• HS2 to unveil interior of their trains to public for first time this weekend (RailTech) • Chiltern’s parliamentary rail replacement ghost bus (BBC) • Transport for Wales rail journeys & revenue up, brand-new trains …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 25 November 2024
• The London Overground rebrand is finally happening (London Centric) • A women’s history guided tour along London’s Suffragette line (The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything) • Renaming the Overground, step by step (Diamond Geezer) …
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• Europe’s Best and Worst Railway Stations of 2023 (CityLab) • The BusAndTrainUser Awards 2023 (BusAndTrainUser) • London’s Most… (Diamond Geezer) • Camden tunnels: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • Berlin-Paris night train revived (Le Monde) …
Continue readingBank Station used novel solution to intercept foundation pile (GroundEngineering)
A bespoke load transfer solution was developed to solve a tricky pile intercept on the Bank Station capacity project, delegates heard at GE’s Basements and Underground Structures conference. Continue reading
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 September 2022
• London’s mainline railway stations to stay open overnight for the State Funeral (IanVisits) • Inside the Battersea Turbine Hall at end of the Northern Line Extension (Sounds&Visions) • NYC considering congestion charge, sales tax …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 July 2022
• New powers for TfL to fine motorists caught in cycle lanes (Zag) • Video exploring the Northern Line Extension (NetworkNathan) • HS2 develops modular pre-fab tunnel arches (AnonWidower) • Long environmental assessments delay much …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 May 2022
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 May 2022
• Northern Line Bank Branch to reopen Monday 16 May (IanVisits) • Fare caps might get transit out of the pandemic slump (NextCity) • US cities testing benefits of Universal Basic Mobility (CityLab) • 16 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – April 4 2022
• Berlin’s €9 monthly public transport ticket vs Russian oil (NextWeb) • Behind the scenes & pics of Bank station’s huge capacity upgrade (IanVisits) • Motorway without exit gets junction that goes nowhere (Roads) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – March 11 2022
• Rail is a lifeline for Ukrainians during the conflict (RailInsider) • Why it’s time to redraw the Underground map for Int’l Women’s Day (Guardian) • Surrey Quays station upgrade consultation opens (IanVisits) • Video …
Continue readingNight Tube Part 2: A Hard Day’s Night
Night Tube This is the Night Tube crossing the border, From Zone One to suburban order, Emails for luvvy, texts for more, Facebook to all, including next door. Uphill from Camden, a steady climb, Lots …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 October 2020
• TfL picks DLR & Northern line upgrades over CR2 & Bakerloo Extension (IanVisits) • Parcel forwarding via Thames launched (TidalThames) • High speed fish shipment (RailwayGazette) • Crustacean biologist obsessed with building a DC …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 July 2020
• DfT to demolish historic rail bridge between Ally Pally & Muswell Hill (Ham&High) • Reclaiming London’s kerbs (CentreForLondon) • A narrow gauge railway under South London (RailwayMag) • Tram-trains are making new connections (Trams&UrbanTransit) …
Continue readingTfL restarting NLE & Bank upgrade (NewCivilEng)
Transport for London (TfL) is to restart work on major infrastructure projects this month, including the £655M upgrade at Bank station and the Northern Line Extension. TfL applied a “safe stop” to its major project …
Continue readingBIM on Northern Line Extension (RailEngineer)
London Underground’s Northern line extension, which is being built from Kennington to Battersea with a new intermediate station at Nine Elms, uses Building Information Modelling (BIM) as the basis of its design and documentation. This …
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