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As previously announced we have changed our venue and day of the week that we have a pub meet. It still takes place on the second week of the month. For the reasons for the change see this post. Where and When We will now meet on Tuesday 14th March from 6.30 p.m. onwards at … The post TUESDAY Meetup 14th March at Crosse Keys appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Parts of HS2, & the Lower Thames Crossing delayed two years due to soaring costs (Guardian) • Le Métro in Île de France: a new year retrospective (FabricOfParis) • Using a railway carriage as a bridge (EuroGunzel) • How airports & sea ports catch radioactive cargo, such as uranium at Heathrow (Wired) • The fight over … The post Friday Reads – 10 March 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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Just occasionally, something good happens on the internet. Jon Brady, a reporter at Scotland’s Daily Record newspaper, tweeted that he’d unearthed a two hour MP3 containing all ScotRail’s automated station announcements. A coder named Matt Eason split them into 2,440 individual MP3s and invited the internet to help transcribe them in a shared document. It took less than two hours. You … The post Everything I learned from Scotrail’s automated station announcements appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London (Forbes) • Abandoned UK railway links coming back into their own (NewCivilEng) • Evolution of a NA streetcar city into a modern metropolis: Video (UrbanCyclingInst) • Service disruption prevention – treat it as a science (RobMayo) • Challenges in designing metaphorical metro maps for info presentation … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 6 March 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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We are changing our pub venue and day of the week when we will meet. We will give more details nearer the time but for the moment please note that from March onward we will meet on the Second TUESDAY in the month at the Crosse Keys in Gracechurch Street in the City of London. … The post Meetup: Change of day and change of location appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Bank Tube station’s new Cannon Street entrance has opened (IanVisits) • Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London (Forbes) • Almost 1 in 10 local UK bus services were axed last year (Guardian) • The evolution of railway watches & their importance to signalling: Video (RailNatter) • European design of Quebec City’s Future … The post Friday Reads – 3 March 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Review of TfL’s recent rail & Tube upgrades (IanVisits) • Disabled campaigners are to thank for accessibility on the Elizabeth Line (TransportForAll) • Cardiff Council announces vision for Cardiff Crossrail (SWalesMetro) • Designer selected for Dublin Metrolink detailed design (RailwayPro) • Induced Distance: Studies look at drivers’ congestion costs but never walkers’ costs (Treehugger) … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Leicester railway station redevelopment & revamp renders released (BBC) • ‘15-minute city’: the mundane planning theory terrifying conspiracists (Guardian) • Cardiff tram-train route consultation underway (MetroReport) • Overnight train between London & Berlin to start May 2023 (IanVisits) • Canada’s remote north school trains (CBC) • Why North American buses are worse than other … The post Friday Reads – 24 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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When discussing Crossrail, commenters have often speculated on the ultimate demise of Heathrow Express – the private train operating company that runs a non-stop express service between Paddington and Heathrow. This speculation is generally predicated on the belief that once the Elizabeth line runs to Heathrow no-one in their right mind would bother with Heathrow … The post The Slow Death Of Heathrow Express appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Germany’s pre-WW2 Zeppelin spy flights: Video (CalibanRising) • Railways are instrumental in evacuations, this time in earthquake-hit Turkey (RailTech) • Behind the scenes at NYC Subway’s Power Control Center (IRideHarlemLine) • Process of mapping the underground & unseen city: Video (Vanshnookenraggen) • NYC Subway’s terrible service is limiting pandemic ridership recovery (HellGateNYC) • The … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Fast charge battery trial to resume after GWR agrees to purchase Vivarail assets (RailUK) • Wales road building projects stopped after failing climate review (Guardian) • Ottawa’s LRT didn’t go wrong, it started wrong (Globe&Mail) • Old & new: Denver Union Station in photos (EmilyMoser) • The best rapid transit in the US is … The post Friday Reads – 17 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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