Monthly Archives: June 2023

Speakers announced for Zemo 20:Zero conference

Zemo Partnership’s 20th Anniversary Conference and celebration reception Zemo 20:Zero takes place on Thursday 15 June at City Hall, London. Supported by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, the event – called Zemo 20:Zero – has also been scheduled to coincide with national Clean Air Day 2023. It will review progress so far on the ‘Road to Zero’ in transport…

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Leighton Buzzard Looks Bigger

PLEASE NOTE : today’s blog suffered “technical difficukties” and has been split into tow with the rest to follow tomorrow – and with and explanation! And It Keeps Growing! The above cartographic concoction shows an immediate post WW2 town placed on top of a more recent map. It is this recent splurge that was servied by routes 32, 33, 34,…

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Head of Planning and Scheduling – Metroline

Head of Planning and Scheduling   A dynamic and ambitious company, Metroline is proudly serving one of the world’s busiest cities. Every day we strive to meet our customers’ expectations, be it through excellent service, a clean and presentable vehicle or simply getting you to your destination on time. We’re looking for a Head of Planning & Schedules to manage…

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L5 L6 Leading to Linslade

Half A Cheer For The NHS? fbb’s latest appointment for Maculae eye-stabbing was yesterday 0945 at Axminster Hospital. The letter arrived at fbb mansions yesterday at 1145! Thank fully Mrs fbb had contacted Axminster Hospital on Friday last who confirmed the unannounced appointment. Yesterday was also the second of the monthly duplicate Fellowship meetings. If this blog is inexplicably curtailed, you…

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Allstar improves fleet charging network with InstaVolt

Fuel payment firm Allstar has added charge point provider InstaVolt to its EV charging network, taking the Allstar network to over 11,000 charge points across more than 4,000 locations. InstaVolt operates over 1,000 public charging point and is aiming for a total of 10,000 rapid EV chargers by 2030. The company brings more than 500 locations and 1,100 chargers to…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 5 June 2023

• TfL to buy more Elizabeth line trains to serve Old Oak Common HS2 temp terminus (OnLondon) • Former High Speed Rail College to close at the end of July (BBC) • Public inquiry on inaccessible footbridge will be line in the sand say activists (DisabilityNews) • What are the small, new yellow diamond stickers on London buses? (DiamondGeezer) •…

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Monday Variety

A Welter Of Shelters Remember this poor litte reader unable to sit, unable to “perch” in the new too-small shelters at Ryde’s new too-small bus station? Well, senior correspondent Alan spotted these at Fishbourne ferry terminal as he left for a holiday in Cornwall. Four rustic shelters had travelled across as Wightlink passengers and were awaiting their taxi to who…

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Sunday Variety

L1 To LBR It will just be a 9 minute bus ride on the L1 from Leighton Buzzard station (at Linslade) to the eponymous railway. Thanks to the loopy route it is 19 minutes back to the station.  There is a very swish terminal building doubling as a community facility at Pages Park. The line is based on the industrial…

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L1 Lets Wonder Where It Runs!

Arriva Knows All? Arriva Knows Nothing! Here is the Arriva supervisor for Leighton Buzzard hard at work. There is no doubt that the D1 Dash Direct no longer dashes to Sandhills; it has been replaced by the L1 Lurching Indirect, as it happens.. fbb does wonder whether there were plans for more Ds dashing around Leighton Buzzard.  Instead, the new…

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