Abbreviations used in the Passenger Transport Industry

Public Transport is an industry (amongst many) where a lot of long-handed words need to be abbreviated. This can be confusing, indeed Caroline needs to ask for abbreviations. This is a list of many of them that you see used, or I use, in postings here, plus elsewhere. This is not intended to ( Read more... )

Hello there!

Well, we are in our new home - sorry it’s taken some time to come back to you all.

We are now in the new place in Welwyn Garden City, very centrally located, and about two-thirds unpacked! The move itself went up and down, and had a number of glitches, but highly positive. I really like living in the centre again, and we have everything ( Read more... )

It's certainly been a wild week - and I've been hoping for a resolution over the last week and a half now - long story which is subjustice so I won't say any more on it for now ( Read more... )

You can find the transport stuff that used to be here, and much more besides, at http://heretothereshop.com/blog

This first edition of heretothere by National Express coach across the UK includes full timetables for all National Express services, including Woking RailAir and those formerly branded as Shuttle or Airport, but not Hotel Hoppa, by recently-formed bespoke transport publishing company Here To There Publishing Ltd.

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The first printed comprehensive timetable to cover the whole of Cambridgeshire has been compiled and launched by Here To There Publishing Ltd. This is the first title from the new printing house, which will specialise in “transport reference publications” - or, in other words, printing timetables to cover areas where the local authority does not ( Read more... )

Aside from this post that was a lot shorter than I’d have liked, I’ve not done a lot of personal blogging this Summer. I now want to jump forward, and review the last three months (since The Tiger’s Last Stand). To cut down on  time, and to reduce the amount of writing about bad stuff, I thought I’d do an A-Z of the good feelings over the last ( Read more... )

The long-running, oft-delayed and criticised Cambridgeshire Guided Busway opened today. Well, actually, yesterday - Sunday 7th August 2011, with a lavish launch reception for local dignitaries and stakeholders. Initial reports from Anglia & Thames Valley Bus Forum showed five extra Stagecoach buses (on top of the regular three!) and one Whippet bus ( Read more... )

From http://www.stagecoachbus.com/The%20Busway.aspx


The Busway will open on Sunday 7th August 2011!

Stagecoach will run route A - from St Ives to Cambridge, Addenbrooke's and Trumpington - and route B - from Huntingdon to St Ives and Cambridge, replacing current route 55.  Buses will run up to every 10 minutes between St Ives and Cambridge.  Route ( Read more... )

Some rather radical changes in this lot, including many new and improved links. It does also mean an end to the Planets network, with the remaing brands (Mars, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter etc.) being ditched. To download a complete set of new timetables, and a list of the changes, in one shot, go to http://babus.org.uk/ ( Read more... )