100 Journeys: No. 1

October 26, 2015October 27, 2015Andy Carter 2 Comments

It’s time.

Possibly the worst time to be on the tube. How do I know? Because this chap’s watch reads 8:30. It looks like a Monday. It feels like a Monday.

I’m a shift working so I don’t have to put up with you lot most of the time. But when I do I always wonder how you manage it everyday. But even more so on Mondays…

Maybe if I stare into the distance you won’t notice I’m not a regular rush hour commuter. They’ve already spotted I’m not in a suit…. I don’t think they like it…

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100 Journies is something new. Watch this space…
– Andy Carter

CAS Weekly 14/10/15

October 14, 2015August 23, 2016Andy Carter 2 Comments

Image From TfL

Modelling

So it transpires Rod Stewart books two hotel rooms when on tour. One for him and one for his model railway. Good man. The Telegraph ask what is it that draws men to Model Railways?
Simon of Simon Says fame at Hornby has also been taking a look at the history of Model Railways.
Speaking of Hornby The Early BR S15 Class has arrived.
Up and coming from Dapol.

UK Rail

DUCK GATE! Should a statue of Nigel Gresley be built with a duck to symbolise his most famous work – The Mallard. It’s got everyone talking.
The new Edinburgh Tram Network is a known success carrying well over it’s predicted passenger numbers, but an enquiry has been launched to find out why it was 5 years late and grossly over budget.
TfL announce Camden Town rebuild intentions. Could this project enable the final segregation of The Northern Line?
Languages on The Victoria Line.
Is track design about to change in the UK? Is this the end of the sleeper?
Is retail killing the modern station?
Catch The John Betjeman Metroland documentary here.
In a series of (slightly biased) compare and contrast pieces about the Tube, Londonist asks how the capital’s network stacks up against the Beijing Subway.
Sowerby Bridge has a birthday. It’s old. But not as old as Ffestiniog.

World Rail

Is this the world’s greatest advert for The Train?

From The CAS Team

Loughborough Derby Road – What was it and where has it gone?

– Compiled by Edward Kendall & Andy Carter

Interviewing London Reconnections For ULR

AudioSeptember 27, 2015August 23, 2016Andy Carter 1 Comment

Last week I interviewed John Bull, editor of arguably the city’s best known transport blogging site – London Reconnections for Underground London Radio. I spoke to him about LR‘s recent magazine release and what it is about transport that us Londoners find so captivating. You can listen to the interview in Episode 8 of Underground London Radio:

Underground London Radio is a weekly arts, culture, food, transport and music review show for the tube commuter. It’s hosted by Anthony Davis and produced by Victoria Hastings.

– Andy Carter