You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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Garden Bridge Review: Joanna Lumley Transcript
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. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – September 15, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • Map of London’s defunct tram network (CityMetric) • Manchester’s …
Continue readingLR Meetup at Royal Oak pub, 14th September
The second Thursday of the month brings with it our meetup, which happens next on 14 September from 6pm. As always, these are informal affairs where the beer flows, offering an opportunity to put faces …
Continue readingFriday Reads – September 8, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • Councils to be allowed to charge for road closures …
Continue readingThe Ninety Second Railway: Making the Victoria line the Most Frequent Metro in the World
Back in the 1990s, John Self, the general manager of the Victoria line at the time, gave a talk about his vision for its future. From the outset he pulled no punches. It was time, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – September 1, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • Getting about Sydney (Transporting Cities) • NYC Subway track …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 25, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • The Art of Mapping London’s Transport Networks (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingBack to the Future: (Re)lengthening and Shortening at Waterloo
With the current three week blockade at Waterloo to lengthen platforms 1-4 coming to a close, we take a look at works, and at how the detail doesn’t necessarily always match the headlines. The rebuild …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 18, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • How useful are the “connectors” on the Tube Map? …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 11, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • Rephrasing transit as a Congestion Free Network (CityLab) • …
Continue readingThe Kent Route Study (Part 4): Victoria – Dartford, the Forgotten Southeast Service
For our final look at passenger suburban services considered in the draft Kent Route Study we look at a route which is, in many ways, a bit of an oddball – not least because it …
Continue readingFriday Reads – August 4, 2017
Thank you to link contributors. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • The typefaces of Britain – Johnston and Gill Sans …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 28, 2017
Thank you to link contributors. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • Tube platform green lanes trial (Diamond Geezer) • Mexico …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 21, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • TfL’s new speed limit map (Mapping London) • South Kensington station refurb (Rail Engineer) …
Continue readingWhy capacity won’t increase on Southeastern Metro any time soon
Way back in 2011 we wrote a piece called Two Of Our Carriages Are Missing. It was about the long term failure to provide 12-car trains on Southeastern Metro services via London Bridge to Charing …
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