Whatever Happened In Macclesfield? Readers may have been mystified that, about a week ago, fbb promised to tie up the consequences of Arriva’s closure of its Macclesfield depot. The replacement services from D&G/Centrebus took some time to resolve as the negotiations with the bit of Cheshire doing the tendering were somewhat protracted. These were eventually resolved and a splendid new…
Paris Proposed “Prolongement” Proceeds That blue blob (above map upper left) is at Mantes-la-Jolie, a community about 55km from central Paris – about the same track distance as Guildford is from London. Here is its station from days past … … and Station Square opposite with the arrival of the evil and terrifying motor vehicles! The caff above on the…
The Logo Returns fbb thinks it used to stand for Est Ouest Ligne Express and was the initial brand for Paris R E R line E, the fifth such to be created. The name was dropped once the line opened in 1999 and it became simply RER E. But the “L” now seems to mean “Liaison”, “link”. That is because…
Va à l’Ouest Jeune Homme Assuming that our readers’ ability to understand spoken French is not of the highest standard, let us look at the “Ouest” extension of RER E without linguistic challenges. Stage One is from Haussmann St Lazare to La Defense in tunnel and coming up for air at Nanterre-la-Folie. A station is being built under the roundabout at…
But First At 1500 yesterday Evri has managed to “got” the parcel, presumably “not got” on Monday, when it was handed over, due to the proliferation of Public Holidays in May. The sender is based in Haywards Heath, so the sender’s “local depot” might well be in Birmingham! But it is happening and fbb is looking forward to “gotting” it…
But First … It duly arrived at 1215 yesterday … … thanks Paul. Also sent via e-mail was a before … … with the consequences of some fbb mishandling and after … …with the new screen firmly in place. No 3 son also sent a couple of shots of the innards of the laptop … … and (possibly, fbb has…
Powering Up Britain document concentrates disproportionately on energy matters with transport relegated to the sidelines Rishi Sunak visited Culham Science Centre last week Powering Up Britain. And Levelling Up too. So much weight on one preposition. So many hopes. So much disappointment. Powering Up Britain, the document, published by the government last week setting out their plans to…
Vernon Everitt, Greater Manchester’s Transport Commissioner, believes that the Bee Network will transform the city region’s transport system Everitt: ‘Bee Network about delivering growth’ Vernon Everitt, Greater Manchester’s transport commissioner, told Transport Focus board members last week that the region was on the cusp of “something genuinely transformational” as it moved to begin rolling out the fully integrated Bee…
Greater support and more consistent funding is needed to deliver vision of the Bus Back Better strategy, Transport Committee tells government Iain Stewart:’many of the strategy’s ideas were on the right track’ Two years on from the launch of the National Bus Strategy for England, MPs on the Commons Transport Committee have expressed concerns about the pace of delivery.…
The Deutschland-Ticket will slash travel costs and accelerate digitisation, but it’s an enormous task Public transport in the town of Ausburg, Bavaria By Marc Bichtemann Pay £43 a month and have unlimited use of all local and regional public transport in the country. Sounds like a good offer? Dear reader, I present to you the Deutschland-Ticket.From May 1, 2023, Germany…