Passengers travelling by train in England have just experienced another week of ‘action short of a strike’ – in other words an overtime ban – by members of the train drivers’ union Aslef. As a result, some train companies have scaled back the timetable – for instance running hourly instead of half-hourly. And passengers have still faced cancellations on top…
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Numbers Are Bigger In London The media was all over the news that the first new Piccadilly Line train has gone for testing in Germany. When first proposed, some of the ideas were a bit far fetched … … and just a little ugly! What finally emerged did away with the “snout” and produced something less controversial but still distnctive.…