Monday's Friday Reads for 10 April * East West Rail reset plan to speed up construction (Construction Enquirer) * Anorak corner (tube edition) (Diamond Geezer) * Three new tram stops start (BusAndTrainUser) * Limbostructure (Michael Dnes) * The work behind ETCS testing on the Welwyn Garden City to Hitchin stretch: Video (Great Northern) * Framing Game: We Call Affordable Mobility “Too Costly”

Monday's Friday Reads for 20 April:

Friday Reads for 17 April * The government needs an infrastructure plan, w/ new Crossrails (Baldwin) * Flight cancellations loom as Strait of Hormuz closure triggers jet fuel crisis (E+T) * What if the DC Metro used Pictograms, & other pictogram ideas: Video (Trains Are Awesome) * The Night Ferry (Part 1) (Reading on Trains) * Why Japan has such

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Monday's Friday Reads for 13 April We're doing a little spring cleaning today, and sharing some older but worthy links which had been gathering cobwebs in the Friday Reads spreadsheet. * Heavy SUVs & electric cars smash through guardrails (Slate) * How to Travel to Heathrow's 6 Stations for Free: Video (Geoff Marshall) * The Future Growth of Los Angeles

Monday's Friday Reads for 13 April:

Friday Reads for 10 April * Shrewsbury Station's missing platforms & added extra level: Video (Transport Matters) * The Real Reason US High-Speed Rail Failed (The B1M) * For wheelchair users, every train journey is a video game level (Accessible Link) * Self-driving cars blocking buses: Waymo puts transit systems on hold (Fast Company) * Adding Up What Urban Highways Really

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Friday Reads for 3 April * GWR to trial new overnight Gatwick services this summer (Rail UK) * Northumberland Line complete as Bedlington opens: Video (SarahWithTheTrains) * A Mainline Station Heritage Artefacts Collection (Daniel Wright) * EU, Germany to accelerate rail investment due to Iran War (Ped'n Observations) * Milano Centrale is a true cathedral of railways (My Train of

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Monday's Friday Reads for 30 March * East London’s Beam Park C2C railway station finally approved (Ian Visits) * West Ashfield: Video (Transport for London) * Two Australian states offer free public transport (BBC News) * Belgrade’s first metro line will be delivered by Alstom (Urban Transport) * A new opportunity for congestion pricing, before AVs flood our cities

Monday's Friday Reads for 23 March:

Friday Reads for 27 March * South Kensington tube station upgrade finally getting started (ianVisits) * Two Black Country stations open on Shrewsbury to Birmingham line: Video (Transport Matters) * Ten months of major engineering work delivered at Glasgow Central during emergency closure (Network Rail) * Transport Secretary tasks HS2 with reducing construction time and cost (Rail UK) * The

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Monday's Friday Reads for 23 March * Could London approve its own transport projects without Whitehall delays? (ianVisits) * LNR reaffirms support for neurodiverse passengers w/ assistance & free travel packs (Rail UK) * The problem of men on the railways (London Rail) * Accessibility problems are a 'nationwide transport failure' affecting economy (The Engineer) * Northern Line POV – Kennington to Edgware:

Monday's Friday Reads for 23 March:

Crews Hill New Town - what now for transport? Great Northern Inners to the rescue

In case you missed it, new on London Reconnections: Crews Hill New Town - what now for transport?

Friday Reads for 20 March * Inside the giant machine digging HS2’s railway tunnels to Euston station (Ian Visits) * Cutty Sark DLR station reopening next week say Transport for London (Murky Depths) * London Mayor launches new plan to cut road deaths (Zag Daily) * Three New Stations in Birmingham: Video (Geoff Marshall) * Some ScotRail services resume

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Crews Hill New Town - what now for transport? Great Northern Inners to the rescue

New on London Reconnections: Crews Hill New Town - what now for transport?

Monday's Friday Reads for 16 March * TfL using VR to encourage customers to be active bystanders (Rail UK) * London Transport Museum adding new exhibitions galleries (Ian Visits) * Glasgow rail station for sale for £1: Video (Clive's travel & trains) * New TGV-M Avelia Horizon trains too large for some Italian rail lines (Jon Worth) * Edmonton’s ghost LRT

Monday's Friday Reads for 16 March:

Friday Reads for 13 March * First minister pledges help with costs of ‘horrific’ fire next to Glasgow Central station (The Guardian) * Rail legacy issues and the Deaf (London Rail) * NYC to update empty newsstands to create 'tea huts' for Deliveristas (Streetsblog) * Czechia to Germany in 24 Seconds: The World’s Shortest International Railway: Video (What

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March Pub Meeting - Tuesday 10th Our next pub meeting in 2026 is on Tuesday 10th March 2026 at The Crosse Keys pub located at 9 Gracechurch Street at 7.00 p.m. We generally try to meet in one of the two rooms at the back and have a sheet of paper with 'London Reconnections'

Our next pub meeting in 2026 is tomorrow (Tuesday 10th March 2026) at The Crosse Keys pub located at 9 Gracechurch Street at 7.00 pm:

Monday's Friday Reads for 9 March * Extending the DLR to Thamesmead: But Why? (Jago Hazard) * The Bus That Drives Itself - Cambridge Autonomous Bus (Geoff Marshall) * We don't have to suffer bad infrastructure design (Standard) * Iron Rhine strategic railway chugs back to life to counter Russia (Politico) * Architecture, design, & art secrets of the DC Metro Silver

Monday's Friday Reads for 9 March:

