The Route 12 Terminus … … was always at the Hiker Cafe at the end of Broadway. Looks like a good place for a lunch! Yimmy, yummy! Here the buses (now MoreBus 70 and 80 amongst others) stop short of an earthwork called the “Double Dykes” But there is much more beyond, notably the lumpy bit, actually known as Warren…
Now It’s 70 And 80 Yesterday, we met the half hourly open top bus service from Alum Chine to Hengistbuty Head, now wrapped up in MoreBus routes 70 (RED) and 80 (YELLOW). Frankly, fbb finds the bit of the route from Chine to Bournemouth disappointing. Alum Chine is a wooded valley leading from urban housing down to the sea. The…
• Is renationalising more UK train services a viable strategy? (FutureRail) • Politicians’ cries of ‘The War on Cars’ fails to move voters (NewStatesman) • Brussels’ Good Move mobility plan cuts tram & bus delays by one to five minutes (CitiesToday) • See the never used Mersey Tunnel tram level: Video (What’sUnderneath?) • The world’s steepest railway: Video (RMTransit) •…
More Breezers from More Bus In writing about Hulleys new “Breezer” from Balow to Castleton … … fbb chose to ignore the Breezers operated by GoAhead’s MoreBus centred on Bournemouth and Poole. Since the bloodless takeover of the doomed Yellow Bus (ex Bournemouth Corporation Transport) the number and extent of these routes has increased somewhat. A A Milnes’ Winnie The…
Too Big For Little Jackie On her way home from school in Ryde, little eight-year-old Jacke decided to try out the seats in the small shelters at the new, small, Ryde bus station. But the seats were far too high for her to ascend Jackie was finally helped up by Alan, a much larger person. Our astute readers may have…
Blame The C M A? After his piece on the nonsense of multiple fares in Leicester, fbb was reminded of the dark hand of the C M A. This organisation hangs ominously over all industry and is feared by the larger bus companies. What does it do? Here is its own little video. In essence, the C M A forbids…
Over 50 golfers teed off for a great cause and raised £6,360 for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity at Wolverhampton logistics firm Pallet-Track’s annual golf day. The 17th staging of the event took place at Morley Hayes Golf Club in Derbyshire and featured 52 golfers from 14 teams, made up of colleagues from Pallet-Track’s headquarters, its network members and partner organisations. Taking…
• England rail passengers could lose WiFi access in DfT cost cuts (Guardian) • How train WiFi works & why it’s under threat in England (Guardian) • Effect of UK sustainable mobility policies on urban transport emissions & energy demand (Nature) • Some of London’s derelict railways and trains (DerelictLondon) • Abandoned train graveyard at collapsing maintenance depot: Video (Urbandoned)…
Three More For The Collection Arriva has a special “zone” for its 158 from Leicester to Nuneaton now in companionship with Stagecoach 148 which continues from Nuneaton to Coventry. By changing from Arriva to Stagecoach you get a 15 minute frequency between the two cities … … that is, if you don’t mind an enjoyable 15 minutes at Nuneaton bus…
Multi award-winning transport and logistics operator Mobile People Powered Logistics has announced that it has been certified as a Carbon Neutral Business under the UN’s internationally recognised calculation ISO 14064. This makes it, the directors believe, the only independent operator in the UK currently, and the first independent haulier and palletised delivery business in England and Wales, to achieve this…