Lyon Finesses NOT Lionesses … … apparently a football team having some measure of success internationally – although from the headlines you would think it was world shattering news. Meanwhile Lyon is a city in France. with a population very roughly the size of Edinburgh or Sheffield with the usual caveats about borders and definitions! The Transports en commun lyonnais…
Hexagon Leasing achieves “significant milestone” with move to new company HQ in Burton Hexagon Leasing is now operating from one large multifunctional site at Alrewas, Burton-Upon-Trent, encompassing its head office, rental services and used trucks offering. The new site is centrally located between Birmingham and Derby and offers improved accessibility directly from the A38. Alan Ellison, CEO of Hexagon Leasing…
Premier Paper makes switch to Renault Trucks thanks to new partnership with Hexagon Leasing Premier Paper, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of paper and material for print, has taken delivery of five new Renault Trucks T480 Turbo Compound tractor units from Hexagon Leasing. The company which operates a nationwide network of stockholding branches and a fleet of 120 vehicles,…
Diversion Disappointment Axe Valley Travel’s 899 is often diverted away from Branscombe. When Roger French was thus diverted je reported that the diversion was “only a short distance” via the A3052, Roger’s diversion is shown on the above map in GREEN. Whilst the mileage may be “short” it represents approximately one third of the total route length; and it leaves the long…
Branscombe Blocked! The direct route to Branscombe is not available to AVT buses as there is a 6ft width restriction, So buses have to turn north and run via a non-place called Woodhead. The road brings you out just past the “Hotel”, The Mason’s Arms. If you drive via “Vicarage” you arrive at the main central square of Branscombe ……
• How low cost airline subsidies are hampering the great modal shift (RailwayTechnology) • History of Heathrow Express, from WW2 plans, to the future (IARO) • Ireland’s Strategic Rail Review makes 30 proposals to greatly improve railway (RailwayGazette) • Some transport systems hide the network: The map is the network (CityWayfinding) • Four cities that put disabled travellers first: the…
It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time Using an historic variety of vehicles over the years … … fbb’s lovely little local bus company, Axe Valley Mini Travel (no longer actually “Mini”), has run route 899 between Seaton and Sidmouth. Whilst Stagecoach 9A (Seaton to Sidmouth and Exeter) … … follows the obvious main roads all the way, AVT…
Yesterday’s blog was published later in the morning. It was, as usual, fbb incompetence. The blog is republished below today’s offering for those that missed all the excitement. Re-Inventing The Wheel S N C F have come up with a spiffing new idea to serve “low use” branch lines. There is a video. Maybe we could copy the idea. Of course,…
More Stunning Engineering Yesterday, fbb looked at new engineering on the Forth and Clyde canal. There was the canal and the Kelpies at Grangemouth, the Falkirk Wheel linking to the Union Canal, bridges at Stockingfield Junction and rejuvenation and rebuild at Port Dundas in Glasgow itself. In passing we met two old aqueducts, one at Kirkintilloch and one at Stockingfield.…
• £14m in fines levied on TfL & TOL for Croydon Tram crash (RailwayTechnology) • UK announces £680m for Turkish high speed electric railway, but no UK benefit (LondonEconomic) • Northern expanding using classical music to curb anti-social behaviours at stations (RailTechnology) • 3 extensions in 4 years: The Paris M14 Métro line (RailTech) • Centerline, the surprisingly long history…