• Underground’s accessibility priorities (MetroReport) • Princes Street, Edinburgh’s lost railway terminus: video (JagoHazzard) • Is Crossrail enough to make London’s public transport better than Paris? (CentreForCities) • Tyne & Wear Metro extension to Washington suburb business case developed (RailBusinessUK) • Public...
الجمعة، 9 ديسمبر 2022
الأربعاء، 7 ديسمبر 2022
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We have made the decision NOT to have a London Reconnections Meetup in December 2022. The reason for this is that previous experience has taught us that we would be very unlikely to be able to use the upstairs room in December due to prior bookings which take priority. Consequently, we would have to meet …
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الثلاثاء، 6 ديسمبر 2022
2022 sees a shorter quiz than usual primarily because your quizmaster has infrequently visited central London. Thank goodness for the opening of the Elizabeth line which has helped provide some of the questions. We hope you will find the questions stimulating. Our aim is to provide you with a variety of questions that...
الاثنين، 5 ديسمبر 2022
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Our next monthly LR meetup is on at the usual pub, The Royal Oak in Borough, confirmed in the Upstairs room starting from 6:30pm on Thursday 10th November 2022. Be aware there is a tube strike that day although all National Rail (including the Elizabeth line and London Overground) should run normally. All are welcome,...
الاثنين، 13 يونيو 2022
• Elizabeth Line autumn target: through running & Bond Street opening (ModernRailways) • Lyon announces new express light rail project, cheaper than métro option (IntlRailJ) • Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station 45 years after the last Orient Express (RailTech) • The architecture of Montreal’s Metro masterpiece stations: video...
الاثنين، 30 مايو 2022
• London’s imperfect geometry from above: streets, buses, Tube entrances… (BernhardLang) • Victorian 3D paper concertina Thames Tunnel viewer for sale (IanVisits) • The invention of jaywalking (CliveThompson) • NYC speed cameras don’t operate evenings & weekends, leading to deaths (Streetsblog) • NYC MTA slowing buses...
الاثنين، 23 مايو 2022
• Grimshaw’s line wide Crossrail station design (ArchitectsJ) • TfL to expand contactless payments outside London (IanVisits) • Flatpack railway stations are coming down the line (TheTimes) • New battery-electric ultra-light trains designed & built for Southend Pier Railway (T&UT) • EV capital Norway wants citizens...
الاثنين، 16 مايو 2022
• TfL’s new property company to build offices & homes to generate transport cash (MyLondon) • TfL to expand contactless payments outside London (IanVisits) • The 5.20 from Kyiv restored suburban rail offers hope as clean up intensifies (Guardian) • Seattle expanding its LRT network fivefold: video (B1M) • Moldova’s...
الجمعة، 13 مايو 2022
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• Northern Line Bank Branch to reopen Monday 16 May (IanVisits) • Fare caps might get transit out of the pandemic slump (NextCity) • US cities testing benefits of Universal Basic Mobility (CityLab) • 16 states sue US Post Office plan to buy 100,000s of gas-guzzling mail trucks (Verge) • Badly designed nudges on highway...
الاثنين، 9 مايو 2022
• Brno donating trams & trolleybuses to help rebuild Kharkiv, Ukraine (TheMayor) • Before there was Crossrail, there was Crosslink: video (JagoHazzard) • Harry Beck’s 1935 Imperial Airways diagram (TransitMaps) • Art Deco design of Antwerp’s St Anna’s Tunnel (EverybodyHatesATourist) • A European regional rail line...
الأحد، 8 مايو 2022
Our next monthly LR meetups is on at the usual pub, The Royal Oak in Borough, in the Upstairs room starting from 6:30pm on Thursday 12 May 2022. All are welcome, and conversation is often as much general as it is transport-specific. If you feel comfortable socialising, then we very much look forward seeing you …
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الاثنين، 2 مايو 2022
• HS2 under fire for Euston waste removal by road flipflop (NewCivilEng) • European cities urged to ban cars to stop funding Russia war (CitiesToday) • Romford-Upminster Line: Video of the successful, unwanted railway (JagoHazzard) • Sweden within easy reach of London by train (Independent) • Searching for lost 76th Street...
الاثنين، 25 أبريل 2022
Unsurprisingly, the subject of Crossrail/Elizabeth line opening dates is a hot topic in the transport community at the moment. In this article, we address that big purple elephant in the room. The truth is that Crossrail’s opening date (Or the Elizabeth line, as it is finally becoming) is currently a moveable feast. This...
• A flash sale is not a transport strategy: What Is wrong with British rail (inews) • Pollution back to illegal levels on ex-zero emissions London street (Guardian) • Portland’s Tilikum Crossing longest US non-traffic bridge (SEGD) • American Airlines’ ‘bus-as-flight’ connections due to pilot shortage & fuel costs...
الجمعة، 22 أبريل 2022
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أبر
• London car parking permits are cheaper than bike storage (BBC) • Long before NYC’s High Line, there was the High Bridge (UntappedNYC) • Amtrak seeks control of Washington DC Union Station for expansion (Trains) • Parking harms businesses not bikes nor buses (NewsroomNZ) • E-scooters that stop if you speed or ride dangerously...
