• Superloop: No More Buggy & Wheelchair Boarding Battles (Accessible Link) • The scourge of roadworks (BusAndTrainUser) • How the Channel Tunnel Got Built: Podcast (More Jam Tomorrow) • Trip Report: Amtrak Floridian Gets a …
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The Evolution, then Devolution, of Pittsburgh’s Streetcar Network
Only a handful of North American cities have kept their pre-war streetcar networks. Why was Pittsburgh one of them? A city native explains in this guest post. The Roots Pittsburgh is a city whose location …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 April 2025
• London Euston completely closed, no trains to Milton Keynes Central, on Easter Weekend (Rail Advent) • Construction of Sheffield in-fill tram-train stop gets underway (Metro Report) • Longer trains planned as new Northumberland Line …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 March 2025
• Oxford Street Transformation: Have Your Say (TfL) • Transit Professionals Saw Elon Musk’s Lies & Disdain for the Public First (Union of Concerned Scientists) • Is London’s New Tram-Bus Worth the Hype? The Irizar …
Continue readingVery light rail & pop-up metro partnership (MetroReport)
US-based international railway investor Railroad Development Corp and British lightweight rolling stock developer TDI Greenway are to join forces in the emerging very light rail and ‘pop-up metro’ sectors. A joint venture announced on February …
Continue readingCardiff tram-train design-build contract awarded (InternationalRailwayJ)
A £100m contract for the detailed design and construction of the first phase of the Cardiff Crossrail tram-train project has been awarded to Graham, Britain. The contract award follows confirmation from the British government of …
Continue readingVery Light Rail – VLR – an update on 2 train designs (RailEngineer)
Revolution VLR Malcolm Dobell described the Revolution VLR (RVLR) in Issue 193 (Nov-Dec 2021). Design of this demonstrator vehicle started in 2018, construction in 2019, and the vehicle was completed in 2021. It was then …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 21 October 2024
• Possible Scope of Sadiq Khan’s plans for Oxford Street (On London) • TfL Invites Bids for New London Trams Fleet (Rail Technology) • The Rise, Fall, & Rise Again of the Leeds Tram (Railway …
Continue readingTram-Train from Joint Procurement Unveiled at InnoTrans (MetroReport)
Stadler and Saarbahn have unveiled the first of the Citylink tram-trains to be completed as a part of a huge joint order placed by six German and Austrian transport agencies which have teamed up to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 September 2024
• Oxford Street just got a step closer to going completely car-free (Time Out) • Cardiff Crossrail Tramway Proposal (TransportforWales) • East West Rail Autumn 2024 Update: Video (Rail Focus) • Railway stations on track …
Continue readingUtilisation of trams for urban freight transport & logistics (UrbanTransport)
As part of the LogIKTram research project, it was determined how future urban freight transport can be shifted by tram or regional train. At the final event of the LogIKTram research project in Karlsruhe in …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 August 2024
• UK 20mph Zones & LTNs: Transport Minister Open to More Limits (CityLab) • Discovery of Victorian network under city’s streets set new challenge for London Museum (The Guardian) • Inside & Underneath the Class …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 July 2024
• French rail network hit by arson attacks before Olympics opening ceremony (Guardian) • 400% increase in GPS Spoofing; Workgroup established (OpsGroup) • Germany, autobahn: Will there finally be speed limits? (Slate) • Reflections of …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 June 2024
• TfL’s latest railway improvements: Trains, signalling, and station upgrades detailed (Ian Visits) • Blackpool’s first new tram extension in 98 years opens (Mainspring) • HS2: Progress on a grand scale (Rail Engineer) • London …
Continue readingCyclists get safer tram tracks in Ghent (CitiesToday)
The Belgian city of Ghent is trialling a new safety initiative which will see some of its tram tracks filled with an elastic compound in a bid to stop bikes getting stuck. The city has …
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