds it anyway (OnLondon) • Behind the scenes of the National Railway Museum’s modernisation: Video (RailNatter) • Madrid launches its first bus rapid transit – …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 June 2023
• TfL puts larger transport infrastructure projects on hold amid funding uncertainty (NewCivilEng) • Peckham Rye station restoration finally complete (IanVisits) • Transport innovation, engineering, lobbying, & public relations in the age of steamboats (AntonHowes) …
Continue readingThe Stairway to Heaven: the greatest disaster ever on London’s Tubes
There’s an oddly shaped war memorial in Bethnal Green Gardens, the park next to my local tube station. It looks like an upside down staircase, made of what I’m assuming is wood but looks to …
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