Only a handful of North American cities have kept their pre-war streetcar networks. Why was …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 5 May 2025
• London Underground’s longest advert ever (London Rail) • Making a future for London’s black cab trade (On London) • The Midland Pullman Past & Present (Railway-News) • Why We Lost The World’s Only Double-Sided …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 May 2025
• Superloop: No More Buggy & Wheelchair Boarding Battles (Accessible Link) • The scourge of roadworks (BusAndTrainUser) • How the Channel Tunnel Got Built: Podcast (More Jam Tomorrow) • Trip Report: Amtrak Floridian Gets a …
Continue readingThe Evolution, then Devolution, of Pittsburgh’s Streetcar Network
Only a handful of North American cities have kept their pre-war streetcar networks. Why was Pittsburgh one of them? A city native explains in this guest post. The Roots Pittsburgh is a city whose location …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 April 2025
• Live train performance data rolled out at 1,700 stations in England (Railway Technology) • Gatwick to accept ‘stricter limits’ on plane noise & higher PT split for 2nd runway (BBC) • The Safety Advantages …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 April 2025
• Pope of the people, man of the rails: the quiet power of Francis’ love for trains (RailTech) • Clever tube trivia in the Elizabeth line’s new station stickers (Ian Visits) • Network Rail Painting …
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• HS2 completes first anti-boom portal (Construction Index) • Edinburgh Trams ‘tap on/tap off’ system to launch soon (Herald Scotland) • Park Royal – A Station Fit for a King?: Video (Jago Hazzard) • How …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 April 2025
• Hard shoulder driving lanes on ‘smart motorways’ lead to needless deaths (BBC) • Why are America’s trains so slow? (Benjamin Schneider) • Italy’s new high-speed rail line looks to reverse depopulation, lift southern economy …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 April 2025
• London Euston completely closed, no trains to Milton Keynes Central, on Easter Weekend (Rail Advent) • Construction of Sheffield in-fill tram-train stop gets underway (Metro Report) • Longer trains planned as new Northumberland Line …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 11 April 2025
• A New Road for London (BusAndTrainUser) • London St. Pancras Highspeed (formerly HS1) announces incentive scheme to grow international rail services (Rail UK) • Camden High Street’s pedestrianisation trial starts in May (Ian Visits) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 April 2025
• Second HS2 tunnel reaches Greenford, completing Western Northolt tunnel (Ian Visits) • Nancy replaces single-rail TVR gadget-bahn with modern battery trolleybuses (Streetsblog) • Manhattan Congestion Pricing Not Rerouting Traffic to Other Boroughs (Streetsblog) • …
Continue readingTuesday LR Meeting 8th April 7 p.m. Onwards
A reminder to those interested that our next monthly meeting of 2025 is on Tuesday 8th April at the Crosse Keys pub in the City of London at 7.00 p.m. A reminder we now advertise …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 April 2025
• Get to know the MTA’s first new subway map since 1979 (NY Groove) • Work to reopen Bristol to Portishead railway line to start this summer (ITV) • Secret tunnel found under Salisbury station, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 March 2025
• London’s Tramways Posters Exhibition (Global Photos) • One Bullet, Two Volts: How Seoul’s Metro Was Born (SY Lee) • Cab ride videos with interactive map overlays of trains, trams, metros from all over the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 March 2025
• The rejected 2020s London Overground line names (London Centric) • Metros Buenos Aires confirms plan to build long-planned metro Line F (Railway Gazette) • East West Rail: Chiltern Railways Named as First Stage Operator …
Continue readingLR Update March 2025 – Interested in Joining Us?
The following is a public service announcement from London Reconnections: During the pandemic London Reconnections basically ran on a skeleton staff basis. But we have slowly rebuilt our capacity to produce long form content on …
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