DPD UK Accelerates Towards Net Zero with Electric Fleet & Green Innovation Sustainability Update Parcel company DPD UK confirmed in July that it is on target to deliver a 46% reduction in emissions by the end of 2024, equating to a total reduction of 167,664 tCO2e from the 2020 baseline. A third of its final mile van fleet is now…
Final Call for Future Trailblazer Nominations
People of packaging, this is your final chance to get those making waves in your businesses and networks the recognition they deserve, as the deadline for entries to the next Future Trailblazer Awards has been confirmed for 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 10th, 2024. Launched in 2024 by event organiser Easyfairs in partnership with IOM3 and Mercury Search & Selection, the Future…
Monday’s Friday Reads – 4 October 2024
• Local businesses want all of Soho to be pedestrianised (TimeOut) • Highland Mainline to run no trains between Inverness and Perth for 4 weekends (Inverness Courier) • Less ‘crush and rush’? Euston changes bring air of calm but station still unloved (The Guardian) • Birmingham’s New £60m Railway Project: A Look At The Camp Hill Line: Video (SomeNorthLondoner) •…
Weekend Varuety 2
The Big Lemon Squeezed! It would appear that the Brighton operator, famed for its community work and environmental principles, is in trouble. Apparently the company is short of vehicles “due to problems with a supplier“. The local press has outlined the situation and the current interim solution. A shortfall of £400,000 in their tender business looks like a deeper problem…
Weekend Variety 1
Google Messes Up For reasons only know to the program writers at Google, who do not live in the real world, the evil “bots” decided that yesterday’s blog contained offensuve of dangerous material. It didn’t! But the mega computers at Google decided that anyone wanting to read about Nice Airport had to log in afresh via Google. This may have off-put…
Journey’s End – Nice Airport (mini 2)
At Last He Can Buy A Ticket We left No 3 son at Cannes station working his way through the electronic examination he would have to pass (pass mark 100%) in order to persuade S N C F to accept his money and provide him with a ticket. 7.20 Euros was his utterly obvious choice! But next … … his…
New Regional Director for the Humber takes the helm
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) is delighted to welcome Andrew Dawes to the position of new Regional Director, Humber. A highly respected maritime executive, Andrew joins one of the UK’s major ports operators, at an exciting period as the four Humber ports evolve to sustain green energy needs. Andrew Dawes, Director of the Humber ports said: “This is an incredible time…
Friday Reads – 1 November 2024
• End of “Euston Rush” as train companies improve boarding announce times (Ian Visits) • TfL seizes 1,400 vehicles from drivers who ignore Ulez fines (Guardian) • Local businesses want all of Soho to be pedestrianised (TimeOut) • Bow Goods Yard Freight & Logistics Masterplan Approved (Rail Technology) • MTA looking to dig tunnel under Queens cemetery for IBX rail…
Didcot To Newbury (1)
Today, The X34 But Then, A Train If you were to visit the Didcot Railway Centre, you might spot this sign for a station on the long-closed branch line between Didcot and Newbury. Moreover, if you explore east from Didcot Parkway station, you might come across the Jubilee Way roundabout. Just to the west of Jubilee Way and courtesy of…
Out now: Issue 324 of Passenger Transport
Issue 324 of Passenger Transport is published on November 1. Contents include: LEAD STORY Budget brings relief – and disappointment Chancellor faced criticism for raising England’s bus fare cap from £2 to £3 and increasing rail fares by 4.6% while retaining the 5p fuel duty cut NEWS South Yorkshire lifts lid on bus franchising plan Major investments,…