• Secret MI6 spy tunnels being turned into London tourist attraction (SecretLondon) • ÖBB & DB to double sleeper train traffic by 2030 (RailTech) • Can the Messina Bridge project cross the divide to Sicily? (Railway Technology) • 5 transit lessons from an American blogger’s Eurotrip (SYLee) • Lufthansa’s Austrian unit loses greenwashing lawsuit over jet fuel use (Bloomberg) •…
Political Posturing? The phrase was coined by Enoch Powell way back in the 1970s. Fiery Scotsman and MP Tam Dalyell … … repeatedly brought up “The Question” as the Devolution debate began to feature in Parliamentary business. Should, for example, Scottish MPs (e.g. from West Lothian), sitting in the House of Commons, be forbidden from voting on purely English business. …
Bee Network Starts (Sort Of) A chum emailed fbb earlier this week asking (Excitedly?) about “all these new bus services in Manchester”. GoAhead in particular has gone for this big time. The company have drafted in extra drivers from all points of their operating compass to ensure their bit of the franchise works without a hitch. And they have dressed…
By Bus To Palma Nova Sad to say, rather than flooding fbb’s in-box with pictures, timetables and maps, No 3 Son seemed to feel that he was in Palma Nova for a holiday! What better holiday can there be that riding around on an excellent network of red and yellow buses? The kids today? Sigh? So fbb had to work…
A Network That Makes Sense Yesterday’s blog ended with some video of the quaint tram that runs from the equally quaint railway station at Soller through even quainter town scenery to the Port of Soller. Oddly the train appears on the network map but not the tram! But this block of routs is numbered in the 2xx series – neat,…
• End ‘spiral of decline’ of bus services by handing control to councils (LocalGovt) • Nottingham’s multi-pronged approach to effective public transport (MobilityMatters) • Prague’s new minimalist pedestrian bridge (Domus) • How the US created the worst type of rail station: Video (AlanFisher) • Manila Metro’s limited accessibility facilities fails persons with disabilities (Rappler) • China reviving its first urban…
No 3 Son On Holiday The Balearic archipelago lies between Spain and North Africa. Of the four main islands the largest is what we used to call Majorca (Major – the bigger one) which sits alongside Menorca (Mini – the smaller one). There is also Ibiza and Formentara. The Catalan speakers have engineered their spelling to be standard so now…
Doubt Not The Information Provider! When the two extra passengers ran frantically up the ramp as they saw the Citylink 917 ready to leave, fbb did wonder whether an incorrect timetable posed in the Gift Shop at Eilean Donan Castle might be to blame. The old man was able to slightly enhance the poor quality picture he snapped in the…
Over The Sea To Skye Part 2 The normal itinerary for the fbbs excursion on the Friday (over a week ago – already!) would be by boat from Mallaig to Armadale then A851, right onto A87, across the bridge and on to Eilean Donan Castle. The ferry crossing was OK … … but rain clouds were looming. At the first …
Welcome to Scotland’s Buses 2023. This special publication from Passenger Transport places the spotlight on Scotland’s bus and coach industry and its partners, celebrates their achievements and considers the challenges they face. Published in association with CPT for a sixth time, this year’s edition incorporates the official Conference Workbook for the 45th annual CPT Annual Conference, which takes place at…