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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

Friday Reads – November 10, 2017

On 10 November 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, River crossings, Uber

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • TfL is pedestrianising Oxford Street & rerouting the buses (CityMetric) • New TfL consultation on new walking/cycling river crossing between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf (IanVisits) • …

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Third World Class Capacity: The Austerity Upgrades

On 6 November 2017 By Pedantic of Purley In Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line

In our previous article on the cancellation of London Underground’s World Class Capacity programme we looked at the reasons for its cancellation. Now it is time to look at exactly what has been cancelled and what can be salvaged from the aborted programme.

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Friday Reads – November 3, 2017

On 3 November 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Uber

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s links lineup: • Next generation Santander Cycles roll into London (London Assembly) • Turn off your mind, relax and take the Tube upstream (BoingBoing) • River Bus pier …

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Third World Class Capacity: Cancelling Tube Upgrades

On 31 October 2017 By Pedantic of Purley In Jubilee line, London Underground, Northern line, Rolling stock

On Friday, 13 October 2017 TfL officially announced a ‘pause’ to its Jubilee and Northern lines World Class Capacity programme. This harked back to a similar statement made by Patrick McLoughlin, then Transport Minister, about …

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Garden Bridge Review: Clive Walker Transcript

On 30 October 2017 By John Bull In Garden Bridge Review

In October 2016, Dame Margaret Hodge MP was appointed to lead an independent review of the Garden Bridge project. As part of this review, she conducted a number of interviews with key people and organisations. …

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Friday Reads – October 27, 2017

On 27 October 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Pedestrians

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Last Paddington WaterTaxi free ride today (This Is Paddington) • Computer model of Hobbs End Underground station (Coroflot) • Old train carriage converted into restaurant (DesignBoom) …

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Garden Bridge Review: RIBA Transcript

On 24 October 2017 By John Bull In Garden Bridge Review

In October 2016, Dame Margaret Hodge MP was appointed to lead an independent review of the Garden Bridge project. As part of this review, she conducted a number of interviews with key people and organisations. …

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Garden Bridge Review: Sarah Sands Transcript

On 24 October 2017 By John Bull In Garden Bridge Review

In October 2016, Dame Margaret Hodge MP was appointed to lead an independent review of the Garden Bridge project. As part of this review, she conducted a number of interviews with key people and organisations. …

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Friday Reads – October 20, 2017

On 20 October 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Mail Rail, Post Office Railway, Sleeper Trains, Uber

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at goodreads@box5466.temp.domains. • Post Office Mail Rail stations, above ground (Londonist) • …

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More Trains for London Overground: A Bargain Never to be Repeated

On 17 October 2017 By Pedantic of Purley In Board meetings, London Overground, Rolling stock

One of the rules of LR is that the more innocuous the title, the more interesting a TfL committee paper is likely to be. Additional New Rolling Stock for London Overground for the October 2017 …

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Friday Reads – October 13, 2017

On 13 October 2017 By Long Branch Mike In ELL, Friday Reads, Uber

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at goodreads@box5466.temp.domains. • Brunel’s drawings of Thames Tunnel up for auction (IanVisits) …

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Garden Bridge Review: Coin Street Community Builders Transcript

On 11 October 2017 By Gareth Jones In Garden Bridge Review

In October 2016, Dame Margaret Hodge MP was appointed to lead an independent review of the Garden Bridge project. As part of this review, she conducted a number of interviews with key people and organisations. …

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Crossrail: Finishing The Job

On 10 October 2017 By Pedantic of Purley In Construction projects, Crossrail, TfL Rail

On 14 September 2017 a formal ceremony took place to install the final four rail sleeper clips on Crossrail. As reported by Crossrail themselves, this marked completion of the installation of all the track that Crossrail …

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Friday Reads – October 6, 2017

On 6 October 2017 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at goodreads@box5466.temp.domains. It’s not about the black cabs (LR’s own JB moonlighting …

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Garden Bridge Review: Howard Carter and Charles Ritchie Transcript

On 3 October 2017 By John Bull In Garden Bridge Review

In October 2016, Dame Margaret Hodge MP was appointed to lead an independent review of the Garden Bridge project. As part of this review, she conducted a number of interviews with key people and organisations. …

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