Only a handful of North American cities have kept their pre-war streetcar networks. Why was …
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Friday 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 14, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • How tube stations got their funny names (Beeb) • Demonyms – not what you …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 7, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Slow death and rebirth of Battersea Power Station (Mike Horne Metadyne) Vision Zero data shows …
Continue readingThe Final Result: Crossrail Heads to Terminal 5
July 4th 2017 saw the surprise announcement that the Elizabeth line would serve Terminal 5 at Heathrow. Heathrow Media Centre, the public relations department of Heathrow Airport Ltd, let the world know of this Crossrail …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 30, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Bike lanes cause more pollution myth debunked (Guardian) Best Tube photo ever? (1LondonBlog) Roman roads …
Continue readingHow Can You Mend A Broken Railway? Thameslink and the Gibb Report
Last summer the Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, commissioned a report from an experienced and well-respected railwayman, Chris Gibb. The goal was a framework to enable much-needed improvements to railway services across the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 23, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Typographical quirks on the Tube (Look Up London) America’s Political Economy: Infrastructure and Chicago’s 75th …
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