New London Architecture's exhibition on Underground London opened today and gives a pretty good overview of transport, services, utilities etc plus some abandoned stuff.
Of particular note is ...
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I thought it might be an idea to start a thread on all the big transport projects that are starting in Ireland, most of them are in Dublin.
Starting with Dublin Airport, where Terminal 2 is go...
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Saw this bit of news from the Guardian today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/transport [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/27/transport]>
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From http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7264419.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7264419.stm]>
For the love of bricks
The Victorian Society is celebrating 50 years of trying ...
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Should businesses be forced to allow public access or offered incentives?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7260484.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7260484.stm]>
Cash for pubs to offer loo ...
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Liverpool trams plan back on agenda
Feb 18 2008
by David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post
TRAMS will today be put back at the heart of future transport on Merseyside – despit...
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The ongoing saga of the potentially useful and intact transpennine railway alignment that proves we are living on planet insanity.
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GUYS PASS THIS AROUND AND SIGN IT YOURSELVES... http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/merseytrams/ [http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/merseytrams/]>
GIVE US THE BEST CHANCE OF GETTING THE TRAM SYSTEM THIS CITY ...
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Could you all sign the petition please, it will be greatly appriciated.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Birmingham-Metro/ [http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Birmingham-Metro/]>
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/7240309.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7240309.stm]>
Gas guzzlers C-charge up to £25
The majority of cars are unlike...
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The Birmingham Post leads with
VICTORY FOR NEW STREET AS KELLY PLEDGES £400M
The government has agreed £288m from the DfT and £100m through DEBRR/AWM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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New bike hire scheme announced for central London modelled on Paris, plus bike parks and routes. (I wonder if the Greenway between Beckton and West Ham, will receive the same 'Olympic' treatment t...
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Nice. Interesting technology and potentially a very lucrative technology for the UK, not only could it provide a substantial amount of energy to the UK if it gets rolled out in more places, but i...
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Quite interested in comments from the Londoners on here about their thoughts on MetroNet...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7230893.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/72308...
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Shepherds Bush station has closed for 8 months for redevelopment.From Saturday 2 February until mid-October 2008, the station will be closed for major refurbishment works. TFL is running good repl...
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This has gone largely unnoticed in the Uk press, despite substantial involvement of UK firms. It appears cleaner planes are becoming reality faster than anybody could have hoped for. Airbus is p...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/7225527.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7225527.stm]>
The most heavily polluting lorries are facing charges of £200 per day to ...
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The next stage of Crossrail is obviosly Crossrail 2. Probley not due to be completed for at least 25 years, but might as well change talking about Crossrail 1 and move on.
Tied in with this, I...
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Perhaps Northern Way are evolving into a useful lobby group finally..?
All too often investment in London's infrastructure is prioritised over that of anywhere else with levels of inves...
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This is a container ship that uses a tethered parasail-type-thing to augment its traditional powerplant and reduce fuel consumption. Seems rather elegant. Given current fuel prices, I'm not surp...
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I was idly wondering what would be the best way of going about connecting these stations with a direct heavy rail link (don't mention the Cross-River Tram!). There would be various options for a c...
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I thought it was time Blackpool Trams had a thread.
Currently the 12 mile Tram line is closed for the first time in it's 120 year history whilst the track is relaid.
It's a massive job and...
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The Airport Bydgoszcz (www.plb.pl [http://www.plb.pl]>) offers 9 regular connections and 4 charter-connections in season to of summer. They last the work over the opening of new connections. At p...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7192137.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7192137.stm]>
You'd have hoped they would have taken a lesson from the A380 delay fiasco.
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I think a positive thread is a good idea for once... And the East London line isn't there cause it is shut.
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