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Monday’s Friday Reads – 18 May 2020

On 18 May 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Mail Rail, Pedestrians

• London’s StreetSpace central car-free plan explained (TransportXtra) • NHS bosses urge pop-up cycleways for UK cities (Forbes) • Mail Rail virtual ride (PostalMuseum) • Steampunk model railway enthusiast has designs used by Hornby (BBC) …

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Friday Reads – October 20, 2017

On 20 October 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Mail Rail, Post Office Railway, Sleeper Trains, Uber

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at goodreads@box5466.temp.domains. • Post Office Mail Rail stations, above ground (Londonist) • …

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Friday Reads – April 28, 2017

On 28 April 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Eurostar, Mail Rail, Taxis

If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at goodreads@box5466.temp.domains. Night Tube noise complaints – Railway Technology Mail Rail BT Cold War cable removal – …

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The Friday Reading List: 3 February 2017

On 3 February 2017 By John Bull In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Mail Rail, Post Office Railway

As anyone looking to properly understand London’s transport needs and network knows, context, background and best-practice are important. As readers might imagine, behind the scenes here at LR Towers we thus spend a lot of …

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Reopening London’s Mail Rail

On 15 October 2013 By John Bull In History, Mail Rail

The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) has submitted plans to Islington Council proposing to reopen a section of the Mail Rail beneath Mount Pleasant sorting office, this time for public use.

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