Friday Reads - 17 January 2025 - London Reconnections
Jan 17, 2025 · IslandDweller, Jaywalking is a crime in 49 of the 50 states of America. The reason, supposedly, for it is somewhat shocking. Apparently, it was introduced after pressure from the automobile motor manufacturers in the early days of motoring lobbying because they were worried about lawsuits when pedestrians got knocked over by cars.
Monday's Friday Reads - 13 January 2025 - London Reconnections
Jan 13, 2025 · 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 – 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 ...
Friday Reads – 27 December 2024 - London Reconnections
Dec 27, 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 – 3 January 2024 - London Reconnections
Jan 3, 2025 · 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.
Monday's Friday Reads - 6 January 2025 - London Reconnections
Jan 6, 2025 · • Royal Mint launches £2 coin to mark the Railway’s 200th anniversary (Rail UK) • Paris & Berlin high-speed train link launches w/ fares from €59 (Euronews) • Cars Need Buttons, Not Touchscreens, for Safety (ChangingLanes) • The Abandoned Bus Terminal in Phoenix’s I-10 Deck Park Tunnel: Video ( Urban Avenues) • Rory Sutherland on the Magic of …
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Jan 1, 2025 · Network Rail have released an interesting Time-lapse video showing the new eastern section of bridge at Blackfriars being slid into place. The replaced bridge is at the north end of the station, immediately past the …
Monday’s Friday Reads – 9 December 2024 - London Reconnections
Dec 9, 2024 · • Google’s Tube Station Reviews (London Rail) • Blackpool’s Heritage Trams suspended as ‘increasingly difficult’ to operate (Rail Advent) • The future of long distance train services through the Channel Tunnel (Jon Worth) • China Is Building 30,000 Miles of High-Speed Rail—That It Might Not Need (Wall Street Journal) • New …
Monday’s Friday Reads – 23 December 2024 - London …
Dec 23, 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.
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.