• East West Rail stations near completion, systems testing underway (New Civil Engineer) • Walk Britain by Rail (Railwalks) • Inside the battle between Amtrak and the freight railroads (The Urban Condition) • America’s Failed High Speed Train – Budd Metroliner: Video (Ruairidh MacVeigh) • Court rejects residents’ bid to halt maglev train construction (The Japan Times) • East Japan…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…
Bonus Trains for Crossrail?
In an unexpected piece of potentially good news for London, it was reported last month that 10 new trains could be built for Crossrail. We look at the substance of the reports, catch up with what has been happening on Crossrail in the past year or so, as well as newly-introduced political complications, and speculate as to what improvements may…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2024
• Why journeys from the UK are about to become much trickier (The Guardian) • c2c’s oldest trains to get major refurbishment (Ian Visits) • What’s really going on with high-speed rail in the US? (Urban Condition) • Install speed tables as fast as you can (Urbanism Speakeasy) • TransPennine Express kicks off first intercity battery trial (The Engineer) •…