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Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains.<\/span><\/p>\n Really?<\/p>\n Well, that is what the company has been saying.<\/p>\n But Alstom seems to think diffetently.<\/p>\n\n <\/p>\n The German rail operations have be4en sold to Austrian State Railways (OBB) which will now compete for contracts (in Germany) with German State Railways.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n Spaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n Te wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n Any new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n There might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n Notable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n
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![<\/a><\/div>\nOver the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nEven starting in 2025. That would be some going!<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nAnd Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service.<\/div>\n\nReally?<\/p>\nWell, that is what the company has been saying.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt all seems pretty much cut and dried.<\/div>\n\nBut Alstom seems to think diffetently.<\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\nMaybe a better turn of phrase would be that Alstom have signed an agreement with Evolyn that IF and WHEN<\/span> Evolyn are in a position to buy new trains, they will buy from Alstom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNot quite the same is the Sky News headline, eh?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo Ahead Selling<\/span><\/div>\nSeemingly some global interests are beyond the interest of UK bus batons. Go Ahead operates trains in Germany an Norway .<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo-Ahead secured its first contract in the German rail market in November 2015 to operate several regional rail lines in the vicinity of Stuttgart; it took over services from the incumbent operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) on 9 June 2019. Multiple other contracts to operate other passenger services, such as in Munich and Lindau, have been awarded in the following years. Go-Ahead Deutschland has procured a mixed fleet of Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units (EMUs) and Siemens-built double-decker EMUs to operate these services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell, not any longer!\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe German rail operations have be4en sold to Austrian State Railways (OBB) which will now compete for contracts (in Germany) with German State Railways.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhVQyk5lV-QR-fDC4poH3a9PYHAn_TkUNRbkXpcUmqX_Q9wQITUrCSy9a2FsaWRgvphdggd_ZFKV-iNQ0fNtUSRWJkLH5ugaTWvHAwKhaHwNWCBX6dreoWlDYa0kHO9dUEyyx8RC3r75PYVWatgrxCkvns6kbJdgdMbqmf6qmId2sZqB7wnIQdhXUPCfu2E\/s585\/Screenshot_20231014-120740.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nEven starting in 2025. That would be some going!<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nAnd Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service.<\/div>\n\nReally?<\/p>\nWell, that is what the company has been saying.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt all seems pretty much cut and dried.<\/div>\n\nBut Alstom seems to think diffetently.<\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\nMaybe a better turn of phrase would be that Alstom have signed an agreement with Evolyn that IF and WHEN<\/span> Evolyn are in a position to buy new trains, they will buy from Alstom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNot quite the same is the Sky News headline, eh?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo Ahead Selling<\/span><\/div>\nSeemingly some global interests are beyond the interest of UK bus batons. Go Ahead operates trains in Germany an Norway .<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo-Ahead secured its first contract in the German rail market in November 2015 to operate several regional rail lines in the vicinity of Stuttgart; it took over services from the incumbent operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) on 9 June 2019. Multiple other contracts to operate other passenger services, such as in Munich and Lindau, have been awarded in the following years. Go-Ahead Deutschland has procured a mixed fleet of Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units (EMUs) and Siemens-built double-decker EMUs to operate these services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell, not any longer!\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe German rail operations have be4en sold to Austrian State Railways (OBB) which will now compete for contracts (in Germany) with German State Railways.