• TfL secures deal to build new Elephant & Castle station entrance (IanVisits) • Two UK rail museums plan exciting future (RailInsider) • Cargo without the carbon: Stunning rise of e-bike deliveries (Guardian) • Subway …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 14 February 2022
• Bond Street station to miss Elizabeth Line opening (NewCivilEng) • Scots study shows benefits of new walking & cycling measures (SusTrans) • New La Dolce Vita Italian Orient Express to launch in 2023 (RailTech) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 January 2022
• Tie a Crossrail ribbon round the Old Oak scene (HydeParkNow) • New station proposed for National Arboretum (AnonWidower) • Chance meeting on train platform rocked the world (MidnightTrains) • How cable cars could boost …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 January 2022
• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 January 2022
• Euston Hampstead Tube station to be moved for HS2 (HydeParkNow) • 100 Years of Tube train evolution: video (LTMFriends) • How London’s buses helped WW1 British tank design (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Transport noise linked to …
Continue readingTwo new European night train lines launched (RailwayNews)
Two new Nightjet lines are launching in Europe, providing night-time rail travel between Vienna – Munich – Paris and Zurich – Cologne – Amsterdam. OEBB Nightjet train© OEBB First announced in October, the new lines …
Continue readingBeginners Guide to buying trains (Midnight-Trains)
Starting this week, we’ll take you behind the scenes of Midnight Trains HQ. And so why not start from the very top? Right now we’re going to explain how exactly we’re going about buying our trains. Without …
Continue readingAustria’s ÖBB expands Siemens Nightjet order (GlobalRailway)
ÖBB has placed a major order of 20 additional next generation, seven-car night trains from Siemens Mobility, securing its position as market leader in Europe’s night train sector. The trains are based on the Viaggio …
Continue readingSJ wins Stockholm-Hamburg night train (GlobalRailwayRev)
The Swedish Transport Administration has announced that SJ has won the procurement for Stockholm-Hamburg night train traffic, with services to start in the second half of 2022. The procurement of the Stockholm to Hamburg night …
Continue readingWhy Sweden is reviving its night trains (CityLab)
The Swedish government sees this low-cost, environmentally friendly travel option as key to “becoming the world’s fossil-free welfare country.” In the quest to reduce the massive carbon footprint from global transportation, Sweden plans to revive …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 July 2021
• The evolution of Piccadilly line trains from 1891 to 2025 (RailEngineer) • Sleeper trains gaining as Continent aims to cut carbon emissions (Bloomberg) • Istanbul’s massive metro & tram expansion forges ahead (MetroReport) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 11 June 2021
• South Kensington station heritage upgrades & development tensions (OnLondon) • Virtual tour of proposed West London Orbital Overground (CapitalWestLondon) • Berlin’s free cargo bikeshare program (StreetsBlog) • Opening up a brutalist bus terminal (Dezeen) …
Continue readingWhat led to the revival of night trains (RailTech)
Will the Year of Rail be remembered as the year of new night trains? That’s what one might think looking at all the projects announced in recent weeks. Let’s take a look at the developments …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 February 2021
• Video: Development of TfL’s Overground (LTMuseumFriends) • Public transport moves the invisible workers of society (Atlantic) • Air rights above tracks in midtown Manhattan (OldStructures) • Chicago Metra fights switch icing with fire (RT&S) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 December 2020
• Go-ahead for London Bishopsgate Goodsyard & High Line (ConstructionEnq) • Southwarks’s deep level Tube shelter (HydeParkNow) • 2 Battersea stations, a disused platform, & a secret Overground stop (JagoHazzard) • The long history & …
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