Look! Tunnelling At Semmering Map of E59 road It might be easier to think of European “E” roads as “E” routes because they often use or even absorb existing trunk roads in various nations. Much of the E59 in Austria, and thus passing close by Semmering, is new build. We have met the E59 already on these blogs running sort-of parallel…
FirstGroup Energy Limited Invests £1m in KleanDrive to Accelerate Transport Decarbonisation Through Electric Repowering KleanDrive, a leader in the electric conversion of heavy vehicles, announces that FirstGroup Energy Limited, the dedicated energy investment arm of leading transport operator FirstGroup Plc (“FirstGroup”), is investing £1 million in its business to supercharge its pioneering work in converting existing diesel and petrol vehicles…
Next week’s US East Coast ports strike will disrupt global supply chains and could impact Christmas The international delivery expert Parcelhero is warning that a planned strike by US dockworkers in key US ports such as New York, Houston and Savannah will cause immediate disruption to US-UK trade and a strike lasting just two weeks could disrupt goods into 2025.…
Alexander Dennis, a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., one of the world’s leading independent global bus manufacturers, today announced that it has supplied two Enviro200 low-emission buses to Rotala Group for its Preston Bus operation. The new buses had been pre-built as stock and were delivered to Rotala just one week after the customer’s initial enquiry. This has allowed the…
Bus Travelling At Semmering Although Streetview doesn’t go to the railway station, the noddy car has been past the bus stop, and there is route 343. It is outside what once in times past would have been the Town Hall … …where you will now find the Tourist Information Office. Next door is a supermarket and an unexplained roadside obelisk.…
For some years, a known issue with the station at Old Oak Common currently being built has been that the trains on the Elizabeth line will call, or terminate, there yet there would be no level boarding. This is despite the fact that, to date, all newly-built stations for the Elizabeth line have level boarding. HS2 will have level boarding…
Ensuring that trains are available and operational throughout their service lives is essential for providing economical, successful rail transportation. The innovative solutions on display in the “Operations & Maintenance” exhibition area at InnoTrans 2024 (Main Hall 1.2, Booth 250) will show just how Knorr Bremse RailServices helps customers to sustain dependable rail mobility. Knorr Bremse will present attractive service models for improving…
The Train’s The Thing At Semmering The Semmering railway was constructed between 1848 and 1854. The construction features 14 tunnels (among them the 1,431 m summit tunnel), 16 viaducts (several two-storey) … … and over 100 stone arch bridges and 11 small iron bridges. The stations and the buildings for the supervisors were often built directly from the waste rock…
Logistics UK Response to Consultation on National Planning Policy Framework – Logistics Industry Needs Consistency and Commitment in Order to Thrive If the country’s logistics industry is to provide the economy with the productivity and profitability boosts it is capable of driving, it is imperative that the National Planning Police Framework (NPPF) is strengthened to recognise the needs of the…
University Upgrade Uplift There must be a huge number of bus managers and transport bloggers who are perennially excited by something. Sam Turner (of Sam’s Trains fame) is one such. But now he is joined by Robert Williams of Reading buses. His latest new bus route is upping his heart rate noiceably. fbb thinks (so possibly unreliably!) that, previously, service…