Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 December 2024 - London Reconnections
Dec 2, 2024 · • Edinburgh-London 4 hour rail journeys ‘to be confirmed within weeks’ (The Scotsman) • London sees dramatic 63% increase in cargo bikes (Clean Cities Campaign) • The Unbuilt Tube Line to Sanderstead: Video (Jago Hazzard) • In defence of the London Overground rebrand (New Statesman) • Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in …
Friday Reads – 29 November 2024 - London Reconnections
Nov 29, 2024 · • The Map House and its Tube Maps (London Rail) • Naming the Overground – The Windrush line: Podcast (Mind the Gap: The Official TfL Podcast) • Row threatening to derail new train services between London and Continent (Standard) • King George V Dock: The Last of the Royals – History & Future (A London Inheritance) • The Most Expensive Subway Train in the World (Effective Transit ...
The 2024 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz
Dec 1, 2024 · It’s that time of year and so here is the 2024 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz. 2024 was significant for your quizmaster as it was his first full year of retirement and, also, an increasingly debilitating medical condition was finally diagnosed and and easily fixed once the cause was known.
Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 December 2024 - London …
Dec 16, 2024 · • How Madrid built its metro cheaply (Works In Progress) • New York City’s Subways: Moving Millions – A Data Story (Vital City) • Another American streetcar line, another disappointment (Sean Marshall) • One of Japan’s most awesome rail passes, the Seishun 18 Ticket, just got a lot less awesome (SoraNews24) • Chicago sets …
Monday’s Friday Reads – 25 November 2024 - London …
Nov 25, 2024 · • The London Overground rebrand is finally happening (London Centric) • A women’s history guided tour along London’s Suffragette line (The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything) • Renaming the Overground, step by step (Diamond Geezer) • The plan to fix the London Underground’s busiest line: Video (CityMoose) • Worth …
Friday Reads – 6 December 2024 - London Reconnections
Dec 6, 2024 · The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the Capital's transport networks.
Friday Reads – 4 October 2024 - London Reconnections
Oct 4, 2024 · • A first look at the new Piccadilly line trains being built in Yorkshire (IanVisits) • A nightmare journey on GWR (BusAndTrainUser) • US port strike ends as dockworkers near agreement (Quartz) • Riding Transit While Female (Vital City) • InnoTrans 2024 – The Overview (Urban Transport) • Car use on Dublin quays plummets with new traffic plan (RTÉ) ...
Covering transport topics in and around London & beyond
Covering transport topics in and around London & beyond. • Go-op: Britain’s first cooperative railway (The Guardian) • South Australia introduces special license for drivers of “Ultra High-Powered Vehicles” (CarScoops) • Who Owns the Streets?
The Unknown Hammersmith & City Construction Calamity
Jun 13, 2024 · The line was originally to be known as the Hammersmith, Paddington and City Junction Railway.The bill was passed on 22nd July 1861 and there was every intention that it would be built and opened concurrently with the Metropolitan Railway.
Monday’s Friday Reads – 4 November 2024 - London Reconnections
Nov 4, 2024 · The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the Capital's transport networks.