Daily Archives: February 9, 2024

• Battery traction trial ahead as TransPennine Express fortunes improve (Railway Gazette) • New £2bn Edinburgh tramline to be put to public consultation (New Civil Engineer) • History of psychological tricks TfL trialed to make London’s tube faster (Wired) • Mind the Gap: Underknown Underground Mapmakers revealed (Bryars & Bryars) • Debunking the Bus that Does Not Stop (BusAndTrainUser) •…

Ecgbald’s Town** : A Bit Posh … … and largely under the control of the Calthorpe family who gave the land for the University. The family did not permit industrial development on their land, so it became a haven for the wealthier strata of Birmingham Society. ** Today we call it Edgbaston. Trams, transport for the “lower orders” did not…