• DfT mulls stripping HS2 Euston terminus to 7 platforms (NewCivilEng) • Great Train Robbery 2 sequel flops badly (RailwayTechnology) • Combatting the sound of the Underground in London (RailTech) • Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle auto-besity (Guardian) • Everything you need to know about Switzerland’s new double-decker trains (TheLocal) • Washington DC is sending…
Numbers Are Bigger In London The media was all over the news that the first new Piccadilly Line train has gone for testing in Germany. When first proposed, some of the ideas were a bit far fetched … … and just a little ugly! What finally emerged did away with the “snout” and produced something less controversial but still distnctive.…
Move over RER, Montréal’s new fully automated Réseau express métropolitain (REM)’s first segment has opened. Once fully completed, the REM line will link directly across Montréal Island north, south, and west. Essentially, a Regional Express Rail (RER) line, similar to those in Paris (but not as far reaching), and London’s Crossrail, but at a smaller scale. Closely spaced stations in…
Lyon Finesses NOT Lionesses … … apparently a football team having some measure of success internationally – although from the headlines you would think it was world shattering news. Meanwhile Lyon is a city in France. with a population very roughly the size of Edinburgh or Sheffield with the usual caveats about borders and definitions! The Transports en commun lyonnais…
Hexagon Leasing achieves “significant milestone” with move to new company HQ in Burton Hexagon Leasing is now operating from one large multifunctional site at Alrewas, Burton-Upon-Trent, encompassing its head office, rental services and used trucks offering. The new site is centrally located between Birmingham and Derby and offers improved accessibility directly from the A38. Alan Ellison, CEO of Hexagon Leasing…
Premier Paper makes switch to Renault Trucks thanks to new partnership with Hexagon Leasing Premier Paper, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of paper and material for print, has taken delivery of five new Renault Trucks T480 Turbo Compound tractor units from Hexagon Leasing. The company which operates a nationwide network of stockholding branches and a fleet of 120 vehicles,…
Diversion Disappointment Axe Valley Travel’s 899 is often diverted away from Branscombe. When Roger French was thus diverted je reported that the diversion was “only a short distance” via the A3052, Roger’s diversion is shown on the above map in GREEN. Whilst the mileage may be “short” it represents approximately one third of the total route length; and it leaves the long…
Branscombe Blocked! The direct route to Branscombe is not available to AVT buses as there is a 6ft width restriction, So buses have to turn north and run via a non-place called Woodhead. The road brings you out just past the “Hotel”, The Mason’s Arms. If you drive via “Vicarage” you arrive at the main central square of Branscombe ……
• How low cost airline subsidies are hampering the great modal shift (RailwayTechnology) • History of Heathrow Express, from WW2 plans, to the future (IARO) • Ireland’s Strategic Rail Review makes 30 proposals to greatly improve railway (RailwayGazette) • Some transport systems hide the network: The map is the network (CityWayfinding) • Four cities that put disabled travellers first: the…
It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time Using an historic variety of vehicles over the years … … fbb’s lovely little local bus company, Axe Valley Mini Travel (no longer actually “Mini”), has run route 899 between Seaton and Sidmouth. Whilst Stagecoach 9A (Seaton to Sidmouth and Exeter) … … follows the obvious main roads all the way, AVT…