• UK 20mph Zones & LTNs: Transport Minister Open to More Limits (CityLab) • Discovery of Victorian network under city’s streets set new challenge for London Museum (The Guardian) • Inside & Underneath the Class 700: Video (National Railway Museum) • Tram Liège reaches the city centre for the first time (Urban Transport) • India built 700 km of new…
As Usual, It Was Political Sydney City Council wanted a Light Railway (tram) but State Transport Minister Laurie Brereton … … had a “better” idea. In order to support tourist development on the banks of the Darling River, he announced that there would be a Monorail. It opened in 1988 and was designed to be driverless – although the fully…
Hapless Happenings at Honiton Honiton Tunnel : Eastern Portal fbb arrived at Axminster station at 0950 to collect No 3 son off the 1003 arrival from Waterloo. Son was visiting for the holiday weekend and dear papa was surprised to see a train in platform 1. Trains in opposite directioins pas each other at Axminster just after each hour. They…
F Is For Ferry! Pictures of Sydney Harbour will often include the well known ferries painted green and cream. They offer an extensive networks of 10 routes … … all under thee auspices of the New Soth Wales Transport Authority and thus appropriately branded. They all operate out of Circular Quay … … meaning that interchange between ferry routes…
Operations Manager Location: Carousel Buses, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 5SG Apply by: 00:00, Sun 1st Sep Carousel Buses has a workforce of over 150 colleagues and operates around 90 buses. We provide local bus services in and around South Buckinghamshire radiating from High Wycombe, where our depot is located. Our buses serve a number of locations including Reading, Slough,…
With no need for government funding, independent rail retailers could generate significant additional revenue for the railways How and when to go from Saltburn-by-the-Sea to King’s Cross? I recently needed to get a ticket back home. So where do you start? Firstly, check one of the many so called ‘third party retailers’ (TPRs) – they often offer split…
The new government’s enthusiasm for public transport is encouraging – but ambitious modal shift targets are needed The transport sector is furthest off track to meet the UK’s carbon targets. New transport secretary Louise Haigh has moved quickly on public transport-friendly legislation – but will she succeed in persuading people out of cars? With Parliament soon to return…
I spoke to Marc Morgan Huws about his new role at Isle of Wight Steam Railway and tapping into the high-value leisure market Marc Morgan-Huws has worked in senior roles for Go-Ahead and First Bus There are few multi-modal transport professionals around, fewer still those who have traded roles in the bus sector for a preserved railway…
With a new government promising to ‘move fast and fix things’, I am excited about where public transport is now heading Manchester’s Metrolink tram has greatly improved public transport and attracted significant investment in regeneration projects At the start of the year, an MP said to me that the general election would be in June. I was…
Transport for Greater Manchester reveals a 5% increase in patronage on the first phase of Bee Network routes with revenues £3m ahead of budget Plans to improve performance at Tranche Two are underway Patronage on the first tranche of franchised Bee Network services in Greater Manchester has seen a consistent increase, with a 5% rise in passenger numbers…