What Is It? Here’s a clue … Yes, it is a rather sickly sweet chocolate bar from Cadburys … … a melange of goo, crunch and chocolate – and only about a million calories. But this is an atrociously bad piece of journalism – almost as bad as Brighton and Hove’s “new livery” video! 0 out of 10 Madeline plus…
Just a quick reminder to this interested that our monthly meetup is on Tuesday 11th July. For more details click ‘Monthly Meetup – 2nd Tuesday Evening in the City‘ at the top of the home page. The post Tuesday Meetup 11th July appeared first on London Reconnections.
Can You Pick ‘Em : Vehicles From Wickham From 1922, Wickham has produced a range of bespoke “utility” vehicles for railway use. Inspection trolleys … … and general engineering “staff transport”. Passenger vehicles were also commissioned, largely for “third world” operators. But, generally, if it ran on rails … … it could issue forth from the Ware factory. For most…
• Govt knows the value of London transport investment but withholds it anyway (OnLondon) • Behind the scenes of the National Railway Museum’s modernisation: Video (RailNatter) • Madrid launches its first bus rapid transit – BRT – service (CitiesToday) • The Sofia, Bulgaria Metro network (RandomRailways) • Before East Palestine rail fire: the more deadly Lac-Mégantic rail disaster: Nothing’s changed…
Timetables … They do like simple line diagrams in R A T P land and in the case of Tram T10 the diagram flies in the face of geography! And, as for timetables, NO CHANCE! R A T P call them “Fiches Horaires” (timetable sheets) which they most certainly are not. The T10 has FIVE different timetables. The first two…
Correction and Missed A Bit Between La Vallee and Petit Chatenay … … (two stops on Tram T10 mentioned yesterday) the line passes over a fairly innocuous railway bridge. In fact this is the TGV route south from Gare Montparnasse … … and on via Massy TGV. Stylish station … … stylish walkway … … and stylish trains! And the…
At First, It Seems Simple The latest arrival for the greater Paris tram network is T10 which starts at La Croix de Berny in the town of Antony to the south (ish!) of Paris City. Le carrefour de la Croix de Berny (above map, bottom left), à Antony et officiellement appelé Place du Général-de-Gaulle, est situé à l’intersection de la…
Definitely Slowertrack!! Supposedly speedy, the Fastrack B takes 28 minutes to amble from Bluewater to Gravesend whereas “normal” service 490 takes just 23 minutes. Whist the 480/490 just gets one colour on the map, the service runs in two distinct sections during the day. 480 runs from Dartford to Gravesend and Riverside Park whilst the 490 starts from Bluewater goes…
• That’s the end of the franchise era, then (RailNews) • Lambeth council latest to start emissions-based fees: paying double for parking (Guardian) • Global growth of light rail lines (UKTram) • Govt details how Fleetwood’s rail link will be restored using tram-trains (BlackpoolGazette) • Europe’s longest cycle tunnel, at 3km, opens to cut traffic in Bergen, Norway (EuroNews) •…
What Is Watling Street? As an old Northamptonian, fbb was familiar with Watling Street – it was the A5 that ran to the west of his home town. But what fbb had forgotten is that the famous Roman road ran through London to serve the Kent ports, notably Dover. We will be looking at two roads that run through Dartford.…