الاثنين، 18 أبريل 2022
• British Library extension to include Crossrail 2 tunnels (IanVisits) • Huge maintenance backlog, safety behind NYC Subway poor frequency (HomeSignal) • Will extending L Red Line bring more development to Far South Side? (ChicagoMag) • Orlando plan to extend SunRail to Disneyworld, sharing with Brightline (Trains) • Delhi’s...
الجمعة، 15 أبريل 2022
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• Early UK bus station architecture descended from cinemas (BeautyOfTransport) • Montreal’s Blue line East Extension progresses toward 2029 (MassTransit) • Tel Aviv Red Line LRT almost ready for November opening (IntlRailJ) • Is third track worth the trouble? Video (RMTransit) • There’s an app for that: Smart phone becomes...
الخميس، 14 أبريل 2022
In the perennial battle to be the foremost Antipodean metropolis, Sydney has recently announced an ambitious addition to its existing extensive suburban rail, ferry, tram, and bus network – it’s first metro line, with automated operation. In this City Snapshot, Dr Chris Hale suggests that Sydney’s ambitious dreams should...
الاثنين، 11 أبريل 2022
• Russians gone, Kyiv revives, including transport system (NYTimes) • Jubilee night Tube May return, more lines to follow (RailUK) • Moving San Francisco: evolution of its public transport video (PBS) • New Zealand fully electric ferry to enter service (Cruise&Ferry) • Disability rights org protest Seoul Metro’s lack...
الجمعة، 8 أبريل 2022
It’s time to officially restart our monthly LR meetups, beginning on 14 April 2022. All are welcome, and conversation is often as much general as it is transport-specific. Like many, COVID has hit the LR team hard in various ways, but we’re delighted to say that as part of our own gradual increase in activity …
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• UK govt to provide £7B to overhaul buses outside of London (IntelTransport) • DfT looking at Kent-Essex under Thames tram network (NewCivilEng) • Scotland takes railway back into public ownership (RailFreight) • Southminster station hosts England’s rail network’s first Men’s Shed (RailInsider) • Grimshaw to redesign...
الاثنين، 4 أبريل 2022
An automatic sliding step that will transform accessibility on the Tyne and Wear Metro’s new trains can be revealed for the first time this week. The sliding step is a key feature of the new £362m Metro fleet, making life easier for thousands of customers when boarding and alighting by eliminating the gap between the …
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• Berlin’s €9 monthly public transport ticket vs Russian oil (NextWeb) • Behind the scenes & pics of Bank station’s huge capacity upgrade (IanVisits) • Motorway without exit gets junction that goes nowhere (Roads) • Bilbao tram extension on former railway line (UrbanTransport) • Lonely planet’s ten best unusual European...
الجمعة، 1 أبريل 2022
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• TfL’s restricted briefing note on funding (OnLondon) • A brief history of the Crossrail branches evolution (RailwayNews) • New Exchange Square public space above Liverpool Street’s tracks (Dezeen) • The prescience of Ray Bradbury’s short story The Pedestrian (TheWarOnCars) • The potential for coaches (Freewheeling) •...
الخميس، 31 مارس 2022
Behavioural sciences, more commonly known as ‘nudges’, have only recently been applied to public transport. We review a new book by some experts in this new field, Transport for Humans, in which they describe the nudges and advertising insights that they have applied. Their book argues that applying insights from the behavioural...
الاثنين، 28 مارس 2022
• Day in the life of a London bus: video (LondonTravelWatch) • 50 rail bridges & tunnels could escape National Highways demolition (NewCivilEng) • Untold story of a hero who risked life & liberty to save Britain’s railways (BBCRadio4) • The 1942 plan to link UK’s canal network: video (Whitewicks) • Petrol duty...
الجمعة، 25 مارس 2022
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• Bank Station upgrade reaches halfway mark (RailUK) • Oliver Green video previews his London’s Great Railway Stations book (LTMFriends) • Italy introduces hybrid trains on regional railways (TheMayor) • San Francisco to open trolleybus BRT line in April (MassTransit) • First branch of Boston Green Line Extension opens...
الاثنين، 21 مارس 2022
• The design concepts behind Crossrail station architecture (Crossrail) • The definitive ranking of MerseyRail Lines (MerseyTart) • ‘Computer says road’: Call for change to crude planning models (Guardian) • European cities are making transport systems more gender neutral (CityLab) • The world’s longest tram line, in video...
الجمعة، 18 مارس 2022
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• How Kyiv transformed its Metro into bomb shelters (CityLab) • No train, no-gain? How can running fewer trains be better? (Railway-News) • The Art Deco Railway: The Chessington Branch (JagoHazzard) • The long history of Curzon Street Station (RailEngineer) • The Golden Age of Île de France tramways (FabricOfParis) • Pros...