Friday Reads for 6 March * London’s Oxford Street pedestrianisation given official go-ahead (The Guardian) * Everything you need to know about Liverpool Street's rebuild plans: Video (Network News) * TfL trials new bus shelter designs across London (CILT) * Why Did Maglevs Never Succeed?: Video (What On Earth Is This?) * Plans for ‘Mini Switzerland’ rural coordinated public

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Monday's Friday Reads for 2 March * Mini Switzerland’ UK demonstrator to transform rural public transport (Hope Valley Climate Action) * Massive expansion of Disabled Railcard Discount eligibility (Scottish ADHD Coalition) * Manchester's Bee Network rail devolution blueprint (Centre for Cities) * What I learned visiting over 100 railway stations (Campaign for Better Transport) * Missing railway horses mystery: Video (Transport

Monday's Friday Reads for 2 March:

Friday Reads for 27 February * Greater Anglia to expand contactless payment zone from March including Stansted Airport (Murky Depths) * They're splitting the Northern line... maybe: Video (Jago Hazard) * Behind the Scenes at Victoria Coach Station: Video (Geoff Marshall) * Inside abandoned Curzon Street station: Video (Gareth Dennis) * Milano inaugurated the extension of Metrotram Line 7 in

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Monday's Friday Reads for 23 February * Northern line upgrade could bring new train depot to former horse hospital (ianVisits) * The first train at Northumberland Park: Video (JenOnTheMove) * High-speed services resume following Adamuz derailment (Int'l Rail Journal) * Another necessary reframe for the transit narrative (Urbanism Speakeasy with Andy Boenau) * Maglev and Birmingham International Station: Video (Transport Matters)

Monday's Friday Reads for 23 February:

Friday Reads for 20 February * The New Adlestrop Railway Atlas * The Hidden History of Birkenhead Central: Video (Merseywail) * LA Aims to Beat Freeway Traffic With $25 Billion Subway Project (Bloomberg) * What’s the Point of Pointing in Japan, Anyway?: Video (Atlas Obscura) * Boston to plant green roofs on bus stops (GoodGoodGood) * Toronto's 30 km network

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Book Review: Building The London Tubes We have rarely done reviews of books. Fairly recently an opportunity presented itself to review a book on the subject of how Tube lines in London were constructed. The book in question is ‘Building The London Tubes’ by Antony Badsey-Ellis and it was published in October 2025 by Capital Transport.

Book Review: Building The London Tubes.

Monday's Friday Reads for 16 February * A New Era of American Passenger Trains – Amtrak Airo: Video (Trains Are Awesome) * London's 800 year old Bridges Fund (Full Steam Ahead) * Peckham Rye station to get £5m makeover while waiting for step-free rebuild (ianVists) * A genuine treat for £1.60? Try the shortest railway line in Britain (The Guardian)

Monday's Friday Reads for 16 February:

Friday Reads for 13 February * Heidi Alexander Sets Out Vision for Rewired, Passenger First Railway (Rail News) * RNIB urges accessibility overhaul as Great British Railways is developed (IanVisits) * It's a bold life for London Tube-TfL Guinness collab (London Rail) * 30 years of Birmingham's Jewellery Line: Video (Transport Matters) * ‘The intimate and the epic’: the best

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February Pub Meeting Tuesday 10th Our second pub meeting in 2026 is on Tuesday 10th February 2026 at The Crosse Keys pub located at 9 Gracechurch Street at 7.00 p.m. We generally try to meet in one of the two rooms at the back and have a sheet of paper with 'London Reconnections'

Our second pub meeting in 2026 is tonight! (Tuesday 10th February 2026) at The Crosse Keys pub located at 9 Gracechurch Street at 7.00 p.m.

Monday's Friday Reads for 9 February * I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body (BBC) * Paddington could host TfL’s first sensory-friendly “quiet space” for travellers (Ian Visits) * North America's Best Transit Cities – A Countdown: Video (Ray Delahanty | CityNerd) * Germany reopens the Hermann-Hesse railway line: Video (Singapuu) * The Second Lives

Monday's Friday Reads for 9 February:

February Pub Meeting Tuesday 10th Our first second pub meeting in 2026 is on Tuesday 10th February 2026 at The Crosse Keys pub located at 9 Gracechurch Street at 7.00 p.m. We generally try to meet in one of the two rooms at the back and have a sheet of paper with 'London

Our second pub meeting in 2026 is this Tuesday (10th February 2026) at The Crosse Keys pub located at 9 Gracechurch Street at 7.00 p.m.

How glamour, romance, & aesthetics are essential for an airship revival The Pragmatism of Luxury

In case you missed it: How glamour, romance, & aesthetics are essential for an airship revival:

Friday Reads for 6 February * Route for third Edinburgh tram line unveiled (BBC) * Why Glasgow’s Metro plan might actually work!: Video (CityMoose) * German train conductor dies after assault by fare dodger (RailTech) * India (Finally) Finished its Impossible Bridge: Video (The B1M) * The Hill of Hysteria: Why changing our street environment is so hard (Bridged2050)

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How glamour, romance, & aesthetics are essential for an airship revival The Pragmatism of Luxury

How glamour, romance, & aesthetics are essential for an airship revival:

Monday's Friday Reads for 2 February * Protest held against decision to fill in Queensbury Tunnel (BBC) * The Class 230 battery trial (Diamond Geezer) * Commuter train operated remotely thanks to Alstom / DB partnership (Rail Advent) * The Messy Science of Escalator Etiquette: Video (Half As Interesting) * Britain's nuclear powered ocean liner plans (Oceanliners Blog) * Elevated high line urban

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