Brent Cross West station will be the first major new mainline station in London in over a decade. Positioned on the Midland Main Line between existing Hendon and Cricklewood stations, it will enable through-journeys from Bedford to Brighton, and will take as little as 12 minutes for passengers to connect from St Pancras International. At peak times, there will be…
ABAX, a leading player in the telematics industry, is proud to announce the successful acquisition of Movolytics, the Cambridge-based fleet management and tracking business. This pivotal move marks a substantial advancement in ABAX’s growth strategy within the UK, representing the business’s first acquisition in three years, and promising to amplify its revenue base by 50% in this key market. “The…
Unipart has become the first organisation ever to be recognised with a world-class safety, wellbeing and sustainability ‘treble’ by the British Safety Council. In addition to winning an 11th consecutive Globe of Honour for sustainability and two more Swords of Honour for safety, Unipart became one of the first organisations to win the inaugural Shield of Honour for world-class workplace…
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… But Don’t Go By Bus? We all want to save the planet – don’t we? Of ourse the planet will save itself as it has done for 26,000,000 years. It’s humanity we want to save. We all want to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels – don’t we? we’ll think about that when we have filled up our tank.…
A transatlantic research network is finding ways to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades as footbridges. As the government scales up wind farm development, the challenge of disposing of turbine blades when they reach the end of their lives is gaining urgency. Turbine blades are primarily made of glass fibre reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite materials. They are non-biodegradable and designed for…
Eurostar could face fresh rivalry on its cross-Channel train route. Just last month, new rail operator Evolyn announced plans to purchase a fleet of trains to serve the London to Paris line. Now Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of the Virgin Group, could also challenge Eurostar’s monopoly, UK newspaper The Telegraph reports. The project would see the British business magnate return to the…
… And What Has Changed? A closer look at services from Falkirk, now operated by McGills Midland Bluebird. For this blog we go to Grangemouth, a town known for its massive oil refinery. The refinery dominates the town … … provides significant amounts of employment and gives massive subsequent strength to the local economy. G rim or G ood in G rangemouth But…
Rail Reform Bill, aimed at legislating rail reforms, was included in last week’s King’s Speech but concerns linger about the pace of the process Winners celebate on stage at last week’s UK Bus Awards in London Go South Coast was named UK Bus Operator at this week’s UK Bus Awards in London. The Go-Ahead Group-owned company was also named…
Britain’s big cities should significantly increase public transport commuters to catch up with European counterparts, says Centre for Cities think tank The UK’s big cities outside of London are outliers and would need nearly one million (963,000) additional workers taking public transport to work to bridge the gap with other cities overseas The number of people taking public transport…