The Stansted Airport Track Transit System (TTS) will be decommissioned in 2026 after 35 years of airside …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 17 November 2025
• Plans to run West Midlands trams to Dudley delayed: Video (Transport Matters) • Edinburgh should reopen its ghost line (A Letter from Scotland) • New Plans to Accelerate Development of High-Speed Rail Across EU …
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• Holborn Viaduct Station: Doomed from the Start?: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about? (BBC) • Greater Manchester to Introduce Simplified Fare Scheme (Railway-News) …
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• Would your home have been under a motorway? (London Centric) • The secret plan to turn Regent’s Canal into a motorway: Video (Luke O’Sullivan) • For Better Public Transit, We Need Better Stories (Planetizen) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 November 2025
• Beaulieu Park: Britain’s newest railway station (BusAndTrainUser) • Not being allocated depot space at Temple Mills: blessing in disguise? (Jon Worth) • Time to scrap unreliable Thameslink from the Woolwich line? (Murky Depths) • …
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• Exploring the hidden tunnels at New Street Station: Video (Transport Matters) • This has nearly been a Tube line three times… : Video (Jago Hazzard) • Netherlands Railway generates social profit of €1.33 billion …
Continue readingA 21st Century Underground Rolling Stock Update
Something we have been wanting to do for some years is an overall look at the update plans for London Underground rolling stock (aka trains) and, independently, line resignalling. With all the uncertainty around this …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 October 2025
• HS2 Faces 4 Year Delay: Video (RailFocus) • Cowley Branch rail line to reopen to passengers after 60 years in £120m project (BBC) • Chancellor Reeves guarantees Leeds Trams ‘spades in the ground’ timeframe …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 October 2025
• ‘World-class’ architects chosen for Oxford Street’s pedestrianisation (Architects Journal) • Major expansion plan for Manchester Castlefield Viaduct sky park (BBC) • The Railway needs more money: Refocus advance fares (Freewheeling) • Tram trains for …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 October 2025
• No, you aren’t imagining it: the Tube is getting louder (Jonn Elledge) • Harry Beck: More than a Map – Illustrator, Cartoonist, Designer, Portraitist (TfL Archives) • Stonehenge Road Tunnel Plan Killed By Government …
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This is a guest post by Jonn Elledge, from his blog The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything from the June 11, 2025 edition. Newlywed friend of the newsletter Ed Jefferson is making the most of …
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• Waymo to start operations in London: I have thoughts (Along for the Ride) • 1st electric train test run on ScotRail Glasgow East Kilbride line (Rail Advent) • Green light for Dublin’s 19km Metrolink …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 October 2025
• Timely arrival: Great British Railways clock launches at London Bridge (The Guardian) • Old Piccadilly line trains to be cannibalised to keep Bakerloo line running (Ian Visits) • Other Stations: 226 Garages & Service …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 October 2025
Headline photo of Virgin Pendolino service rushing north through Rugby used under Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence (found at Deed – Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic – Creative Commons), attributed to Matt Buck. • Clock is ticking on …
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• Was the DLR Worth it?: Video (Network Nathan) • Commute as Culture: Identity in Motion (Around the Tracks) • The High Cost of Free Transit (Changing Lanes) • Kirigami Parachute Could Transform Aid & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 October 2025
• Birmingham residents to benefit from new Caledonian Sleeper service (Rail UK) • London Ulez reduced nitrogen dioxide to legal limit (BBC) • South Tottenham scoops Best in Show as TfL reveals 2025 “In Bloom” …
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