All Change 2017 The closed line between Bad Bentheim and Coevorden was to be partly opened for passengers as far as Neuenhaus, one settlement north of Nordhorn. The passenger service started two years later. Most observers of the rail scene would expect some infrastructure improvements over and above the very basic set-up for freight journeys. They would be right! As…
We Know It Opened in 1910 … … and fbb has finally identified the station above that was celebrating. It was Nordhorn at which we now see less raucous “celebrations” in 1974 when the passenger service ceased. The final train was a whole five coaches long … … hauled ignominiously by a humble diesel shunter! Here is said train at…
Tees Valley Combined Authority has announced £7m in UK government funding as part of the Tees Valley Hydrogen Transport Hub for hydrogen projects to decarbonise the transport network in the northeast. Under the Innovate UK managed programme, recipients include over £2.1 million for the Tees Valley Hydrogen Vehicle Ecosystem (HYVE) Consortium, which will showcase the first large-scale deployment of hydrogen…
• Off-peak Friday fares trial to start for Tube and trains in London (BBC) • TfL’s battle against tube tunnel noise (IanVisits) • Martin Luther King’s Transportation Dream of Equitable Access to Mobility (Forbes) • Deutsche Bahn keen on Channel Tunnel trains (DW) • The Role of the Railway Heritage Trust: Video (DfT) • San Jose BART needs scaling down…
Three Stations To Enjoy Above is a model of Bad Bentheim station. It is manufactured by Busch … … and will cost you between 90 and 100 Euro! Here is the platform side of the model … …. and here it is, for real. The front … … has been poshed up a bit with a large glazed extension ……
From No 1 Son … Readers may remember that, when No 3 son was working in Basel, he often sent his old man tram and trolleybus pictures wherewith his papa had to identify the exact location. Some really hurt the fbb grey matter, but he usually succeeded; largely thanks to excellent public transport information in the Swiss city. So when…
Breaking News Bus watchers are in continuous amazement at the weird antics of First Bus. There was the surprise purchase of Ensign, reputedly to get its hands on the engineering business and extensive facilities at Ensign’s depot. The bus operation came as a bonus? Meanwhile GoAhead buys Dartline and Stagecoach buys Pullhams! Why, we wonder when these big groups are…
Issue 305 of Passenger Transport is published on January 26. Contents include: LEAD STORY Labour – ‘No more tinkering on the edges’With a general election drawing closer, shadow transport minister Simon Lightwood addressed bus and coach operators in London last week NEWS West Midlands probes bus ‘municipalisation’West Midlands Combined Authority examines options to acquire local bus operators alongside its…
• German union calls longest train strike in Deutsche Bahn’s history (Reuters) • Zurich 2040 plan approved to expand public transport network significantly (Urban Transport) • The Southern Heights Light Railway (Jago Hazzard) • Thank You For Your Feedback: The Problem with the Transport Community Feedback Process (Vice) • We Need to Address Noise Pollution in Cities: Video (Tim Chin…
Scottish Government pledged £500m – but has spent only £26.9m As recently as last October, Scotland’s minister for transport, Fiona Hyslop, told Passenger Transport that the Bus Partnership Fund was “a key area of investment” Formally launched in November 2020, Scotland’s Bus Partnership Fund was hailed as a “landmark long-term capital investment of over £500m for bus priority measures”.…