Lisbon is a public transit aficionado’s dream. Whether it is the unique Elevador de Santa Justa or the city’s iconic yellow trams, picturesquely winding their way up the steep narrow streets. In this City Snapshot, …
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Friday Reads – 4 February 2022
• TfL funding crisis will leave the disabled stranded (BylineTimes) • What comes after London’s Congestion Charge? (CityLab) • Sense of place: White Hart Lane station updated (BeautyOfTransport) • Paris starts test runs of new …
Continue readingThe surreal Métro of Charleroi
Noted surrealist painter Réné Magritte was Belgian. It is perhaps appropriate that Belgian politics produced a surreal Métro line, that is neither a metro nor operational. But that is about to change, in Charleroi. This …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 January 2022
• Crossrail design & architecture overview video (Crossrail) • Evolution of tram traction in Paris (FabricOfParis) • Malta publishes light metro vision (T&UT) • Vancouver Translink uses hockey sticks to keep SkyTrains moving (TheBuzzer) • …
Continue readingStadler supplying over 500 tram-trains to Germany & Austria (UrbanTransport)
With the clear aim to raise synergies, six German and Austrian public transport companies joined forces some time ago to develop a concept for a joint tender for tram-train trains. We reported about the tender …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 January 2022
• A day in the life of a London bus (LondonTravelWatch) • Moscow Metro opens China-built Great Ring Line section (RailwayTechnology) • NYC to study Interborough Express freight line upgrade (AMNY) • Minneapolis’ LRT & …
Continue readingNext generation traction batteries (T&UT)
In the wake of COP26, key stakeholders in the rail industry are coming under increasing pressure to employ more sustainable ways of providing traction power. According to the UNIFE (Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes) association of …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 January 2022
• London to make 24 hour bus lane trials permanent (SmartTransport) • Transport for London – Arsenal pre-match jersey (FootyHeadlines) • Maximising capacity in the Brussels north-south connection (MetroVeloDodo) • Toronto bans delivery robots, needs …
Continue readingSiC semiconductor trial reduces tram noise & energy (Railway-News)
Siemens Mobility and Stadtwerke München have presented the results of a one-year test trialling silicone carbide (SiC) semiconductor technology in an Avenio tram. During the test phase, the vehicle travelled 65,000km. The test, a joint …
Continue readingJapan launches road-rail bus service (Coach&Bus)
Billed as ‘the world’s first operational dual-mode vehicle’, the ASA Seaside Railway Corporation in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, is set to launch a new vehicle into service on 25 December. The vehicle is described as ‘essentially …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 December 2021
• Expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone ULEZ 1st month success (OnLondon) • How a London suburb reduced its morning traffic by 53% (FastCompany) • The history & construction of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel (LondonInheritance) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 December 2021
• Treasury blocked £30bn rail electrification (NewCivilEng) • TfL funding crunch could cost London 12bn+ over 10 yrs (IanVisits) • Historical accurate moquettes in new Last Train to Xmas film (Guardian) • Karlsruhe city centre …
Continue readingCoventry Very Light Railway technical talk (Ry&CanalHistSoc)
A talk given at a Railway & Canal Historical Society (RCHS) West Midlands Group meeting on 2nd November 2021. Nicola Small describes plans and progress with a new type of urban rail system which could …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 November 2021
• How the first railway timetables were created (Numberphile) • D Trains for East Lancs Railway line – study funded (MEN) • Take a trip on a Wes Anderson designed UK steam train (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 November 2021
• Tube strike Friday 26th November (IanVisits) • London Stratford tops busiest station League Table (RailBusiness) • Prague has one of the world’s best tram systems (Governing) • Austria’s $3.50 go-anywhere Klimaticket fights climate change …
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