• Crossrail starting final phase of trial operations ahead of opening (IanVisits) • HS2 archaeologists make big discovery (RailInsider) • Inside HS2’s Chiltern tunnel boring machines (JonnElledge) • Paris tests new disused railway tram train …
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Friday Reads – 14 January 2022
• Crossrail pushing hard for a March opening date (IanVisits) • King’s Cross tunnels & Canal Aqueduct (HydeParkNow) • Debut test of Glasgow Subway’s new ATO train (Scotsman) • SFO BART Crisis Intervention Specialists already …
Continue readingA Crossrail worthy interchange – Hong Kong’s Shatin to Central Extension
While London awaits the final testing and final opening of its Elizabeth (née Crossrail) line, there is another line, albeit shorter, which has many similarities. Hong Kong is by some measures more dense than London, …
Continue readingCrossrail is a £21B test of virtual modeling (IEEESpectrum)
Every component in Crossrail, London’s new underground train network, will be digitally tracked via an intricate 3-D model. As the River Thames meanders eastward through London, it horseshoes around a lobe of land called the Isle of …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 August 2021
• The challenges of building Crossrail’s Liverpool Street Station (NewCivilEng) • Tram wires don’t ruin Vienna, they won’t ruin your city (HumanTransit) • The future of the 2nd Avenue Subway (Vanshnookenraggen) • Unreported & undetected …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 May 2021
• Crossrail’s West End station status review (DiamondGeezer) • Rail Alphabet 2: NR’s sequel wayfinding signage – Pt 1 (BeautyOfTransport) • The 5 irrational motivations in transport (Freewheeling) • Aboard the new Paris T9 tram …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 February 2021
• You are invited to a 360 virtual tour of Farringdon Station (Crossrail) • Elephant & Castle Tube station rebuild to include Bakerloo Extension (IanVisits) • What’s that London smell?? Mostly exhaust it turns out …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 December 2020
• It’s back! Thameslink on the Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Crossrail offers virtual tour inside Farringdon station (IanVisits) • Symmetry on the London Underground (TubeMapper) • Irish Rail bringing natural cheer to morning commuters (Lovin) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 November 2020
• Dramatic plunge in London air pollution since 2016 (Guardian) • History of the Romford to Upminster line (HydeParkNow) • Historic & modern UK & Ireland rail map (RailMapOnline) • Sydney & London: A tale …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 September 2020
• Atkins lead role on £1.5bn Crossrail extension study (NewCivilEng) • Diesel car pollution significantly higher in London suburbs (AirQualityNews) • Is lowering road speeds for sustainability more palatable than for safety? (PriceTags) • Secret …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 August 2020
• Let’s not let COVID ruin the joys of train travel (Guardian) • American SUVs not allowed in Britain (PriceTags) • Crossrail’s multiple signalling systems challenge (RailEngineer) • St Albans ends fight against rail freight …
Continue readingCrossrail (finally) reaches Stage 2 of opening
You may wonder how you missed the news of Crossrail achieving its second milestone (out of five) in its opening strategy to fully open the Elizabeth line. The reason is simple. It hasn’t been publicised. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 February 2020
• Software challenge blows Crossrail off course (RailwayGazette/LR) • AirBnB-like showers for London exercise commuters (PopUpCity) • East-West Rail Phase 2 gets green light (Railway-News) • £15bn plan for new West Midlands rail & tram …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 November 2019
• TfL’s cancelled roundel (IanVisits) • London recent aerial photography (Colossal) • UK railways mostly nationalised – by other countries (LondonEconomic) • Medieval trade routes interactive map (MerchantMachine) • Copenhagen increasing parking costs 100 times …
Continue readingCrossrail: Progressing but slipping
News on progress of existing TfL schemes has been in short supply during most of 2019. As if to make up for this, the 23rd October meeting of the Programmes & Investment Committee provided not …
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