• New video shows the nearly finished Brent Cross West station (IanVisits) • UK storm Babet reignites calls to revive Okehampton-Bere Alston line (RailTech) • What to do with the disused City Widened Lines tracks: Video (JagoHazzard) • Volunteers redigging a 7-mile canal in Lichfield: Video (CruisingTheCut) • Mind-blowing facts about the GM Aerotrain (Trains) • Moonbase Alpha Travel Tube…
Mercedes-Benz Vans Announces UK Pricing & Specification For the New eCitan
The new Mercedez-Benz eCitan – the most highly-equipped vehicle in the small van segment, with technology and specifications designed to enhance range efficiency, reduce downtime and maximise safety. Combined WLTP all-electric range of up to 176 miles1 and rapid DC charging from 10-80% in 35 minutes.2 Available in panel and crew van variants with a choice of two lengths and two…
Is It A Bus : Is Ir A Car? Is It A Train (1)
Nothing New Under The Sun? This is from a new company as per its promo video. Really? Lets go back to the 1930s. Rail vehicles that worked much like a bus with a driver and a diesel engine, began to spread throughout the world’s rail networks. Sweden Italy Hungary India Ireland and, slightly more recently than any of the the…
How much TfL can learn about us from mobile data (JamesO’Malley)
It’s a well known maxim in the tech industry that if you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product. We get to use incredible services like Gmail, Facebook and Twitter1 for free – and in return, the big tech firms sell access to our eyeballs to advertisers2. But this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, even when we pay for a…