• Unusual London Overground trip via Primrose Hill is possible this coming weekend (Ian Visits) • York’s original railway station to open to public for one Oct weekend only (The Railway Hub) • Heathrow Rail Link withdrawn (Rail Magazine) • Police use drones to catch teenagers who fired slingshots at Northern trains (Rail UK) • What lies beneath Sheffield Station?…
In response to the government announcement of £10.5 million of funding to prepare the Channel ports for new EU border checks (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-pledges-new-support-to-prepare-for-eu-border-checks#:~:text=Ahead%20of%20upcoming%20changes%20at,a%20new%20digital%20border%20system), Nichola Mallon, Head of Trade at business group Logistics UK said: “Logistics UK has welcomed the announcement of funding to help Channel ports prepare for the upcoming EU digital border system, but is pointing out that passengers using…
Almost 25 of the UK’s most pioneering van businesses have been shortlisted as finalists across five categories in Logistics UK’s prestigious Van Awards 2024. The winners will be announced during a gala lunch to be held at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham on Friday 13 September 2024, when the van sector will celebrate its achievements and gain recognition for the role it plays in…
Mercedes-Benz Dealer eStar Truck & Van won back the business of Manchester-based Hadfields Transport, thanks to the combined efforts of ‘dynamic duo’ Amanda Sivori and Tom Aitken. Aftersales Business Development Manager Amanda and Truck Sales Consultant Tom worked together to put in place all the assurances the operator needed, and convince Managing Director Scott Langridge to invest in his first…
Oh? Output Of Oodles Of Owners! Litchurch Lane is an unassuming turn off Osmaston Road, not too far from the centre of Derby. It used to be a convenient “rat run” to get you across to London Road; the Lane is seen on the map below as the yellow wiggly bit! Sadly for the rats, they can no longer run,…
The Answer’s A Lemon The Big Lemon , initially competing with Brighton and Hove Buses, later carved out for itself a business with wider environmental and community aims. Its areas of operation expanded to Bristol and the surrounding area. Today the company starts another innovative bus service right in the centre of Bristol City. It runs from The Dings (names are…
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…