Training and development remain a specific challenge within the rail sector, as apart from the legal obligations, many training hours are needed and required to bring new employees up to a level to ...

East West Rail Company has announced a 10-week public consultation on its hybrid battery-electric railway plans, aiming to connect Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge with a sustainable ...

Correspondent and Friday Reads compiler for London Reconnections.

A demonstrator “Tri-foiler” ferry designed by Southampton naval architect Chartwell Marine could take to the water as soon as March 2025. Currently being built by Southampton composites specialist ...

The Régie autonome des transports Parisiens (RATP), operator of the Paris Metro, has placed an order with Stadler for twelve battery-powered locomotives. This move highlights Stadler’s dedication to ...

Correspondent and Friday Reads compiler for London Reconnections.

• TfL needs to reassess flood risk after stations left underwater (NewCivilEng) • Boat tours of illuminated Thames bridges (IanVisits) • The last flying boat on the Thames (DavidHodgson) • A video ...

• The telphers of Manchester Victoria (RogerFarnworth) • Plan to reopen Maid Marian passenger line (NottinghamPost) • Car culture has a toxic masculinity problem (Streetsblog) • NYC using its fleets ...

It’s meetup time! This starts at 6pm. As always, these are informal affairs where the beer flows, offering an opportunity to put faces to the names of a few LR writers as well as regular … ...

• The 1973 railway plan that paved the way for the London Overground (Ian Visits) • The Long, Slow Failure of Ludgate Hill Station: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Londoners will soon see drones ferrying blood ...

• Crossrail pushing hard for a March opening date (IanVisits) • King’s Cross tunnels & Canal Aqueduct (HydeParkNow) • Debut test of Glasgow Subway’s new ATO train (Scotsman) • SFO BART Crisis ...