Our companion article in this issue about the new Docklands Light Railway trains acknowledges the significant role of KeolisAmey Docklands (KAD) on the project and in delivering the DLR’s day-to-day service as Transport for London’s (TfL) Operations and Maintenance partner for Docklands Light Railway Limited (DLR), part of TfL. TfL / DLR owns the assets and, in safety certificate terms,…
A CHRISTmas Surprise In Portsmouth But only if you can find it! A popular family game at the Festive time id to send the kiddies off to hunt for something. It may be a real thimble, it may br a real live person; but the fun is looking and funding. You would think that a brand new service pattern in…
Choose the Right Answer : fbb’s Quiz Z , The Very End This quiz may be the most challenging of the three. Herewith some photos of “The Very End”, the terminus, of some well known bus routes. (??) Clues are given to the difficulty ones. Where you might meet Bill … … having ravelled Open Top from where? Now VERY “commercial”…
• Europe’s Best and Worst Railway Stations of 2023 (CityLab) • The BusAndTrainUser Awards 2023 (BusAndTrainUser) • London’s Most… (Diamond Geezer) • Camden tunnels: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • Berlin-Paris night train revived (Le Monde) • The Hyperloop was always a scam (Disconnect) • Vancouver’s short-lived Post Office tunnel (Eve Lazarus) • LAX’s Skylounge modular helicopter-bus system (LA Airways) Industry…
Day Two And a Colourful Quiz Y , Where, Who & Y ellow A coach company … … based in Rochdale, once. A ‘great” place where … … bananas once flew. Yellow buses … … operated by? Traffic lights Red Amber Green … … but where does Amber become Yellow? Yellow buses … … who owned them immediately before the doomed management…
Oddly, there are very few Public Transport topics involving the widespread use of an initial letter X. There is the all-pervading mystery of what actually IS a service with an X route number; and the bus company Xelabus; but … Instead of straining his festive brain … … fbb presents his mini-CHRISTmas funtime quiz part one … X A Cross …
It tastes like very weak Carnation an makes awful tea – but was VERY popular in Brum and is still consumed by many long term residents. The tram is much more up to date. Ir is fair to say that the Midland “Metro” (that is tram in real money) was less than roaring in the area of success. It ran…
• New TfL podcast celebrates 160 years of the London Underground (Rail UK) • New entrance to London Bridge station scrapped as development blocked (Murky Depths) • Is this a new era for high-speed rail in America? (Benjamin Schneider) • Mexican President Opens First Section of Mayan Train (Railway Age) • A live, real-time map of passenger train locations in…
V LR V ehicles fbb has blogged before about the proposals for Very Light Rail in Coventry. And there’s more from one of the Coventry big cheeses. So, in essence the VERY LIGHT vehicles run on very light track which is easy to install, a bit like a kid’s train set. Not only that, there is no need to dig deep or…
[LR does not condone drive-thrus as they are polluting, promote driving, and serve unhealthy food. Nonetheless the technology enabling the higher density & food serving logistics may find applications in more urban, pedestrian environments. LBM] The first-of-its-kind restaurant has multiple drive-thru lanes and uses a proprietary lift system to deliver food from the second-story kitchen right to your car. Can’t…