The Stansted Airport Track Transit System (TTS) will be decommissioned in 2026 after 35 years of airside …
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Friday Reads – 15 August 2025
• Labour to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail project (The Guardian) • Is HS2 heading to Manchester by stealth? (Michael Dnes) • Revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail could save HS2 to Manchester (James O’Malley) • ScotRail …
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Marey diagrams Étienne-Jules Marey was a 19th century French scientist, photographer and polymath who was key in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, and laboratory photography. He was also a pioneer in establishing a variety …
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• Addison Lee could provide your next ambulance (London Centric) • Birmingham’s reopening £120M Rail: A detailed look at the Camp Hill Line: Video (SomeNorthLondoner) • Transpennine Route Upgrade electrification upgrade milestone (Infrastructure Intelligence) • …
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• England’s National Cycling Network Gets a New Expansion Plan (CityLab) • How buses forged London’s social conscience (London TravelWatch) • An engineer’s tour of the Railway Museum’s New Hall: Video (Railnatter) • Station to …
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• What a French lunch discount card tells us about London fare dodging (London Centric) • Beware the Pod People – except at airports (CityLab) • US transit costs and how to tame them: Podcast …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 August 2025
• HS2 to unveil interior of their trains to public for first time this weekend (RailTech) • Chiltern’s parliamentary rail replacement ghost bus (BBC) • Transport for Wales rail journeys & revenue up, brand-new trains …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 July 2025
• London Financial District Workers Face Dangerously Hot Commute (CityLab) • The end of the new UK roads? (Michael Dnes) • New Midland Metro tram line extension progress to Digbeth, Dudley & Brierley Hill: Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 July 2025
• UK manufacturing industry calls for full HS2 resurrection for freight benefits (The Engineer) • Waterloo Station’s disused rail link (Ian Visits) • London: Is the Overground an S-Bahn? (Next Metro) • 7 Everyday Hacks …
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• Highgate Archway – Two Bridges and a Tunnel (A London Inheritance) • How to write the UK railway timetable, Part Two: Video (Network Rail) • Will Mumbai’s New Aqua Line Metro Fix the City’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 July 2025
• The next HS2 train to arrive will be… (Michael Dnes) • London Underground’s 4LM signalling upgrade reaches Neasden depot (IanVisits) • Netherlands to Convert Decommissioned Trains into Mobile Military Hospitals w/ War Threat (UNITED24 …
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• How engineers are fighting rising temperatures on the Tube (IMechE) • How to write the UK railway timetable, Part One: Video (Network Rail) • 25 places with two stations: 14 Catford (BusAndTrainUser) • History, …
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• Greater Manchester mayor tables underground rail network for city region (New Civil Engineer) • What’s gone wrong with HS2?: Video (Green Signals) • Britain’s newest luxury sleeper train to travel England & Wales (RailUK) …
Continue readingBiting the Bullet with Butterfly Wings: North East Rail Renaissance
Wherein we look at the effects and constraints of reopening a railway, extending a metro rail network, as well as improving service and capacity in the North East. As well as the interconnectedness of the …
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• Midlands Rail scheme put on hold: Video (Transport Matters) • Riding high in Germany on the world’s oldest suspended railway (The Guardian) • Why Japan’s Shinkanzen bullet train exports failed: Video (Behind Asia) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 July 2025
• HS2 TBM Anne Completes Final Stretch of Northolt Tunnel (Railway-News) • TfL 25 (Diamond Geezer) • Let’s Ride … The Settle and Carlisle Line: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Wheelchairs, Waitings and Ratings: The New …
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