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEijIYSQSxa8n1awDvTxmsTnE35V1mHn0GHSSgML6z1gF6ltPqhtXpvYT2dp6SaZZ0JQGnwTNjKApV78RZS7Pk2zor5YAkCCcgPXkCJyUYcE_bBqlj4DLymyCxaCJ2RCCx3xWUg2do18FY_LGoniG9AqnZVwI7VzEJhehlES5rLvw869zMauD2nJm6CdICal\/s720\/Screenshot_20231014-120710.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nAnd Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service.<\/div>\n\nReally?<\/p>\nWell, that is what the company has been saying.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIt all seems pretty much cut and dried.<\/div>\n\nBut Alstom seems to think diffetently.<\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\nMaybe a better turn of phrase would be that Alstom have signed an agreement with Evolyn that IF and WHEN<\/span> Evolyn are in a position to buy new trains, they will buy from Alstom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNot quite the same is the Sky News headline, eh?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo Ahead Selling<\/span><\/div>\nSeemingly some global interests are beyond the interest of UK bus batons. Go Ahead operates trains in Germany an Norway .<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo-Ahead secured its first contract in the German rail market in November 2015 to operate several regional rail lines in the vicinity of Stuttgart; it took over services from the incumbent operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) on 9 June 2019. Multiple other contracts to operate other passenger services, such as in Munich and Lindau, have been awarded in the following years. Go-Ahead Deutschland has procured a mixed fleet of Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units (EMUs) and Siemens-built double-decker EMUs to operate these services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell, not any longer!\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe German rail operations have be4en sold to Austrian State Railways (OBB) which will now compete for contracts (in Germany) with German State Railways.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiMBvkaqH5QZCTNj_7UIaP6RfLen3pQ2ZZ-sQVKnclLOzU7cZ0WPwQzBWVtxp8sPoNjhpTilM4fkLiUAPz-R9ExHjICtAEGMhw4_lwragHe0mtjs-Ixvhqorc18XR6KYl_RSEFPOxekWX9_hpfSLXEO-7nYkEZXiTx0SwZkjZqimfEbAbM0T6Wr7R_tiImf\/s675\/Screenshot_20231014-120659.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nIt all seems pretty much cut and dried.<\/div>\n\nBut Alstom seems to think diffetently.<\/p>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\nMaybe a better turn of phrase would be that Alstom have signed an agreement with Evolyn that IF and WHEN<\/span> Evolyn are in a position to buy new trains, they will buy from Alstom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNot quite the same is the Sky News headline, eh?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo Ahead Selling<\/span><\/div>\nSeemingly some global interests are beyond the interest of UK bus batons. Go Ahead operates trains in Germany an Norway .<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo-Ahead secured its first contract in the German rail market in November 2015 to operate several regional rail lines in the vicinity of Stuttgart; it took over services from the incumbent operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) on 9 June 2019. Multiple other contracts to operate other passenger services, such as in Munich and Lindau, have been awarded in the following years. Go-Ahead Deutschland has procured a mixed fleet of Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units (EMUs) and Siemens-built double-decker EMUs to operate these services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell, not any longer!\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe German rail operations have be4en sold to Austrian State Railways (OBB) which will now compete for contracts (in Germany) with German State Railways.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEg6GHu1QA29-OJTCHdC12kChem9lqaejbThce4uTle_klpiA2j7b2pdjjjq6X6Gf48vm57swoBmRyUyHtQl2YZfvqa1F_WF_pGl3c9tOyp1OpAEjOLwuen5laeBDBrXPoMhJnkIc06-h8rjxO_9kATQaQn2Y4US5j6P2dbo4VR3CXJkxzThQyurmjCrCg8G\/s1025\/Screenshot_20231014-171416.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\nMaybe a better turn of phrase would be that Alstom have signed an agreement with Evolyn that IF and WHEN<\/span> Evolyn are in a position to buy new trains, they will buy from Alstom.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNot quite the same is the Sky News headline, eh?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo Ahead Selling<\/span><\/div>\nSeemingly some global interests are beyond the interest of UK bus batons. Go Ahead operates trains in Germany an Norway .