The twentieth Scottish Transport Awards took place on June 22 in Glasgow and you can read all about the winners in this official Souvenir Brochure. Click on the image below to view Scottish Transport Awards Book of Winners 2023. If you are viewing the site on a tablet or mobile device, tap here to view. The post Scottish Transport…
• Unusual London Overground trips possible this weekend (IanVisits) • TfL announces 10 Underground stations to be upgraded to step-free access (IntelligentTransport) • Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1964 South Manchester Blues & Gospel Train show: Video (ReelinInTheYears) • How the disused Wilbraham Road station was picked for the Blues & Gospel Train show (BBC) • Hagstrom – The Colossus of New York…
Another Blog, Another Tram! By now it is possible that fbb’s reader will have become tired of his adulation of european tram systems – yet here is another. This time we have five segment trams in a somewhat startling livery. They are in Angers. And it was this headline that drew fbb’s attention to the system. Firstly, fbb had no…
Gimmick or game-changer? Go North West’s driver recruitment campaign divides opinion, but if it succeeds others will follow Nigel Featham (centre) and his bus ‘pilots’ Talk to any bus bigwig and they’ll say that the challenge facing them is driver recruitment. Taking an innovative approach to attracting bus drivers is certainly not a recent phenomenon. As far back…
Public transport can bestow dignity on both a city and its citizens. Politics determines whether it does – and we need more of it Rosa Parks became an enduring symbol of the civil rights movement in the US. Pictured is a sculpture of her inside a bus at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis December 1, 1955:…
Rail industry launches long-anticipated consultation into proposals that could see the vast majority of railway station ticket offices closed The public consultation over the proposals will close on July 26 BY Andrew Garnett The Rail Delivery Group (RDG)confirmed perhaps the worst-kept secret in recent industry history on July 5 when it announced that train operators would start a statutory 21-day…
New research commissioned by Rail Partners reveals how competition among train companies is delivering results across Britain and Europe Lumo introduced competition on the East Coast Main Line A reinvigorated public-private partnership is urgently required to get Britain’s railways back on the track to growth. That was the plea this week from Rail Partners, which argues that the railway…
Issue 293 of Passenger Transport is published on July 14. Contents include: LEAD STORY ‘Put aside ideological battles and reform rail’New research commissioned by Rail Partners reveals how competition among train companies is delivering results across Britain and Europe NEWS EXTRA: Ticket offices RDG confirms plans for ticket office cullRail industry launches long-anticipated consultation into proposals that could see…
Avoid the headache of backache, and drive waste efficiency and productivity With tonnes of waste and materials continuously on the move, a busy warehouse is an environment that places tough demands on both workers and their equipment. Almost half of transport and storage workers report suffering with backache,1 and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are actually one of the most common work-related…
Station and platform floors have traditionally been unadorned, and only recently has their potential as a blank canvas for relaying information to passengers been utilised. The floor is the stage on which the drama of the station unfolds, the coming and going of passengers, the choice of passageways, the occasional lost individual or group, the stopping for a card top…