Enviro 448 on Clifton Drive North at Squires Gate sporting a reindeer nose |
Thursday 31 December 2020
Reindeer Bus
Wednesday 30 December 2020
Stockholm Trams
Flexity Classic 2 heading towards the city centre along Strandvägen |
Flexity Classic 1 crossing the Djurgården Bridge on route 7 |
Flexity Classic 6 heading inbound along Strandvägen on route 7 |
CAF Urbos UXL 461 outbound on Djurgårdsvägen on route 7 |
1920 Stockholm A1 tram 76 on Strandvägen operating heritage line 7N |
MAN A23 Lion's City G 4074 on route 2 to Katarina-Sofia |
Stockholm Red Buses 4, a 2012 Volvo B9RLE with UNVI Urbis 2.5 DD body |
Saturday 12 December 2020
Tram rail on Cleveleys Beach
Tram rail and wooden board remaining from an old groyne on Cleveleys beach |
Saturday 28 November 2020
Tallinn Trams
CAF Urbos AXL 519 on route 1 on Mere puiestee |
Tallinn is the capital of Estonia, a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Tallinn is the only city in Estonia to have a tramway, the system is comprised of four routes running over 12 miles of 3 ft 6 in gauge track. Trams operating on the system are Czech built Tatra KT4 and KTNF6s and Spanish CAF Urbos AXLs. The KTNF6 trams are former KT4s that have been extended with the addition of a low-floor middle section.
Tatra KT4 177 at Viru väljak |
Tatra KTNF6 109 at the Mere puiestee tram stop |
CAF Urbos AXL 513 on route 2 on Narva maantee |
Tatra KT4 177 on route 2 passing tram 131 on Mere puiestee |
Tatra KTNF6 103 on route 3 on Narva maantee |
CAF Urbos AXL 517 with an overall advert for Air Baltic on route 4 |
Sunday 8 November 2020
Remembrance Day
A selection Blackpool Transport's trams and buses carried large poppies on their fronts in the days leading up to Remembrance Sunday on 8th November.Enviro 446 turning out of Rough Lea Road in Cleveleys on 7th November
Flexity 016 heading north in Fleetwood on 7th November
Enviro 583 at Half Way House on Squires Gate Lane on 6th November
Thursday 29 October 2020
Gothenburg Trams
M29 trams 848 & 824 on Line 2 at Drottningtorget |
Wednesday 14 October 2020
Trident Driver Trainer
Saturday 3 October 2020
Cambridge Busway
13.4m tri-axle Volvo B8L 13901 leaving Histon heading towards Cambridge |
The Cambridgeshire Busway is the longest guided busway in the world, with the guided sections of the route totalling 16 miles. The Busway opened in 2011, with the concrete guide tracks laid mostly on former railway alignments. There were two routes operating on the Busway at the time of my visit, Route A operates between St Ives and Trumpington Park & Ride, south of Cambridge, Route B runs between Hinchingbrooke Hospital at Huntingdon and Central Cambridge. The services are operated by Stagecoach East who have invested £5 million in the purchase of 18 new buses for use on the Busway, comprising twelve 13.4 metre tri-axle Volvo B8Ls with ADL Enviro 400XLB twin-door double-deck bodies (13901-13912) and six Volvo B8RLEs with MCV Evora single-deck bodywork (21363-21368).
Volvo B7RLE 21227 having just left the Histon busway stop. |
Volvo B7RLE 21232 at Histon |
Volvo B8L 13911 crossing Station Road in Histon |
Volvo B8RLE 21367 with MCV Evora bodywork at Histon |
Volvo B8L 13910 arriving in Histon |
Volvo B7RLE 21228 crossing Station Road in Histon |
Volvo B8L 13904 entering the guided track heading north at Histon |
Volvo B8L 13902 rejoining the guided busway at Histon |
Thursday 10 September 2020
Grand Central Blackpool to London Service Scrapped
DB 90039 with Grand Central test train 3P51 approaching Blackpool North on 20th March |
Sadly the proposed new Grand Central rail service from Blackpool North to London Euston has been shelved due to the poor economic situation brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in the year, in March, several route learning trains had been run to Blackpool North using Class 90 electric locos hauling former LNER Mark 4 coaches. The test trains were suspended due to Covid-19, but unfortunately this latest news seals the fate of what would have been a bright new venture in rail travel from Blackpool.
DVT 82231 leading Grand Central test train 3K83 through Poulton-le-Fylde on 20th March |
DB 90039 on Grand Central test train 3K83, passing Layton station on 16th March |
DB 90019 leading Grand Central test train 3K83 into Kirkham & Wesham on 6th March |