الثلاثاء، 15 مارس 2022
15
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First of all, massive apologies for being so late with this. We normally are pretty bad at promptly analysing the results but this time was it was exceptional. However, we do not live in normal times so we hope you will forgive us. Here are the links to the Quiz posts: 2021 Quiz Questions 2021 …
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الاثنين، 14 مارس 2022
• A megalopolis of engineering: the new Crossrail (Guardian) • SNCF to install solar panels on 1.1M m2 of station areas by 2030 (RailTech) • Vienna’s U2xU5 line cross will reshape the U-Bahn & increase capacity (RailwayGazette) • New York City fare capping pilot could become permanent if popular (Gothamist) • New York’s...
الجمعة، 11 مارس 2022
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• Rail is a lifeline for Ukrainians during the conflict (RailInsider) • Why it’s time to redraw the Underground map for Int’l Women’s Day (Guardian) • Surrey Quays station upgrade consultation opens (IanVisits) • Video history of the Interborough Express (IBX) NYC proposed line (B1M) • Delhi’s impressive new regional rail...
الخميس، 10 مارس 2022
Today on Reconnections: Asset Management Hierarchy, in ascending order: a. Run to failureb. Corrective maintenancec. Preventative maintenanced. Condition-based maintenancee. Predictive maintenancef. Prescriptive maintenanceg. Foresight maintenance There’s also percussive maintenance – the art of hitting something to get...
الاثنين، 7 مارس 2022
After a long period when we thought it wiser not to hold our usual monthly pub nights or only hold a very low-key pub meeting, we have decided that the time has come to reinstate the London Reconnections Monthly Meetup at the Royal Oak in Tabard Street. A lot has happened in the past two …
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• What’s keeping Ukraine’s trains running (BusinessInsider) • St Pancras station to become an opera hall for Int’l Women’s Day (Guardian) • Reducing congestion at London Bridge Tube station entrance (IanVisits) • The secret bunker under Paris Gare de l’Est (Midnight-Trains) • Zurich voted against expressways & U-bahns...
الجمعة، 4 مارس 2022
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مار
• Vivarail to supply all-battery trains for West Ealing-Greenford line (Trains) • Every Story Matters: Discover TfL’s Pride roundels (LTMuseum) • Station to station: Spotters guide to prefab railway design (Guardian) • Tram-train for Catalonia (UrbanTransportMag) • The town that uses golf carts for transport (TomScott)...
الاثنين، 28 فبراير 2022
• London Emirates cable car line fails to find new sponsor (Guardian) • Bank Station Capacity Upgrade video walkthrough (HiddenLondonHangouts) • NY MTA vows $10B+ transit expansion by 2030 (NYDailyNews) • Work beginning on High Line connection to Moynihan Train Hall (NBCNewYork) • Tramway & cable car lines proposed...
الجمعة، 25 فبراير 2022
• TfL secures deal to build new Elephant & Castle station entrance (IanVisits) • Two UK rail museums plan exciting future (RailInsider) • Cargo without the carbon: Stunning rise of e-bike deliveries (Guardian) • Subway platform edge doors to be trialed at 3 NYC stations (NYTimes) • Was the automotive era a terrible...
الاثنين، 21 فبراير 2022
• TfL warns of bankruptcy during government funding talks (IanVisits) • A fearsome beauty: Cambridge North station, Cambridgeshire (BeautyOfTransport) • NYC subway pandemic ridership changes, & time-lapse videos (NYTimes) • 4 underused US rail lines that should get a second life (FastCompany) • Why Canada gets less...
الجمعة، 18 فبراير 2022
• DLR extension to Thamesmead raised in Parliament (IanVisits) • The short, little known history of City, Greenwich, & Lewisham Railway (HydeParkNow) • Why Aston Martin’s ex-CEO is betting his career on electric buses (CityMonitor) • Prague public transport’s free bikeshare program to become permanent (Expats) • How...
الخميس، 17 فبراير 2022
Lisbon is a public transit aficionado’s dream. Whether it is the unique Elevador de Santa Justa or the city’s iconic yellow trams, picturesquely winding their way up the steep narrow streets. In this City Snapshot, Dr Chris Hale heads west and argues that Lisbon’s metro should be what puts this ancient city at the forefront...
الاثنين، 14 فبراير 2022
• Bond Street station to miss Elizabeth Line opening (NewCivilEng) • Scots study shows benefits of new walking & cycling measures (SusTrans) • New La Dolce Vita Italian Orient Express to launch in 2023 (RailTech) • Lesson from the Washington DC Metro, America’s last great subway system (MassTransit) • Metro city Moscow:...
الجمعة، 11 فبراير 2022
• Automated people movers from 1924 British Empire Exhibition to HS2 (RailInsider) • History of the South Kensington Subway (IanVisits) • Glasgow Subway complete refurbishment, with new trains (RailEngineer) • The geopolitics of Rail Baltica’s massive gauge change (MidnightTrains) • What? The Greeks invented trains too?...
الأربعاء، 9 فبراير 2022
• New TfL gov’t long term funding deal delayed again, short reprieve (OnLondon) • London’s phantom station: London International CIV (IanVisits) • New York MTA retires 1960s era subway cars (MassTransit) • Indian railways to build HS bullet train corridors to all major cities (MetroRail) • How Japan saved Tokyo’s rail...