<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGo-Ahead secured its first contract in the German rail market in November 2015 to operate several regional rail lines in the vicinity of Stuttgart; it took over services from the incumbent operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) on 9 June 2019. Multiple other contracts to operate other passenger services, such as in Munich and Lindau, have been awarded in the following years. Go-Ahead Deutschland has procured a mixed fleet of Stadler Flirt electric multiple-units (EMUs) and Siemens-built double-decker EMUs to operate these services.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWell, not any longer!\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe German rail operations have be4en sold to Austrian State Railways (OBB) which will now compete for contracts (in Germany) with German State Railways.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiQu1BZbHwaJKMVsHX9DTpTbNDevjk6pX_6JuqsXZj5shr4Mw9Fk-YdcHWiIbY-5zjt01Cga8kQ-KexjDZ4SuEfkLCVSZMOmNeeiJkIGzQKlZrX9bTCC_kv6_PuglFXB-NwGat-GGSxf_hZmNTNLrHjOO-FWVGzgmsoJnBHk8rrtCMs8Q1pLSSQXjMTxjc6\/s798\/Screenshot_20231014-120327.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nThe German rail operations have be4en sold to Austrian State Railways (OBB) which will now compete for contracts (in Germany) with German State Railways.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEijXiogpmhdXSfy2IHqWO2VSPzco0LFO4_USwQIBYIXEI7Pzj_qwu5sO5apQ5lePQ5C9NScNJCUe29UtJk14SqGAtmWnYCrq04rhjf2QQaqQ2-Iren4YVGuRt2JG6jIk6SLDamSX7TzDgdpxuNBbTiqhoPp7BPg3q7VufTefhRSFt9gbfUGYiv_D1H3EbzT\/s720\/Screenshot_20231014-172631.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgl8SZW1q6FP0aXwWMU7LbV9yfy3gRHfer7TLsnYq7x_IrsfuxDxQO4p-3QXp_m-DNQ1yNyIZp44b3fswMiPG2E2viaE7XoGGcYlVfWVFfAmwzCwjGnE0TpLyD5jKPLRbVzIZrSof_w_eqVK1DWPJXyyVIuBWGmMgGyra-a1I92wbB9oW0Veikbq62VZQ4_\/s658\/Screenshot_20231014-172728.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nMaybe the European market is not as attractive as it once seemed?<\/div>\n\nSpaghetti At Peterville?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEinSjmjvsj7uPiEUvphyffS8-QD-fawBHeatV70OgLx32AedR9OHsFMHx91dcJA9FTVK_EsZDF1blPKsjDAEaznS21tP7gAZxUu-3A0_O2wastFgsIKDR3Ylk18V1igwtzc7BGgJdbSD0ugX3Ct3PqZNYwJVwu4HALWdyfCbtw14-ilCNERsuEIZvRiiNiR\/s750\/screenshot.24227.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nThe picture above is of No 1 Son’s hand screwing a bit of “chocolate block” plus wires to fbb’s baseboard. The plan is to construct a proper control panyrl rather than having bits of wire strung about haphazardly.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBefore contrasting the box, fbb has arranged to have lots of wires strung about haphazardly.\n<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEig2x2LKHfrwMdQmf2LyJ8RMaGuyV_O0miZEzuXdRhNAROrFrm4HePzqGFkq7u9mxceu7QGgYRQ2TXmvTTCtezojIqDu07mTZVq8G9xcaHp8MkaoroKrm0pi9C3l_pQsCZRtd4qssaeeICcQusJBm0CdqTFXyoD6eyvXZkhIYYeVWo253kIHvw9RqEEPaat\/s3120\/IMG_20231014_151159_705.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nTe wiring has been temporarily installed on the surface of the baseboard and will later be hidden when the practicalities of controller and section switches are finalised. The exciting thing is that, having wired it all, it worked first time<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNotwork Rail should learn the lesson!<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe track extension to the north is also in place. It will allow fbb to run more trains and, if a visitor wishes to join in, the layout can have two trans moving at the same time!\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjjAY4tfzNVdYaxyxj1G3CqaAbeFgGyhp6PKtlyrL7ZlECTjjb-fBzYUqNSLgzFDlWgMA7MwrAV0QwZQ_TuU-O0r5CDCpEIkkWFlXE0fqjzKZnhy7H4AVtD4dNx7djX1t3IC7k223lp-CVhtgYQvNFNUxjMs7yb7LSZCBvFAa8l0sSICm1udeMsp32nkh9N\/s3120\/IMG_20231014_175811_180.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nItaly Invests<\/span><\/div>\nWhilst Rishi seems to have given up on trains and trams as being all too difficult, the Italian Government, not renowned for its economic prowess and strength, has announce additional funding for rail.\n<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhfPj0EC9NedhWlXGELGGqITq5wqUkXA3hYEWo_XapYfHwSE1B1Tnh_faE-wUqLiaokDFBhzsWNENXNj9wZy7AAVZ5s9FGRCiZOnONNGgGchYgrPHhuBxblpuXr31LWtUE_wv5bVUNuRRfT25dF3SGugHqjmfVYWbojP2JlpDNZ_KcyCqTjCsk0HomGm_2X\/s3120\/IMG_20231014_175831_864.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nAny new tram systems on the way, Rishi? Of course tse you have sort of announced one for Leeds and Bradford, using some of the HS2 cancellation money. Was that the Leeds tram that one of your many predecessors cancelled as being poor value for money?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgaJ-5SEwmR7x2bFUWan6t82-8M4HbXGboDdL2vQ1xMpSn6aeu2vYuQqAdowPXeC-MfTJop3vTMA9_yQ33u_sOx-TjNmdj1Rm6M-reNH5Hl4RxtXhHie36plHQHsrUdz6fW2n44YkYPM4tWaJJamK-wAOFxzlW0P-uXDRkpmi5Hes7qD0_8Q8AK9R1kzSpG\/s885\/Screenshot_20231014-152636.