• Mexico City’s metro system is sinking fast, as are others: What to do? (Grist) • Long Island Rail Road’s over 100 year Track Record (Urban Omnibus) • Building Transit on a real, non-Political, Plan is Powerful (Reece Martin) • An old rail track in Northern California could become a 300-mile hiking trail (LA Times) • Rochester’s Inner Loop Project Shows What Happens After a Highway Dies (CityLab) • These Cities Are Trying to Drive SUVs Off Their Streets (Next City) • Kitchen on Rails – Ukraine’s Food Train Rides: Video (The Gaze) • 11 transport fantasies that never got off the ground (The Gua ..read more

• ‘Russia trying to sabotage European railways,’ says Czech transport minister (Brussels Signal) • Hammersmith Bridge to get a long-term cycle lane (Ian Visits) • TPE launches initiative to help neurodiverse passengers build travel confidence (RailUK) • Amtrak’s Profitable Auto Train is picking up more passengers (Axios) • Brightline, End to End (Railway Age) • MTA to spend $100M to revitalize 2 grimy, historic NYC subway stations (Gothamist) • The Midwest’s other subway/light rail – St Louis: Video (Heartland Urbanist) • Cream & railways: The rise and fall of the Devon split (Vittles) In ..read more

• £100m plan to electrify London’s buses announced (E+T) • New commuter-style map features all of London’s epic walking & cycling routes (Timeout) • Echoes of the Blitz: Underground shelters in Ukraine & London (London Transport Museum) • Eclipse Special Runs into a Cloud (Railway Age) • What other cities can learn from Washington DC’s transit recovery (Vox) • Mexico City’s Metro is Sinking Fast. Yours Could Be Next (WIRED) • Guerilla Bus Benches are Spurring Berkeley to Step Up for Bus Riders (Next City) • VIA Rail’s Ocean from Montreal to Halifax: Video (Miles in Transit) Industry N ..read more

What may this mean. That thou, dead corse, again, in complete steel, Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon. Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4 To Sleeper Train, Perchance to Dream of Europe In the late 1980s a sign appeared the planned Manchester service depot sported the sign « Le Eurostar habite ici » to advertise the coming Eurostar Regional and Nightstar trains. Similar signs appeared at Glasgow Central station. We last looked at sleepers in The (Caledonian) Sleeper Awakes; this time we investigate a bold wagon lit gambit that failed, and where and how the trains are operating now. The UK entered ..read more

• London’s abandoned underground tunnels are red-hot right now (Sydney Morning Herald) • Line 4 automation complete on Paris metro (Int’l Railway Journal) • Cairo Metro & Alexandria Tram network updates (Urban Transport Magazine) • Why Harry Styles fans are on pilgrimage to a viaduct (The Guardian) • Crosstown Linkline, Ancestor of the Overground: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Indianapolis: The new US BRT gold standard (TheFox&TheCity) • Survey Says: American Walking, & Walking Data, Is Getting Worse (Streetsblog) • Bier Restaurant workig model railway, w/ sidings for every table! Video ..read more

A quick reminder to those interested that our next meeting of 2024 is on Tuesday 9th April at the Crosse Keys pub in the City of London. Normally at least a couple of us are there by 6.30 p.m. Join us anytime in the evening. For more details click ‘Monthly Meetup – 2nd Tuesday Evening in the City‘ at the top of the home page. If you wish to join our small cozy, select group then see you there! The post Tuesday LR pub Meetup 9th April appeared first on London Reconnections ..read more

• Tube strikes called off after TfL and train drivers reach London Underground deal (MyLondon) • Alstom ‘runs out of time’ as it confirms plans to mothball Derby site (Business Desk) • London Overground’s Easter Sunday special into London Bridge (Ian Visits) • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of DC Metro’s Design & Wayfinding Evolution (CityLab) • Not so fast! Japan’s super-high-speed maglev Shinkansen line opening has been officially delayed (SoraNews24) • How a Diesel-Electric Locomotive Works: Video (Animagraffs) • Japan’s incredible Dual-Mode Vehicle: Video (Superalbs Travels) • Plane, t ..read more

There has been a lot going on behind the scenes at LR Towers in the last few months. We have a new Friday / Monday Reads Editor, Daniel, who carries on the tradition. And we are adding Martha Lauren as a writer, she had written our look at London’s Super Loop bus Network last year. We are also lucky to have Martha join us, she has an amazingly breadth of knowledge of both UK and North American public transport system, as well as those in Europe. Her own transport blog is here. A few years ago, we had invited some of our more senior commentators with industry experience to review draft articles ..read more

• New Stirling-London train service set for Summer 2025 (Daily Record) • Why Vision Zero works in Europe & not in the US (CityLab) • Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs? (The Guardian) • The Toll of History: NYC MTA Approves $15 Congestion Pricing Fee (Streetsblog) • The Berliner Ostbahn – a railway project with potential (Jon Worth) • Hiroshima dumps proprietary PASPY transit card…for another proprietary transit card (AtaDistance) • Cross City Line Driver’s Eye View: Video (Train Paul) • The History, and Limited Future, of Maglev (E+T) Industry News – updated every bus ..read more

• Will Boeing’s mistakes finally help make high-speed rail a reality? (Fast Company) • Woolwich Reach Phantom DLR Station: Video (Jago Hazzard) • The Cheeky Hidden Features On Stockholm’s Metro Trains: Video (The Tim Traveller) • Learning About Cities Around The World is a Great Antidote to Transit Cynicism (Reece Martin) • First Look Inside Victoria Cross Station: Video (Transport Vlog) • The Cincinnati Subway: Podcast (Atlas Obscura) • The Story of the Class 321: Video (Ruairidh MacVeigh) • Why So Many Trains Get Robbed in this One Spot: Video (Half as Interesting) Industry News – updated e ..read more