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Category: Overground

Friday Reads – 24 November 2023

On 24 November 2023 By Heliomass In Buses, Friday Reads, Overground, Piccadilly line, Sustainability

• Riding The New Tube For London: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Gatwick: A Great Station Upgrade; Now Sort The Trains And Fares (BusAndTrainUser) • Exploring Stratford to North Woolwich: Video (The TfL Three) • Toyota …

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Friday Reads – 20 October 2023

On 20 October 2023 By Long Branch Mike In Aerial, Friday Reads, Overground, Sustainability

• London Overground into London Bridge? TfL is looking into it (Murky Depths) • London’s helicopter routes (HelicopterRedeye) • The high speed railway uncoupling the Baltic states from Russia & their Soviet past (EuroNews) • …

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Friday Reads – 6 October 2023

On 6 October 2023 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, HS2, Overground

• HS2 being scrapped means fewer trains and higher rail prices, experts warn (inews) • The new housing case for extending Crossrail to Ebbsfleet (JamesO’Malley) • Chemical attraction: Hackney Wick Overground station (BeautyOfTransport) • Northern …

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Friday Reads – 14 July 2023

On 14 July 2023 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Arts, Design, Friday Reads, Overground

• Unusual London Overground trips possible this weekend (IanVisits) • TfL announces 10 Underground stations to be upgraded to step-free access (IntelligentTransport) • Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1964 South Manchester Blues & Gospel Train show: Video …

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Friday Reads – 14 April 2023

On 14 April 2023 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Friday Reads, Overground, Pollution, Stations

• Aviation industry awarded £18Bn in public finance since the Paris Agreement (DeSmog) • West London Orbital Overground line likely to get approval (IanVisits) • East Lancs Railway faces accusations in sacking of 10 year …

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Old Oak Common Station HS2, CrossRail, Overground design plans: Video (PermWayInst) 

On 4 April 2023 By Long Branch Mike In Design, HS2, Industry News, Old Oak Common, Overground

Old Oak Common Station HS2 PWI West of England Section meeting presentation on 8 March 2023.

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The Flowering of Overground lines & colours – How Soon is Now?

On 4 April 2023 By Long Branch Mike In Design, Long reads, Maps, Overground, Rail devolution

In his 2021 London Mayoral Election Manifesto, Sadiq Khan proposed giving names (and potentially their own colours) to London Overground lines to give them a unique identity. “TfL’s London Overground network has grown considerably over …

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Friday Reads – 30 September 2022

On 30 September 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Crossrail, Friday Reads, Overground, Pollution

• Bond Street Elizabeth line station opening Monday 24 Oct (IanVisits) • Great British Railways already dead: Rail industry at lowest ebb (Guardian) • Barking Riverside – The Inside Story: video (JagoHazzard) • ScotRail announcements …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 June 2022

On 27 June 2022 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, DLR, Friday Reads, Overground, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• TfL advances plans for DLR & Overground extensions (NewCivilEng) • Wales stops funding north-south air route in favour of rail (Railway-Technology) • Lyon announces light rail express line instead of metro (IntlRailJ) • Lausanne …

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Friday Reads – 24 December 2021

On 24 December 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Night, Overground

• London sustainable Xmas shopping Tube Map (MappingLondon) • Night Overground services return for weekends (RailInsider) • Two great books for transit map lovers & creators (HumanTransit) • Duck Lanes added to UK urban canal …

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Friday Reads – 10 December 2021

On 10 December 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Design, Friday Reads, HS2, Overground, Vertical transport

• Alstom-Hitachi to build 2bn HS2 train fleet (ModernRailways) • What we can learn from London Zoo’s deserted penguin pool (99%Invisible) • Northern Powerhouse Rail needed as North has UK’s worst connected cities (NewCivilEng) • …

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Friday Reads – 19 November 2021

On 19 November 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Infrastructure, Overground, Pedestrians

• TfL submits plan for new Overground station at New Bermondsey (FromMurkyDepths) • Disastrous flooding cuts Vancouver off from railways, roads (RailwayAge) • Before Interstates, America got around on Interurbans (CityLab) • How capturing land …

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Friday Reads – 17 September 2021

On 17 September 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Micromobility, Overground, Pollution, Stations

• Pollution on some new UK trains 13 times London’s busiest road (Guardian) • Underground trains getting faster thanks to signalling upgrade (IanVisits) • The Overground’s secret station (GeoffMarshall) • New open access operator Lumo …

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Friday Reads – 11 June 2021

On 11 June 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Design, Friday Reads, Logistics, Old Oak Common, Overground, Pollution, Roads, Sleeper Trains, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• South Kensington station heritage upgrades & development tensions (OnLondon) • Virtual tour of proposed West London Orbital Overground (CapitalWestLondon) • Berlin’s free cargo bikeshare program (StreetsBlog) • Opening up a brutalist bus terminal (Dezeen) …

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Friday Reads – 21 May 2021

On 21 May 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Arts, Bridges, Cable Car, Friday Reads, London Overground, Overground, River crossings, Taxis, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Uber

• Epic row brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’ (Wired) • Bakerloo line Oxford Circus platforms get Harrington Humps (HydeParkNow) • Longest pub­lic art com­mis­sion in the world (Guardian) • History of East London Line …

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