Correction and Missed A Bit Between La Vallee and Petit Chatenay … … (two stops on Tram T10 mentioned yesterday) the line passes over a fairly innocuous railway bridge. In fact this is the TGV route south from Gare Montparnasse … … and on via Massy TGV. Stylish station … … stylish walkway … … and stylish trains! And the…
At First, It Seems Simple The latest arrival for the greater Paris tram network is T10 which starts at La Croix de Berny in the town of Antony to the south (ish!) of Paris City. Le carrefour de la Croix de Berny (above map, bottom left), à Antony et officiellement appelé Place du Général-de-Gaulle, est situé à l’intersection de la…
Definitely Slowertrack!! Supposedly speedy, the Fastrack B takes 28 minutes to amble from Bluewater to Gravesend whereas “normal” service 490 takes just 23 minutes. Whist the 480/490 just gets one colour on the map, the service runs in two distinct sections during the day. 480 runs from Dartford to Gravesend and Riverside Park whilst the 490 starts from Bluewater goes…
• That’s the end of the franchise era, then (RailNews) • Lambeth council latest to start emissions-based fees: paying double for parking (Guardian) • Global growth of light rail lines (UKTram) • Govt details how Fleetwood’s rail link will be restored using tram-trains (BlackpoolGazette) • Europe’s longest cycle tunnel, at 3km, opens to cut traffic in Bergen, Norway (EuroNews) •…
What Is Watling Street? As an old Northamptonian, fbb was familiar with Watling Street – it was the A5 that ran to the west of his home town. But what fbb had forgotten is that the famous Roman road ran through London to serve the Kent ports, notably Dover. We will be looking at two roads that run through Dartford.…
On Fait Ce Qui Est Necessaire Of course it helps to have a tradition of (a) spending money on transport projects and (b) having a tradition of building wide roads. Just over a week ago, the Paris region opened tram T10 filling a gap in the first 13 tram routes that serve the greater Paris area. Tram T12 is still…
An Open Letter To First Great Western Above is an example of the publicity you produce for the Tarka Line. You may not have heard of it, but it is one of yours. It runs every hour from Exeter to Barnstaple through some very pleasant country offering a huge range of walks and opportunities to explore quaint and interesting communities.…