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Category: History

Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 January 2023

On 2 January 2023 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Friday Reads, History, Maps, Stations

• 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) • …

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Friday Reads – 2 December 2022

On 2 December 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Arts, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, History

• 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 …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 7 November 2022

On 7 November 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, History, Pedestrians, Trolleybuses

• Inside North End (Bull & Bush) ghost Tube station & Cold War bunker: video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • How many metro lines does London have now then? Discuss (JonnElledge) • Traffic reduction trials made permanent in …

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Get him on the Blower!: The origins of Pneumatic Railways

On 22 September 2022 By Long Branch Mike In History, Long reads, Pneumatic railways

Telegraphs were the internet of the Victorian Age. News of political and business developments could be sent around the world in near real time. However, the mass of telegrams converging on the network hub in …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 29 August 2022

On 29 August 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Buses, Friday Reads, History

• Liverpool’s 1st railway station listed as Scheduled Monument (Liverpool&McrRyTrust) • Boston subway train fire adds to troubled safety record at underfunded transit agency (CityLab) • Milan is taming cars & people love it (Forbes) …

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Friday Reads – 8 July 2022

On 8 July 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Electrification, Friday Reads, History

• Paddington station’s new Elizabeth to Bakerloo transfer tunnel (IanVisits) • Prepare yourself for the negative levels of Crossrail (DiamondGeezer) • London Transport after Ashfield: Post-War Chairmen 1948-87: video (LTMFriends) • Ireland to progress with …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 June 2022

On 19 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, History, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Map of air conditioned London urban rail lines (GeoffMarshall) • Crossrail’s station footprints (MappingLondon) • Have you spotted the Transport Trust Red Wheels plaques? (Londonist) • New pub opens in Lancaster railway station (RailUK) …

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Friday Reads – 27 May 2022

On 27 May 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Design, Friday Reads, History, Northern line

• Crossrail finally opens after decades of struggle; photo essay (Guardian) • Crossrails/Elizabeth Line opening: video tour (RMTransit) • Signaling upgrade online on Great Northern (City) line into Moorgate (IanVisits) • Andy Byford: Next TfL …

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Friday Reads – March 18 2022

On 18 March 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Design, Friday Reads, History, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• How Kyiv transformed its Metro into bomb shelters (CityLab) • No train, no-gain? How can running fewer trains be better? (Railway-News) • The Art Deco Railway: The Chessington Branch (JagoHazzard) • The long history …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – March 7 2022

On 7 March 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Friday Reads, History, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• What’s keeping Ukraine’s trains running (BusinessInsider) • St Pancras station to become an opera hall for Int’l Women’s Day (Guardian) • Reducing congestion at London Bridge Tube station entrance (IanVisits) • The secret bunker …

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Friday Reads – 11 February 2022

On 11 February 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Friday Reads, History, HS2

• Automated people movers from 1924 British Empire Exhibition to HS2 (RailInsider) • History of the South Kensington Subway (IanVisits) • Glasgow Subway complete refurbishment, with new trains (RailEngineer) • The geopolitics of Rail Baltica’s …

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Bio-coal trials show promise for steam railways (RailEngineer)

On 22 October 2021 By Long Branch Mike In History, Industry News

Norfolk’s Bure Valley Railway (BVR) has held an extensive trial of bio-coal as the heritage rail sector looks towards a carbon-free future. The event, which took place in June, was the result of cooperation between …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 11 October 2021

On 11 October 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Buses, Friday Reads, History, Stations

• Imberbus 2021 behind the scenes video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Northern Virtual Reality simulation to assist disabled (Railway-Tech) • Fog on the Underground (ThomasBrissot) • Man builds home in style of a Grand Trunk Railway Station …

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Friday Reads – 24 September 2021

On 24 September 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Battersea Extension, Buses, Friday Reads, History, Maps

• Ian Visits the Northern Line Extension opening (IanVisits) • Diamond dissects the Battersea Droop on the Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Battersea Power Station Bullet Train’s lost plans (LondonLaunch) • BR logo designer appalled by …

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Friday Reads – 3 September 2021

On 3 September 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, Funiculars, History, Logistics, New York, Podcast, Pollution, Waterways

• London’s clean air rules for trucks could benefit all of UK (SmartCitiesDive) • Bristol’s abandoned funicular tunnel used by BBC in WW2 (IanVisits) • The History of Britain’s canal system (HistoryOfLondon) • When cars …

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