Welcome to Transported By Technology!
Hello! Thank you for reading my blog. I’m Mike, a technology professional (and soon to be studying part-time for a Masters degree) with a personal interest in travel and transport (particularly rail) – so this blog covers both sides of that – and sometimes links the two!
Blog Articles

Online security health check – staying secure when booking travel for 2021!
This article is something a bit different for the blog which I hope you find useful – see my footnote at the end of the


East West Rail – An Overview
Featured image: Oxford Parkway station shortly after opening (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Whilst all the media attention over the last few months has been on HS2


#WhyHS2 – A High-Level Overview
Earlier this month, work officially (in reality, preparatory work has been going on for some time now, particularly around the new London and Birmingham stations)


Is it possible to ‘Travel Safely (by rail) This Summer’?
Cover image: One of Greater Anglia’s new long-distance electric trains at Chelmsford station Over the last few weeks, the messaging around train travel has softened


Coronavirus and Aviation – What Next?
(Cover image – a British Airways plane waits on the runway at London City Airport. The airport is currently closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak,


Flying after Brexit – What you need to know
(Featured image: An Air Europa plane is pushed back from its stand at Zurich Airport, November 2019) In the first of a two-part blog series