By Bus To Palma Nova Sad to say, rather than flooding fbb’s in-box with pictures, timetables and maps, No 3 Son seemed to feel that he was in Palma Nova for a holiday! What better holiday can there be that riding around on an excellent network of red and yellow buses? The kids today? Sigh? So fbb had to work…
A Network That Makes Sense Yesterday’s blog ended with some video of the quaint tram that runs from the equally quaint railway station at Soller through even quainter town scenery to the Port of Soller. Oddly the train appears on the network map but not the tram! But this block of routs is numbered in the 2xx series – neat,…
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No 3 Son On Holiday The Balearic archipelago lies between Spain and North Africa. Of the four main islands the largest is what we used to call Majorca (Major – the bigger one) which sits alongside Menorca (Mini – the smaller one). There is also Ibiza and Formentara. The Catalan speakers have engineered their spelling to be standard so now…
Doubt Not The Information Provider! When the two extra passengers ran frantically up the ramp as they saw the Citylink 917 ready to leave, fbb did wonder whether an incorrect timetable posed in the Gift Shop at Eilean Donan Castle might be to blame. The old man was able to slightly enhance the poor quality picture he snapped in the…
Over The Sea To Skye Part 2 The normal itinerary for the fbbs excursion on the Friday (over a week ago – already!) would be by boat from Mallaig to Armadale then A851, right onto A87, across the bridge and on to Eilean Donan Castle. The ferry crossing was OK … … but rain clouds were looming. At the first …
Welcome to Scotland’s Buses 2023. This special publication from Passenger Transport places the spotlight on Scotland’s bus and coach industry and its partners, celebrates their achievements and considers the challenges they face. Published in association with CPT for a sixth time, this year’s edition incorporates the official Conference Workbook for the 45th annual CPT Annual Conference, which takes place at…
Passenger Transport teams up with Daniels The popular podcast Lunch with Leon is now produced in association with Passenger Transport. Launched in August 2020, this insightful podcast is now on its 77th episode. Each episode features half an hour of discussions between key transport industry figures and Leon Daniels, who was formerly Transport for London’s MD surface transport.…
The Transport Benevolent Fund has celebrated its 100th birthday. Like frontline staff, it should not be seen as a relic of of the past A train has been named ‘Transport Benevolent Fund CIO’ With the ludicrous proposals to close ticket offices and the obsession with de-staffing across transport, it’s unnerving to imagine what it will be like working…
It’s mind-boggling that the UK got rid of every urban tram system (except one). Let’s not take longer than we need to remedy that Like they never went away: Edinburgh’s tram extension to Newhaven Riding the tram as it rolled urbanely down Leith Walk a few weeks back, on the new extension of the Edinburgh Tram, reminded me…