You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
Continue reading
Monday’s Friday Reads – 12 September 2022
• The Queen’s final journey should be by Royal Train: Wolmar (Spectator) • Busy rail travel expected for the Queen’s Lying in State (IanVisits) • Forgotten parts of Paris’ Petite Ceinture (PlacesJournal) • Void uncovered …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 September 2022
• Grimshaw wins Waterloo Station masterplanning commission (ArchitectsJ) • Bond Street Elizabeth line station tour preview video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Railway Guardian app reports transport harassment & violence to BTP (RailInsider) • Germany’s 27-year struggle to …
Continue readingThe Crossrail November Timetable
TfL fairly recently issued a press release announcing daily through running on the Elizabeth line from Sunday 6th November 2022. This was not a surprise as a combination of leaks and intelligent guesswork based on …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 September 2022
• Off-peak Heathrow Tube fares scrapped, but there’s a workaround (DiamondGeezer) • Amazon’s e-cargo bikes to replace 1,000s of London van deliveries (Guardian) • Work starts to finally connect Barcelona tram networks (Barcelona) • European …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 September 2022
• E-bikes to be added to Santander bike hire fleet in Sept (SouthLondonPress) • Germany’s €9 train ticket scheme saved 18m tons of CO2 emissions (Guardian) • The different philosophies of the French & German …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 August 2022
• Liverpool’s 1st railway station listed as Scheduled Monument (Liverpool&McrRyTrust) • Boston subway train fire adds to troubled safety record at underfunded transit agency (CityLab) • Milan is taming cars & people love it (Forbes) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 August 2022
• How TfL plans to build 20,000 new homes (Guardian) • Design, wellbeing, & the Elizabeth line: A joyful connection (Grimshaw) • Northern employees to be trained to ID & support vulnerable passengers (RailTechnologyMag) • …
Continue readingWe’re gonna need a bigger boat – London’s First Highway: Part 4
As passengers are returning to London’s transport, with some overcrowding, it’s time once again to turn our attention to the Thames’ role in expanding the region’s transport. The River was the capital’s original highway, and …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 August 2022
• Vintage Intercity train Co launches 1st class service alternative to Avanti West Coast (BusinessLive) • Construction of Germany’s deepest S-Bahn station (TunnelOnline) • Advocates sue Montréal transit agency for cutting ads criticizing high fares …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 August 2022
• TfL could be nationalised (RailTech) • Secrets of the Elizabeth Line: video (GeoffMarshall) • These maps help you see & noise pollution in your city (FastCompany) • Vancouver, St Louis saw increased safety, decreased …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 August 2022
• Edinburgh Festival visitors choosing to travel by rail (RailAdvent) • Ten great films set railway stations (BFI) • Vancouver, Stockholm, & the suburban metro model (PedestrianObvs) • NYC’s most forgotten train terminal (LiamO’Connell) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 August 2022
• Great British Railways: where passengers come last (FT) • GLA takes over moribund Royal Albert Dock ‘3rd Financial Centre’ (Guardian) • Berlin’s Tegel Airport transforming into climate-neutral, car-free district (FastCompany) • NYC Ferry will …
Continue readingWednesday’s Friday Reads – 10 August 2022
• TfL gardens opening on disused platforms & spaces (IanVisits) • Battery equipped off-wire trolleybuses are the great, green bus solution (Guardian) • New Paris tram-train T13 reuses part of Grande Ceinture (UrbanTransport) • Liège …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 August 2022
• New poll: Soaring petrol prices, cost-of-living boost rail travel (RailUK) • Finance hub that hoped to rival Canary Wharf ends in liquidation (CityLab) • Network Rail proposes discontinuous electrification for Boston MA commuter rail …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 August 2022
• Heathrow bans short-haul tickets to alleviate flight problems (BBC) • HS2 building tunnel under Euston for the Underground (IanVisits) • New trial to detect drivers on mobile phones in Warwickshire (BBC) • Germans want …
Continue reading