Transport for London and Jacobs have developed a novel transport demand modelling tool to provide a more sophisticated response to the challenge of planning rail investment as the mobility sector enters an era of profound …
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Very light rail demonstrators prep’d for testing (RailwayGazette)
This year should see not one but two prototypes of very light rail vehicles being tested in the UK. Karol Zemek talks to Dr Nick Mallinson, Programme Manager at WMG Centre of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult at the University …
Continue reading13 More Île-de-France tram-trains ordered (RailwayGazette)
Alstom has been awarded a €70m firm order to supply Transilien SNCF with a further 13 Citadis Dualis tram-trains, funded by Île-de-France Mobilités. The order announced on November 16 has been placed under a 2007 …
Continue readingScooters are badly designed & increase inequality (FastCo)
The ideal shared electric scooter would work and look quite differently. Shared electric scooters are the vanguard of new micromobility fleets that are being deployed in cities across the United States. There are good reasons …
Continue readingUsing big data to avoid Tube crowding (BBC)
Tucked away on Transport for London’s (TfL) website is a glimpse of what the future could hold for passengers so that they can avoid using public transport at busy times. Currently it is rather slow …
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 readingNew rail station building at Gatwick Airport (RailBusinessD)
Building work started on Gatwick Airport’s huge new railway station concourse on Sunday, as the first train arrived at one of the platforms that has been rebuilt. The £150m project has seen many changes at …
Continue readingRebuild route alternate to Manchester Castlefield congestion (RailFreight)
An alternative proposal has been tabled to relieve congestion in Manchester’s notorious Castlefield Corridor. The short section of twin-track across the south side of the city centre is running at over capacity, and it is …
Continue readingNorth America’s newest metro train: Alstom Metropolis (RMTransit)
Reece of RMTransit had the pleasure of visiting the Montréal REM [Réseau express métropolitain] yard in Brossard on the South Shore and get a first-hand look at the Alstom Metropolis automated trains that will be …
Continue readingNetwork Rail drainage can’t cope with increasing heavy rain (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail’s drainage systems are not used to “coping” with the amount of rain that fell prior to the Stonehaven derailment in Scotland earlier this year, according to chief executive Andrew Haines. Speaking at the …
Continue readingLRT bridges delivered by ocean barge (TheStar)
DARTMOUTH, NS—The Cherry Street North bridge is a long way from home. Right now, it’s sitting, sleek and streamlined, brilliant white and red against a clear blue sky in the backyard of the manufacturing facility …
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 readingHS1 UK’s first fully renewable energy powered railway (RailBusinessD)
As the high-speed railway linking London, Kent and the Channel Tunnel, HS1 has revealed it is on track to becoming the first UK railway to run entirely on renewable energy. Wind and solar power lie …
Continue readingKrokodyl pioneer robot assists HS2 Chiltern tunnelling (NCE)
A first-of-its kind robot is being fitted to the tunnel boring machines which will be used to create the 16km long Chiltern tunnels. As reported by NCE last month, tunnellers from HS2’s main works contractor Align are …
Continue reading30 Min City: Small changes can yield major benefits (Transfers)
No one will be surprised to hear that cities seeking to increase access must make wise choices about long-term investments in major transport infrastructure, such as subways or highways. But cities must also make intelligent smaller decisions …
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