Another fbb Bludner In yesterday’s blog the above timetable was incorrectly shown shown as 88. It should have been 304, the same as the 1973 route number. The operator is Centrebus and yesterday’ blog was corrected at 1015 (yesterday!) Service 88 between Hitchin and Luton the wiggly way … … was service 364/364A in the 1960s but did not appear…
The UK government has announced a £10.5 million funding package to support the Port of Dover, Eurostar, and Eurotunnel in preparing for the European Union’s upcoming Entry/Exit System (EES), a digital border system set to be introduced this autumn. The EES will require travelers from the UK and other non-EU countries to register at the border by providing their fingerprints…
• Hatfield remembered, twenty years on (Rail Engineer) • Congestion and curves – challenges in constructing HS2 in the Chilterns (Ian Visits) • Learning to Drive a Train with GB Railfreight: Video (Jago Hazzard) • Waiting for the Bus in New York City is Hot & Miserable. Here’s Why. (NASA / Transportation Alternatives) • Japan to Restart Rare Hovercraft Ferry…
An fbb Bludnet – Nay A Howler! Above is all tht is left of the now-closed hospital in Hitchin. Until 1972 it was called The Lister Hospital. In 1964 is was served by a London country bus route 808 as duly recorded in yesterday’s blog. In that fateful year of 1972, the hospital in Hitchin was renamed as The Hitchin…
Of Fond Memory It was, fbb thinks, Neddie Seagoon (Harry Secombe, right) who began the dialogue with Eccles (Spike Milligan, left):- Seagoon : This is my plan of attack. Eccles : It looks like a nail to me. Seagoon : No it’s a plan of a tack. Ah, they don’t write sruff like that any more! fbb’s plan of attack…
Swissport International AG, the global leader in airport ground services and air cargo handling, has achieved ISO 45001 certification across its global network, demonstrating its unwavering commitment to safety and operational excellence. Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), a leading global certification body, has granted ISO 45001 certification to Swissport International following a comprehensive assessment of its Occupational Health and Safety Management System…
A Reminder Of Failure It only seems a day or two ago, such is the deceptiveness of old age, but it was on 22nd July that fbb began his abortive look at London’s Country Buses (the green ones) aiming to compare frequencies and routes with today’s network. Inadequately resourced, the blogging project proved undeliverable and the old man cringed at…
Over half (57%) of UK van drivers still physically check their mobile phones while driving1, according to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles research. This is despite the most recent update to Regulation 110 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, banning the use of all handheld devices behind the wheel and an increased fine of £200 fine and six penalty…
Guangzhou, perhaps more familiar by its anglicised name of Canton, is a port megacity in Southern China. It sits alongside Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and several other cities in the Asian economic powerhouse that is Pearl River Delta, its metropolitan population of 32 million making up over a third of the Delta’s 86 million inhabitants. An important hub for the movement…
Particular Problem with Parking Most readers will be familiar with how a model railway “point” (a k a “turnout”) ensures that a train can move from one line to another. Essentially the two blades slide across creating (in the above example) a curved route instead of a straight route. But it is not so easy with a monorail where there…