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 – 29 September 2025
• UK government backs return of international rail travel to Kent (The Guardian) • TfL could Overgroundise Great Northern line for Crews Hill housing expansion (Ian Visits) • Under Our Feet – The Mail Rail: …
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• Bakerloop express bus service to start on Saturday with free travel offer (Ian Visits) • Gilligan: NPR makes HS2 look sensible (Passenger Transport) • How Montreal’s miracle metro could change everything: Video (The Flying …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 September 2025
• Richmond Station restored to 1930s Art Deco glory after multi-year project (IanVisits) • Overground interchanges (Diamond Geezer) • The transit trilemma (Benedict Springbett) • An historic German transport link that remains forever Belgian (E+T) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 September 2025
• Inside the technical work of the UK’s rail accident detectives (E+T) • Travel mode comparisons should not only quantitative, but qualitative (Train Time) • New study finds EVs are lowest carbon US drive, but …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 September 2025
• Edinburgh’s new cycle hire scheme launches today (Midlothian View) • Britain’s New Train Ticket System is Starting!: Video (Nick Badley) • Is China’s High Speed Railway System Massively Overbuilt, or just Overbuilt? (JR Urbane …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 September 2025
• Why tube strikes can improve Londoners’ commutes (London Centric) • What’s the fastest Manchester Metrolink tram journey?: Video (Metrolink Insights) • Creating Northern’s new network map (Transport Designed) • How Seoul Metro Installed Platform …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 September 2025
• Why Has Brussels’ RER Network Taken So Long?: Video (Railways Explained) • Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones (The Guardian) • Protecting Workers on the Track: An encounter …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 September 2025
• The value of common design on the Elizabeth line: Video (IStuctE) • Hidden history Newcastle Central station: Video (LNER) • Lisbon Gloria funicular crash: 15 dead as ‘never seen’ tragedy strikes (Economic Times) • …
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There has been no specific exciting news recently about the Elizabeth line, but there are various snippets of updates which, put together, are worthy of a report. Improved frequency on Saturdays This has been largely …
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One day in 2023, Diana Regan started her workday as an account executive and search engine optimisatoin (SEO) analyst – working a tech dream job for a San Francisco Bay area millennial. However, the shrinking …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 September 2025
• ScotRail abolishes peak train fares from Sept 1 (Rail Advent) • The full (mind-blowing!) guide to Channel Tunnel competition: Podcast (Green Signals) • New plans to complete Glasgow Queen Street station revamp, 7 years …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 August 2025
• Plans progress to expand Greater Manchester’s tram & train network (Rail UK) • Huge HS2 bridge rotation & move completed in Birmingham ahead of schedule: Video (HS2) • 3D map shows how the Underground …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 August 2025
• The Iconic 1940s Gants Hill Station: Video (Geoff Marshall) • What really ate Ebbsfleet? (Michael Dnes) • Women in London’s transport in the two world wars (London Transport Museum) • Why do US train …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 August 2025
• GWR battery train sets new world distance record of 200 miles to celebrate Railway 200 (Rail UK) • Merseyrail ‘tap-and-go’ ticketing launched (BBC News) • I can’t afford to commute anymore – transport costs …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 August 2025
• What’s going right in Britain? Look at the Elizabeth line (The Guardian) • Talking about Places for London (PfL), TfL’s property company: Video (OnLondon) • It’s time GTR got rid of First Class (BusAndTrainUser) …
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