Fluent Commerce has announced the appointment of Wendy Zveglic as its new VP of Engineering. Wendy brings with her extensive experience from her previous role at Salesforce where she was Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering responsible for delivering the company’s Marketing Technology solutions for various sectors. As VP of Engineering at Fluent Commerce, Wendy will be leading the product development team…
Tesco Tunnel : Truth Told – Part One Gerrards Cross station is at the foot of a cutting with a sloping access called, imaginatively, Station Approach. Frankly, the station hasn’t changed much since the picture below was taken in 1906. It is much the same back in the days of sombre and boring all-over blue diesel unts There is quite…
Wren Kitchens saw a massive increase in defect reporting – and a corresponding improvement in the speed of fault rectification – as a result of using the Truckfile Driver App. Wren, based in Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, has been using Truckfile since 2021. Latest figures show that following an initial leap in recording efficiency, gains have continued to rack up. More…
Chivas Brothers, one of Scotland’s leading Scotch whisky producers and makers of Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet, has announced the delivery into service of Scotland’s first on-road all-electric tractor unit in partnership with electromobility market leader Volvo Trucks. The truck is a Volvo FM Electric 6×2 tractor unit pulling a tri-axle box van trailer and operating at up to 44…
Lidl GB has announced that it is recruiting over 1,500 warehouse colleagues across its existing regional distribution centre network, while confirming plans to build a new RDC on a 35-acre site in Gildersome, Leeds. The plans submitted to Leeds City Council for a 54,000m2 build represent a significant investment. The discounter estimates this new RDC would create over 400 job…
Access Upgrade 2 It is obvious to any reader that there is insufficient room in the existing booking hall at Peckham Ryde station to fit new staircases, an extended gate line and lifts to all platforms. There ain’t the room, mate! But, of we look carefully at the pictures fbb posted yesterday … … we can see the shadowy shape…
• Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways? (NewStatesman) • 10 year perspective on what has been achieved with London’s cycling (OnLondon) • Modern fare dodgers leave a trail of digital breadcrumbs says Digital Fraud Squad (RailUK) • E-scooters are good, Britain should legalise them: Opinion (JamesO’Malley) • People Mover inventor John Parry dies aged 85 (RailMag) • Blocked crossings…
Access Upgrade Time was when all stations on the network had a station plan with index, codes and photos of key facilities. As is happening every where in public transport, the quality of these guides has been declining until they are now almost useless. Such is the current situation at Peckham Rye. Under the generic heading fof “maps” there are…
Hidden And Forgotten The consequences of Peckham Rye station’s being hidden “round the back” are obvious even today. It is not an attractive approach for any passenger wishing, foolishly, to use the train. Here is the entrance from the south … … and the entrance from the north … … and looking back along the shopping arcade facing east! And…
Impeccable Peckham Rye Rises (1) Were you to approach Peckham Rye station from the obvious town centre entrance you would be in Rye Lane. It’s a dump! fbb has never been there and, on the evidence above, never will. Peckham was the fictitious home of Derek and Rodney Totter and Uncle Albert (previously Grandfather) and their dodgy business carried out…