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAndy Has The Answer.<\/span><\/div>\nYoung Mr Burnham – future leader of the Labour Party (????) has solved the problem of HS2 to Manchester abd Leeds.\n<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhEc3PXbReXFSxLG5Tc1kwZPJzk3xar3ytaGQ4GIvT6f3Nfd6tvI9f5_5fKaNXK1S4RYXhk2qo9Ucy1XMtrq_dLWxi8Ybt8ko7_WSy8mGsn7hSS3O9pPJJLk8rDXxVC1r3nu_j-jbNrgwPqN5YsBJDr4d7ziHAMVJgqYOoWTHq4I4GA0tzrwNJEvqzuWJiS\/s1295\/Screenshot_20231014-152626.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nThere might just be a smidgen of a problem, Andy.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWill the “Northern Cities” have enough pennies to get on with the building.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSorry, speak up, Andy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAh, the Government will still have to pay.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nKeep up the good ideas, Andy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nTransport For London Is Confused<\/span><\/div>\nA quote, reported in a London newspaper.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nTfL\u2019s customer director Emma Strain admits the situation is confusing. She said: \u201cSome people think it\u2019s a Tube line. Some think it isn\u2019t a Tube line. Both of them are confused. It is a tricky one for us.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>\nWhat is Emma talking about? Is it this?\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjRSDq7zqW9W190oO1Z9XlsgBuRjOOTErr1KXn3JCVcZnYNlpmKkRR8_ck0NeESWgYk8-guhQnbpCWoQ6IzZwGc-21OHJ4d1UMzNCIkrrSEduueT9xcyDZUJPg8ToLOEKqPHyPZBYXYOVStt6APzp7gNUw205YCm5-6pnPDRrEFvCSawfsgfPNjMknOI1fm\/s1169\/Screenshot_20231012-072718.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/span><\/div>\nAnswer tomorrow!<\/span><\/div>\n\nWell Said Norm<\/span><\/div>\n\nFormer Lib Dem MP and Transport Minister has written his clear response to the cancellation of HS2 north of Brum.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjNnviFWkNYHajZIDZ_yJm09p4gHfMHjNRIdaB0f_Wd_AKpSX5EOArseXenDPU2jHqAAU4AkyPhG-keVxTWboGHlq5awb8nAx8epr3uygt6MRimwUJjSz0VlARu90bs4YzMvK66327zu5OD1NyS9QpJ6sKiVsjC7PLrgKdqYZjRHzZQlsd5GaBlDz8AD0Kv\/s782\/screenshot.24228.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nIn his column in the respected Transport publication, Norm tells it how it is.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjHid7iS68_rvGo10F6DE9MO_2qwa9oualxmclwJek03-ED6IOIIDmVo-IwcwOIF5_OiBAtkYTbIXDtCfYNauVb77Z2xbTwtZQX8XhNnABXNwMysyVi_OUKSKNlzNdkNrosyUiECLFUkaBmBiSexy6MHEIk_QUo4iUTA-1ok2LU90vE6IKNanOmNGwbuyC6\/s384\/screenshot.24229.jpg\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nNotable Nightcap<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter a busy day wiring the railway, fbb was treayte to a can of ale by No 1 Son.<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjrNJ_5eVWp_eT49WRO86OZ_9JhepnYHg1TRD4dVQ8Qk3OJWaygQ3byw5ZBCGRkcmuVpgQE2PIlJHlGcQl3gxl0ZPsnxMxmsQfILj8FtcQkWM-q5tdRLykrR6OU-vSfmxvv9aN9G4kIAog6kf9eZm43Nyy57wQgqY_niL8jqja8DZ2kqGqqSwODgDeFWbYz\/s1154\/Screenshot_20231014-195831.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\nfbb enjoyed the drink, very hoppy and very “fresh”! (With just a hint of aftershave???). But the tag line simply baffled your elderly toper.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n(Actually fbb has never toped since he fell asleep on his bike after consuming alcohol on an empty stomach and riding into a dry ditch filled with stinging nettles!”)<\/div>\n\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjoWGa19HHJtT0Tz60u5o8jyaRUJ3dImUyWZEPCA5f4PRH2j7LjrBx1Ys3S9CwVTKCr35rAqoU19Q5o3psdqXUVWHuyGOtom0wKGLj3GoagHdvrLTMBq7szvNDylNl9cMRuc90XSAgh8ZG94GvbZgW6E_n9ZBeTFFYFvZ3P_ehTaQvZ4neRX_5A4DjkncBa\/s1189\/Screenshot_20231014-201212.png\"){kind=link}
![<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0Next TfL blog : Monday 16th October\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Channel Tunnel Competitive Trains. Over the last few days the transport media has been a-buzz with news of a new train service from London to Paris. Even starting in 2025. That would be some going! And Evolyn has bought 12 new trains for the service. Really? Well, that is what the company has been saying. It all seems pretty…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camcab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/redesign\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhnsuYJqFdcaRs0qMUaU3OrrVQfOKkbusYNzTVQmHfsktzz4dBxMH1p6L6dO2_nXN-udJMaiw65wdEFjAEmkFZm15SokQ1x9W1lrV5FzxdfOFz-fnbBAmbxgSX5nIbIH_2w1U-6VpO6yjuvCjyKTishfZFkg1SwunoaYWBAuHEqr5Z3ZQZ7tNy2egaCqrJ7\/s720\/Screenshot_20231014-201203.png\"){kind=link}