It’s Bluewater Innit? It started in 1999! If you want to go to Bluewater by train, you might try Greenhithe for Bluewater station. But you would probably want to catch a bus! Fastrack B will get you there. But let’s indulge in a little;e nostalgia. Once upon a time the village of Greenhithe sat happily on the lush and verdant…
Dutch multinational Janssen Group is continuing its drive into the UK market with the acquisition of Maltacourt Global Logistics. This is Janssen’s second acquisition in the UK logistics sector this year, following its takeover of Norman Global Logistics in March. Announcing the deal, Janssen Group described freight forwarding firm Maltacourt as a “highly respected and rapidly growing player” in the…
The Generation Logistics campaign, which aims to improve recruitment and retention in the logistics workforce, has won another year of government funding. The £300,000 of DfT funding – down 13% from last year’s £345,000 award – will be used to focus largely on raising the profile of logistics in schools and colleges, by supporting educators with resources and material. As…
Remember Superloop? It’s Mr Khans spiffing idea to have a limited stop bus service right round London sort-off following the North and South Circular roads – but it has a huge gap where the loopy route doesn’t cross the Thames on its Eastern flank. So it won’t be a proper loop let alone a super one! The section featured in…
• Tube pickpocketing up as police report stats (Standard) • The problem w/ Rowan Atkinson’s take on electric cars, is too many electric cars (LloydAlter) • The work of Tube fluffers, now called track cleaning teams, has evolved (BBC) • North America’s first platform screen door subways & métros: Video (RMTransit) • The ups & downs of the elevator industry:…
Is There A Link? The model railway world was surprised to hear the news that Simon Kohler was “retiring” from Hornby, a departure that happened at the end of May. He shot to fame with a wider audience as a star of two TV series entitled “Hornby A Model World” broadcast on the “Yesterday” Channel. Then we heard that Simon…
A Treetise On Trees (?) Part 1 Joyce Kilmer was (a) a bloke, (b) an American, (c) a poet and (d) a bit of a one hit wonder! He is remembered for a poem about trees. The sentiment is slushy, typically Victorian (penned in about 1900) and not very well thought of in serious poetry-loving circles. But fbb agrees profoundly…
Topless In Derbyshire. As a bus spotter, armed with your camera and notebook, you might choose to stand somewhere along the A623 between Baslow and Calver. You may choose to lurk outside Hulleys depot … … and watch the comings and goings whilst waiting for FOUR open top bus movements, (three northbound and one southbound) performed by THREE different open…
Trainee Schedule Compiler / Experienced Schedule Compiler Go-Ahead London is the largest bus operator in London, running approximately a quarter of London’s red buses on behalf of Transport for London. We have garages across South West, South East and East London, operating many of London’s most high profile bus routes. We are looking to recruit Trainee and Experienced…
SSE is to be the first utility to trial a hydrogen-powered vehicle from First Hydrogen – and put it to the test in real-life fleet operations. The vehicle, based at an SSE site in Aberdeen located next to a hydrogen fuel station, will be deployed with SSE engineers, enabling the company to experience refuelling times of within seven minutes. As…