Issue 296 of Passenger Transport is published on September 8. Contents include: LEAD STORY TfL records highest ridership since CovidAugust Bank Holiday Weekend saw a near 10% increase in bus travel on the equivalent weekend last year, with Tube journeys seeing a near 6% rise NEWS West Midlands unveils rail investment strategyThe West Midlands Rail Executive’s comprehensive 2022-2050 investment…
• UK rail industry deeply frustrated by Network Rail’s extensive domestic air travel (RailTech) • Family Friendly Train operating companies Scorecard 2023 (FamilyFriendlyTrains) • Reuse of Philly’s City Branch downtown tunnel & RoW for transit is unlikely (WHYY) • Gotthard Base Tunnel preliminary report confirms crash details (RailwayTechnology) • Ideas not just infrastructure: What the US could learn from the…
Where What When – And Why? (1) Heathrow is big and all the statistics are big! Heathrow is the largest single-site employer in the UK. More than 76,000 people work at the airport – and many more nearby. In total, Heathrow supports 114,000 local jobs. It accounts for 22% of local employment. In 2022, London Heathrow Airport handled approximately 61.6…
Vehicles sold because of concerns over particulate traps A Phil Anslow bus in Cwmbran A bus operator is selling two of its Euro 6 buses because of concerns over the vehicles’ particulate traps when 20mph becomes the default speed limit on restricted roads in Wales. However, an experienced bus engineer told Passenger Transport there was no need for Welsh…
August Bank Holiday Weekend saw a near 10% increase in bus travel on the equivalent weekend last year, with Tube journeys seeing a near 6% rise TfL is now hoping to maintain upward momentum as autumn approaches New ridership figures from Transport for London have revealed a record number of public transport journeys since the Covid-19 pandemic. The August…
Initially set up to procure the Wales and Borders rail franchise, Transport for Wales will be tasked with nurturing a ‘multi-modal culture in Wales’ Toon Tour, the sightseeing bus service across Newcastle and Gateshead has become the winner of the inaugural UK Open Top Bus Cup, sponsored by Ticketer. This follows its victory in the Final against New…
Sometimes we hear that transport is in a dire state, other times the sector is hailed as heroes.The truth is somewhere in between I’ve had a right royal shindig of a past month or so, on and off trains and buses, in all parts of the UK. I’ve clocked up more miles than Phileas Fogg and if the…
Rishi Sunak seems to have concluded that adopting macho anti-environment policies across the board could be a vote winner Last week the PM took a helicopter to Norwich to meet housebuilders Taylor Wimpey and announce that water protection measures need to be swept away Opportunist. Unprincipled. Shameful. Shameless. Desperate. Choose your adjective to describe the full frontal attack…
“Florida has North America’s best passenger rail service.” That was my thought after riding Florida East Coast Railway’s Brightline passenger rail service which runs between Miami and West Palm Beach. Unfortunately, I also experienced what it’s like to be delayed when a Brightline train hits a trespasser, which is unfortunately a frequent occurrence. Fort Lauderdale Station to Miami Central Fort…
More Magnificent Maps (Well, One More) Heathrow Area Bus Diagram It looks as if someone has found this map somewhere at the back of an electronic cupboard and included it to be helpful. It isn’t! It claims to be ..,. … but there is no page 2! It offers a link … … which simply takes us back to where…