London Reconnections

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)

Friday Reads for 6 February:

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

Monday's Friday Reads for 2 February:

Friday Reads for 30 January * 1st HS2 Tunnel Boring Machine begins 4.5 mile Euston drive: Video (The Engineer) * Liverpool Street station redevelopment plans revealed: Video (Global Railway Review) * ‘Chiltern Explorer’ trains enter service (Rail Advent) * TfL eyes major upgrade so Tube can accept National Rail barcode tickets (Ian Visits) * CATCH-cast 37: Daniel Wright (Beauty

Friday Reads for 30 January:

Friday Reads for 26 January We're putting out a few older links today which had been gathering dust in the Friday Reads spreadsheet, but which are still worth sharing.

Monday's Friday Reads for 26 January:

REM Part Deux – Montréal’s new automated metro expands Montréal’s Réseau express métropolitain (REM) is becoming known for its automated metro operation, and its extensive reuse of existing railway and highway infrastructure. We look at how the opening of the next branch of this system completes part of the city’s original Métro network plans from 60 years

In case you missed it: REM Part Deux – Montréal’s new automated metro expands:

Friday Reads for 23 January * Transit Project Openings in 2026: A Global Review (Transport Politic) * Spain’s rail network under scrutiny after second deadly crash in three days (The Guardian) * The Paris Suburban Cable Car Is Now Open (And Predictably, I Love It): Video (The Tim Traveller) * Why do cycle lanes get so much stick

Friday Reads for 23 January:

REM Part Deux – Montréal’s new automated metro expands Montréal’s Réseau express métropolitain (REM) is becoming known for its automated metro operation, and its extensive reuse of existing railway and highway infrastructure. We look at how the opening of the next branch of this system completes part of the city’s original Métro network plans from 60 years

REM Part Deux – Montréal’s new automated metro expands:

Monday's Friday Reads for 19 January * Northern Powerhouse Rail Plans Revealed : Video (Network News) * London's New-ish Train is Here - Southeastern Class 376: Video (Network Nathan) * When the troubles of the world descend on the railways (VibeWire) * Baumol’s Cost Disease may lead to Wave of Transit ‘Fiscal Cliffs’ (Planetizen) * Mumbai Metro Aqua Line 3 extension

Monday's Friday Reads for 19 January:

Friday Reads for 16 January * The UK railway that dare not speak its name (Michael Dnes) * The Caledonian Sleeper Now Stops at Birmingham: Video (Geoff Marshall) * Why 2026 will be amazing for cycling in London: Video (London cycle routes) * How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground (IanVisits) * A realistic SimCity simulation would

Friday Reads for 16 January:

January Pub Meetup - Tuesday 13th Our first pub meeting in 2026 is on Tuesday 13th January 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'

A reminder, the next London Reconnections pub meeting is tonight!

Monday's Friday Reads for 12 January * New UK mainline railway stations opening in 2026 & beyond: Video (Geoff Marshall) * The Stupid Railway/Tramway of Commercial Road: Video (Jago Hazzard) * Surprising station stats: Video (Transport Matters) * Car brain is making cities unhealthy & dangerous. EVs won't fix it (CityLab) * The disabled, airport wheelchairs, & the myth of “Jetway Jesus” (The

Monday's Friday Reads for 12 January:

January Pub Meetup - Tuesday 13th Our first pub meeting in 2026 is on Tuesday 13th January 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'

A reminder, the next London Reconnections pub meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday 13th January!

Friday Reads for 9 January * The Bakerl0.0 (London Rail) * We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers (CityLab) * Tube trains could navigate the Underground using the weird rules of Quantum Physics (Ian Visits) * How Maps Kickstart a Civil Movement to Improve Transit in Indonesia: Video (Transit Mapping Symposium) * The 2026

Friday Reads for 9 January:

Monday's Friday Reads for 5 January * Bus service decline is making life harder for poorer Londoners (Dave Hill On London) * End of diesel fumes coming to St Pancras as new trains arrive (The Guardian) * What are NYC Subway conductors pointing at? (Untapped New York) * How to smash through the Iron Curtain with a steam train: Video

Monday's Friday Reads for 5 January:

Friday Reads for 2 January 2026 * Channel tunnel power outage disrupts thousands of journeys (The Guardian) * One place with seven stations: Acton (BusAndTrainUser) * UK-first trial proves real-time train location technology can improve safety at rural level crossings (Rail Industry Connect) * Transit Expansion in N. America: Look Ahead to 2026, & 2025 Roundup (Transport Politic) * The history behind

Friday Reads for 2 January:

London Reconnections 2025 Christmas Quiz - the answers Lots of good quality entries were received to the Christmas Quiz. Many were quite informative and in one or two cases an answer was not the intended answer but it was the or a correct answer. The layout of the answers isn't quite as polished as we would like but

London Reconnections 2025 Christmas Quiz - The Answers:

Monday's Friday Reads for 29 December: londonreconnections....

Friday Reads for 26 December: londonreconnections....

TfL punctuality from a Japanese Perspective A light-hearted short Christmas post for you. The first item in this YouTube video from a stand-up comedian looks at British rail punctuality.

A light-hearted short Christmas post for you. The first item in this YouTube video from a stand-up comedian looks at British rail punctuality:

The Magdalene travels Archeologist Sarah May has had an interesting re-interpretation of this paining...

The Magdalene travels:

The 2025 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz It's that time of year again. Time for the London Reconnections Christmas Quiz.

Correction on the previous post... If you're looking for the link to the Christmas Quiz, it's been moved here:

What better time than Christmas Eve to test your transport knowledge with the 2025 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz!

www.londonreconnecti...

Monday’s Friday Reads – 22 December 2025 - London Reconnections 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 for 22 December:

Farewell to the Stansted People Mover - London Reconnections 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.

New on London Reconnections, we prepare to bid farewell to the Stansted Airport's Tracked Transit System:

Friday Reads for 19 December: www.londonreconnecti...

The 2025 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz - London Reconnections 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.

If you want to test your transit knowledge, don't forget to have a go at the 2025 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz! You have until midnight on 1st January to test your mettle and see how many questions you can get right.

Monday's Friday Reads for 15 December: www.londonreconnecti...

Friday Reads for 12 December: www.londonreconnecti...