I inhaled traffic fumes to find out where air pollution goes in my body (BBC) * Paddington could host TfL’s first ...

Our first second pub meeting in 2026 is on Tuesday 10th February 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 a ...

The dreary, punishing experience of air travel creates its own backlash. Airlines and their various torture devices are the ...

Why Glasgow’s Metro plan might actually work! (CityMoose) * German train conductor dies after assault by fare dodger (RailTech) * India (Finally) Finished its Impossible Bridge (The B1M) * The Hill of ...

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

The small and somewhat cramped accommodation on platform one at Paddington station has been replaced by a new a bigger unit right on the Lawn itself. The new Assisted Travel Lounge is sited near platf ...

The Stansted Airport Track Transit System (TTS) will be decommissioned in 2026 after 35 years of airside operation at the London airport. The Stansted Airport Track Transit System (TTS) will be ...

Shopping at IKEA is an ordeal, an expedition. And IKEA has just made it harder. Whilst IKEA is the McDonald's of housewares, its approach is quite different. IKEA offers the same products and ...

If you go to Paddington main line station and follow the signs to platform 14 you eventually end up at short curved platform located almost at the far end of the station. All of Paddington’s other ...

Both meaningless and meaningful, the phrase ‘driverless trains’ is a recurring one in London politics. In this piece, we explore the reality behind the phrase and what it means in a London context.

In The Lost Art of Passenger Comfort & Good Design – Railway Interiors Part 1, we looked at individual components and functionalities of train interiors – from seats, layout, information displays, and ...

As the Overground has grown, calls have increased to provide its sub-lines with clearer identities of their own. Behind the scenes, TfL have been working to do just that. Those new identities have now ...