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1939 Sydney suburban train map in style of Beck's 1933

Becksploitation – Sydney’s Beck-style railway maps

On 22 May 2025 By Long Branch Mike

You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …

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Pittsburgh Railway Company Map in 1954

The Evolution, then Devolution, of Pittsburgh’s Streetcar Network

On 29 April 2025 By Daria Phoebe Brashear
Art Deco LR Towers w Airship Overhead

LR Update March 2025 – Interested in Joining Us?

On 26 March 2025 By Long Branch Mike
English Settlement Swindon Horse XTC album cover

English Settlement: Devolving Powers to Enable Intermodal Fare Integration: Part 2

On 13 March 2025 By Long Branch Mike

Crossrail: 4tph to Terminal 5?

On 25 February 2025 By Pedantic of Purley

Monday’s Friday Reads – 24 June 2019

On 24 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• The search for Britain’s forgotten footpaths (NewYorker) • Early pioneer of battery-trains wants nationwide fleet (CityLab) • Bike architecture Bienniel (Forbes) • Best conversion of parked cars (PopUpCity) • Research determines financial case for …

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Friday Reads – 21 June 2019

On 21 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Micromobility, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• The architecture & history of Victoria Coach Station (NewWipersTimes) • Dick Robbins, TBM innovator obituary (TunnelTalk) • To reduce emissions, ban non-electric cars (Bloomberg) • Five promises of micromobility, based on the data (FlorentCrivello) …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 17 June 2019

On 17 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Old Street roundabout transformed to improve safety (Transport-Britain) • The urine deflectors of Fleet Street (AtlasObscura) • Homemade app shows shocking scale of Northern Rail delays (Wired) • Seattle found the solution to driving …

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Friday Reads – 14 June 2019

On 14 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Friday Reads, Maps

• London tops most pricey public transport league table (Forbes) • Four new London Low Emission Neighbourhoods to be created (AirQualityNews) • New interactive map provides UK railway station accessibility info (SignDesignSoc) • The Magic …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 June 2019

On 10 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Micromobility, Pedestrians

• Hydra London High Line at Greenwich O2 (HydeParkNow) • Newcastle reopening Northumberland Line (RailEngineer) • Mulhouse beat High Street blues with transport, pedestrians (PriceTags) • Living close to public amenities could improve your life …

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Friday Reads – 7 June 2019

On 7 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Cycles, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, River crossings, Uber

• Thames Barrier pedestrian/cycling bridge proposal (IanVisits) • Tyne & Wear Metro modernisation video (RailBusinessDaily) • Bus use increasing in only one part of Britain (UrbanTransportGroup) • Living on top of a railway viaduct (PopUpCity) …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 3 June 2019

On 3 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• Cutaways of London landmark buildings, incl. KXSP station (Standard) • Air France cutting short haul capacity 15% (SimpleFlying) • Austrian rail stations now green powered (RailTech) • New York subway costs 3 times more …

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Friday Reads – 31 May 2019

On 31 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians

• Updated Legible London mono- & mini-liths for the City (CityWayfinding) • Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf Crossrail (BeautyOfTransport) • New ideas for old Paris infrastructure (CityLab) • Cyclists break far fewer road rules than …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2019

On 27 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• London mobility in the global league table (UrbanMobilityIndex) • It’s high time airlines paid fuel tax (AirQualityNews) • Rail delays prompt German identity crisis (Politico) • What city parents do to live car-free (CityLab) …

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Friday Reads – 24 May 2019

On 24 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Maps

• Can a Crossrail City Airport station be built? (HydeParkNow) • TfL extends Walking Tube Map to Zone 3 (MappingLondon) • Clean air is a national responsibility (TransportXtra) • Grand Paris Express tunneling progress video …

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In Pictures: Overground Class 710s Enter Service

On 23 May 2019 By John Bull In London Overground, Overground, Rolling stock, TfL

After what can only be described as a painful gestation, the first of London Overground’s new Class 710s have now entered service.

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 May 2019

On 20 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• Hammersmith Bridge closes to cars & traffic evaporates (TwitterThread) • Birmingham Snow Hill Tunnel sidings (RailBusinessDaily) • Finland constructing its first intercity tram line (RailTech) • New Belgrade Centre station as city building (NYTimes) …

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Friday Reads – 17 May 2019

On 17 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Uber

• Network to monitor Thames cruise ship air pollution (AirQualityNews) • Grand Paris Express tunnelling video (FranceTVInfo) • Lyft fights to avoid Disabilities Act (Politico) • Why free public transport doesn’t work (Atlantic) • 80 …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 13 May 2019

On 13 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• More possible options for a Euston-Canary Wharf express tube (CityMetric) • French rural railways await possible M. Beeching (RailwayTechnology) • Bus stations don’t have to be second rate (TreeHugger) • Two abandoned Milan rail …

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Friday Reads – 10 May 2019

On 10 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Mind the Gafs at Kentish Town (HydeParkNow) • 8th European TramDriver Championship in Bruxelles (RailwayNews) • Glasgow calls for new urban rail network (IRailJournal) • A day in the life of a NUMTOT (Curbed) …

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