Kinaxia Logistics has taken delivery of its first batch of tractor units powered by compressed natural gas as it moves towards having a net zero fleet across its national linehaul service. The company has invested over £2m in IVECO S-Way tractor units for its Primary division, replacing diesel vehicles in the fleet. Kinaxia’s Primary division serves a client base which…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 11 December 2023
• Brent Cross West station: The next stage in a long London journey (Dave Hill) • Passengers trapped on cold, dark trains as travel chaos hits west London (The Guardian) • South Western rail boss to become London’s 1st female transport commissioner (Evening Standard) • Reopening Tilbury Riverside railway station’s booking hall after three decades (Ian Visits) • Why 2023…
Dieselgate, but for trains: heavyweight hardware hacking (BadCyber)
A train manufactured by a Polish company suddenly broke down during maintenance. The experts were helpless – the train was fine, it just wouldn’t run. In a desperate last gasp, the Dragon Sector team was called in to help, and its members found wonders the train engineers had never dreamed of. In this story, we will take you on an…
Now That IS A Bus! …
… And It Comes From Bristol When fbb was a little sprog at Northampton Grammar School (form 2AL) a chum, Graham Askew, arrived one day with an alphabet poem. It began … A tor Horses B for Mutton C for Yourself D for Hard of Hearing … and continues similarly. Young Askew claimed his dad had written it – but…