Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Fourth London bus route goes fully electric (Intelligent Transport) • Court rules Paris car ban illegal (CityLab) • Trams may run again through Rome’s historic city …
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Friday Reads – December 15, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Without Congestion Zone, London traffic would be 20% slower (StreetsBlog) • Melbourne Road Usage Study studies road charges (The Conversation) • Dublin Luas LRT line opens, …
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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) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 25, 2017
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. • The Art of Mapping London’s Transport Networks (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingPassenger night trains in Europe – report (Railway Gazette)
A report produced by consultancy Steer Davies Gleave with support from Politecnico di Milano looks at the future of night train services. “Passenger night trains in Europe: the end of the line?” looks in detail …
Continue readingAustria takes over DB sleeper train network (Railway Gazette)
Austrian national rail operator ÖBB has agreed with Deutsche Bahn to take over part of the German operator’s network of overnight trains from the timetable change on December 11. DB had stated earlier this year …
Continue readingFriday Reading List – 24 March
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 …
Continue readingOpulent Japanese sleeper train design (Smart Rail World)
Train Shiki-shima, or the ‘Island of Four Seasons’ is a hybrid sleeper train operated by East Japan Railways. The ten coach train consists of six sleeping cars, a lounge car, a dining car and observation …
Continue readingThe (Caledonian) Sleeper Awakes
It may not have attracted the attention of most London Reconnections readers but recently a new rail franchise that serves London was announced – one with a start date of 1st April 2015. This is …
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