You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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Ankh-Morpork Transport Committee: March 2015
This week saw the monthly meeting of the Ankh-Morpork Assembly Transport Committee. Due to the presence of The Transport Commissioner, Sir Harry King and Moist von Lipwig, Head of Sub-surface Rail, there to update the …
Continue readingBike To The Future Part 1: London’s Cycling Revolution
History is littered with events and announcements that didn’t seem important at the time. When the transport planners of the future consider this period in London’s history what will they see as the most significant …
Continue readingCrossrail: The Overlooked Surface Sections
It is easy to forget sometimes that for an “Underground” railway, Crossrail will spend a considerable amount of time on the surface. We have covered the North-Eastern arm of Crossrail on various occasions. The most …
Continue readingWhy They Call It The Blues: A Look at Crossrail’s Launch Plan
Back in November last year we covered TfL’s plans to launch the first Crossrail services under a TfL Rail brand. As we explained at the time, the idea of launching the first MTR-run Crossrail services …
Continue readingRevolutionary Road: A New Plan For Tottenham Court Road
Camden Council recently approved a scheme to revamp Tottenham Court Road. The scheme is quite significant in its own right but the thinking behind it also says a lot about current ideas on how best …
Continue readingKnow When To Run: The Story Behind The Xmas Kings Cross Problems
Delays and work overruns aren’t an uncommon part of the Christmas experience on London’s railways. Ultimately, maintenance and improvement needs to be carried out and from a utilitarian perspective the opportunity to do so in …
Continue readingTwin Peaks: Timetable Changes On The Northern Line
Operationally the Northern Line is probably the most interesting tube line. As the line’s signal upgrade programme comes to an official end, we look at the recent Northern Line timetable improvements and how frequency seems …
Continue readingThe 2014 LR Quiz: Answers and Winners
Happy New Year! It’s time for the answers! As always thanks to everyone who entered the Christmas Quiz. We hope you enjoyed attempting to beat it as much as we enjoyed writing it. Before getting …
Continue readingThe New Sub-Surface Timetable: As Good As It Gets?
December, amongst many other things, is a time for timetables. This tends not to get much publicity, particularly for the Underground, as normally there is nothing interesting to report. Superficially little has changed, but beneath …
Continue readingFings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be
Our regular annual rewording of a well-known song to a transport related theme continues. Even more so than previous years, the tradition of a most inappropriate song, not in keeping with Christmas cheer, is posted …
Continue readingA Study In Sussex Part 7: East Croydon
Regular followers of this series will be aware we started our look at the Brighton Main Line by working our way down from London. Until now we we have been looking at what have turned …
Continue readingThe 2014 London Reconnections Xmas Quiz
Deck the halls, it is that time of year again! Twenty-one questions to test your transport knowledge with the promise of prizes for those who do best! Right now those prizes include the usual selection …
Continue readingThe London Reconnections Christmas Meetup
No… don’t get excited… this isn’t the Christmas Quiz post! Just a quick reminder that next week’s meetup, on the 11th December, will be our last one before Christmas and thus will also double as …
Continue readingOn the Buses Part 1: The Financial Elephant in the Room
With the “Year of the Bus” drawing to an end, it seems an appropriate time for a short series on something that we perhaps don’t always cover on London Reconnections as much as we should …
Continue readingMind the Branding Gap: First Crossrail Services to Launch as TfL Rail
Back in July, MTR were awarded the contract to run all Crossrail services. It would be easy to assume that this translates to services starting in 2018, when the central tunnel section is due to …
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