Friday Reads – 15 October 2021

Freightliner withdraws electric fleet due to high electricity prices (RailMag)

Dartmoor Line to reopen after almost half a century (RailEngineer)

Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia: study (Guardian)

How to move a massive WWI railway gun 400 miles (Spark)

Berlin U-Bahn architecture & design (WeHeart)

Wooden escalator remade into a station sculpture (Colossal)

Tax heavy cars & shrink batteries to optimise electric transport (Nature)

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2 comments

  1. Berlin’s U-bahn stations ….

    One: The designs shown are very good & striking, but they didn’t mention the steel-framed THATCHED station on U3 at Dahlem-Dorf.
    Google Street-view here:
    Two: The text is grey on grey – we are expected to be able to read this?

  2. The Sydney artwork goes into the what were they thinking box. Did they not research Kings Cross.

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