• London bus depot decimates a river (London Rail) • First cycle train enters service on the Heart of Wales line (Rail UK) • Call for Edinburgh’s south suburban rail line to reopen to passengers …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 3 March 2025
• Channel Tunnel plans for direct links to Germany, Southern France, & Switzerland (Railtech) • The Great Unwashed Bakerloo 72 Tube Stock (London Rail) • New York subways testing system using smartphones to find track …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 February 2025
• HS2 Euston tunnel work put on hold for another review (Construction Enquirer) • First look at unusual branding for the new £2m Silvertown tunnel bike bus (The Standard) • SouthEastern Class 465 in Network …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 February 2025
• Famed British Rail ‘ship’ has no buyers (London Rail) • Penny Lane was about a bus station: Video (NealBeatZone) • Map of High-Speed Rail in France 2025 (Lars’ Transport Maps) • Chicago’s Secret O’Hare …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 February 2025
• Pathfinder 1, The airship that could usher in a new age (BBC) • The Long Modernization of the Italian Railways (Marco Chitti) • MTA looking to dig tunnel underneath Queens cemetery for IBX light …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 February 2025
• ‘So patronising’: rail bosses spark anger by hiding train departure times (The Guardian) • The Blackfriars Station That Isn’t in Blackfriars: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Is Berlin’s Public Transport Actually Better Than London’s? Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 February 2025
• I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father (The Guardian) • A Million Cars Disappeared: NYC after a Month of Congestion Relief Pricing (Fast …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 February 2025
• Did Lime switch to bike tyres ‘less suitable for London’s roads’? (London Centric) • We Had A Bike Stolen And This Is What Happened Next: Video (GCN) • The Passing of Donald Shoup, The …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 February 2025
• Why Bakerloo line trains occasionally call at Kilburn High Road station (IanVisits) • The Victorian River Thames (London Archives) • Why Taiwan Kaohsiung’s New Railway Station Revolutionizes Transit Hubs: Video (Herman Luk) • Tourists …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 February 2025
• This Cyclist has Gotten 1000s of Motorists Fined for Dangerous Driving: Video (Streetsblog) • The Future of the NYC Second Ave Subway: Video (TransitTalk) • Full size Brick Train sculpture in Darlington (Colossal) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 January 2025
• The early history of trams in Edinburgh (Threadinburgh) • Aircraft Carrier Airships Went Horribly Wrong: Video (Mustard) • Every Train in Every Wes Anderson Film: Video (Railway Mania) • Heart for transplant delivered by …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 January 2025
• TfL & Motts discuss West London Orbital Overground line, feasibility stage completed (New Civil Engineer) • Renaming the Overground – 10 years ago (Diamond Geezer) • School Dropoff Is Everything That Sucks About Car …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 January 2025
• Lime bike brake failures keep breaking Londoners’ legs (London Centric) • Famously quirky Osterley Bookshop in old Tube station is closing down (Ian Visits) • Hungerford Bridge Refurbishment Set to Begin (Railway-News) • Bank …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 January 2025
• TfL aims to use more AI to improve platform safety (BBC) • UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ (The Guardian) • Underfunded and Overwhelmed: The Struggle for Public Transit Funding in …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 January 2025
• Robotaxis are coming: London must be prepared (OnLondon) • Washington DC Metro: The Great Society Subway: Podcast (JourneyWithPurpose) • Mumbai’s first underground Metro corridor, Aqua Line 3, opening in phases (MagicBricks) • Elon Musk …
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