Remembering Semmering! During his recent researches, fbb came across a short black-and-white film reporting on the electrification of the mountainous railway line. The commentary was all in German and the technical terms were too much for fbb. But some of the pictures were fascinating. The film begins with some shots of the railway being built between 1848 and 1854, The…
In recent weeks, Transport Focus has been invited to industry stakeholder events to discuss all things important to passengers. It is positive that industry partners remain focussed on wanting to improve issues such as punctuality, reliability and overcrowding, as it is clear from our latest Rail User Survey that there is still a lot to do to raise satisfaction in…
PlatformSupermarket.com : A new business designed to streamline the sourcing of powered access platforms has launched this week, backed by leading UK powered access firm, Horizon Platforms. PlatformSupermarket.com will be a Dingli Authorised End User Dealer, and is set to transform how warehousing and logistics businesses procure and manage their access equipment. Customers will gain access to hundreds of cutting-edge…
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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…