In 2022, we’re continuing to field-test our first hybrid Régiolis. This innovative train, designed to run on non-electrified regional lines, has high-capacity batteries that will save energy and reduce noise. Greener, more energy-efficient hybrid trains …
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North American bus manufacturers struggling w/ eBus orders & growing pains (SmartCitiesDive)
Transit bus makers struggling despite federal funding support. Major transit bus manufacturers can’t keep up with orders, and some have encountered financial difficulties. These should be boom times for transit bus manufacturers, especially those producing …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 September 2023
• If the bus networks are poor, then so are we (TheTimes) • Death of the front garden: Brits spending £27Bn turning front gardens into parking (DirectLine) • Holloways, England’s mysterious sunken roads, extend longer …
Continue readingAI and Transportation (EnoTrans)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an evolving and important tool, enabling technology to augment human tasks and perform tasks humans cannot or would not. In the field of transportation, automated vehicles (AVs) are perhaps the best-known …
Continue readingCaterpillar shaft saves carbon & space on HS2’s west London site (NewCivilEng)
Excavation of the UK’s first “caterpillar shaft” is underway for a key structure on High Speed 2 in London. West London’s Old Oak Common station will become one of the country’s most vital transport hubs …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 September 2023
• The London Underground Line Loo League Table (CarolineRussellAM) • How a community bus service made a Perthshire village smile again (Guardian) • Photos read by Lead Curator of UK National Railway Museum: Video (RailPhotoArt) …
Continue readingTrenitalia orders sleeping cars offering ‘comfort, privacy, & tranquility’ (RailwayGazette)
National passenger operator Trenitalia has awarded a consortium of Škoda Group and Titagarh Firema a contract to supply up to 370 sleeping cars which the Czech company says will offer an ’extraordinary travel experience with greater comfort, privacy and …
Continue readingAuto Trader UK now listing eBikes (CyclingIndustry)
The UK’s largest automotive online marketplace, Auto Trader, has announced over 1,500 eBikes from 45 manufacturers and retailers, including Brompton and Raleigh, will be listed on the platform. In making the announcement, the business highlight that …
Continue readingGerman Verkehrsverbund transport concept explained (OverheadWire)
We’re joined by Professor Ralph Buehler of Virginia Tech, who talks with us about the German transport concept of Verkehrsverbund. The word translated to English means “transport network.” We discuss where the first Verkehrsverbund was …
Continue readingTrain operators propose 32 000 km high speed rail ‘Metropolitan Network’ (RailwayGazette)
Proposals for a huge expansion of the high rail speed network have been drawn up by Deutsche Bahn working in partnership with nine other major European operators. This would be necessary to achieve the Green …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 August 2023
• DB Cargo UK retiring Class 90 electric locomotives in green blow (RailwayTechnology) • World of Sport: 1982 London double decker bus racing: Video (ElvisKline99) • The distorted geography of Paris bus maps (FabricofParis) • …
Continue readingAll change at Crewe (RailEngineer)
In 2021, Rail Engineer reported on the Crewe Basford Hall and Independent Lines (BHIL) re-signalling. BHIL is an early part of the overall large Crewe Hub programme which will consist of many individual projects and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 August 2023
• Network Rail faces prosecution over fatal 2020 crash near Stonehaven (Guardian) • Let’s ride the Edinburgh Trams Extension: Video (GeoffMarshall) • AI cameras catch 297 drivers in 3 days in Cornwall (BBC) • Proposal …
Continue readingBR privatisation study (RailMagazine)
The privatised passenger railway could have cost £51 billion more to operate than if British Rail had remained in state hands, a new study suggests. A Very Costly Industry – the cost of Britain’s privatised railway …
Continue readingReconnections’ Miscellany: Lord Dawlish speaks! – August 2023
London and South East Region Line Nicknames Transport for London’s Lineage Organisation Brand Reports to Date Metropolitan, Great Northern, and Metropolitan East London Railways Metropolitan Railway shareholders 1863-1933 Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL)[financed …
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