German and Austrian tram train operators have defined the tram train of the future together with the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV). It will enable to carry on the success story of the Karlsruhe …
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Friday Reads – 28 August 2020
• Eurostar announces October direct Amsterdam – London service (GlobalRail) • The hustle and bustle sound of London, from 1928 (MuseumOfLondon) • Brunel’s little known Windmill Bridge (Three Bridges) in photos (TalesBraziersGrotto) • The hospital …
Continue readingFreight tram-train to be tested in Karlsruhe (RailwayGazette)
Trials with a prototype freight tram or tram-train are to start in Karlsruhe and the surrounding area in 2022. The concept is being drawn up with a view to improving urban life by reducing road …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 July 2020
• Mayor plans to power TfL Tube with green energy (RailBusinessD) • TfL: Buses ‘deserve priority over everything’ on London roads (Standard) • Settle & Carlisle charter trials offer alternative rail service (RailMag) • Isle …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 July 2020
• It’s time to bring railways back to life (Independent) • How Dublin can regain its Cycling City ways – video (5MinUrbanist) • Parking, micromobility and COVID (LinkedIn) • Baguette fight over Paris Gare du …
Continue readingImmersive tram simulators (RailwayGazette)
AUSTRALIA: Transurb has supplied Sydney light rail operator Transdev with five tailor-made simulators which use the TrainLab virtual training platform to replicate the city’s mixed fleet of Alstom Citadis X05 and CAF Urbos 3 trams. …
Continue readingBig but cheap improvements to public transport (Globe&Mail)
In late 2017, Toronto made a big little change. To speed up service on its busiest streetcar route, city council limited car traffic on a crowded, slow-moving stretch of King Street running through the heart …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 June 2020
• Public transport with masks is not a COVID super-spreader (TorontoStar) • A window of opportunity for road user charging (CentreForLondon) • 4 storey London underground car park to shopping conversion (IanVisits) • What links …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 June 2020
• Face masks to become mandatory on UK public transport (IanVisits) • Street View used to discover UK’s lost Dutch-inspired cycle ways (BBC) • Cities & their streetcars – top 10 favourite spots (Spacing) • …
Continue readingCutting costs on Coventry’s ultra light rail (NewCivEng)
French engineering consultant Ingerop Conseil et Ingénierie has been brought in to drive down the cost of Coventry’s very light rail scheme. A contract notice on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) reveals …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 May 2020
• New Streetspace plan will fast track overhaul London’s streets (Guardian) • HS2 will build underground connection to Euston Square station (IanVisits) • Rethinking funding London transport (CentreForLondon) • Trainspotters: do your thing – at …
Continue readingInnovation in world’s largest tram network (RailExpress)
Melbourne’s iconic tram network operates across 250km of double track. Xavier Leal from Keolis Downer shares Yarra Trams’ latest innovation strategy that is digitising the network’s 5,000 daily services. Operations throughout the urban tram network …
Continue readingThe most efficient single track LRT line in N America (RT&S)
Christof Spieler, author of “Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit,” revealed his latest transit mapping on his Twitter page on Ottawa’s Trillium Line. Spieler calls the Trillium Line the most frequent commuter …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 April 2020
• Legal bid launched to stop government’s £27bn road building plans (Forbes) • Missing taking a train? Take a KX-Leeds ride from the cab (LNER) • Norway’s A-ha moment that made it an electric car …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 April 2020
• That MIT study about the subway spreading COVID is crap (StreetsBlog) • Milan’s big plan to prevent post crisis traffic pollution (Guardian) • Paris to create 650km of cycleways for post-lockdown (Forbes) • Airlines …
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