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New Bus for London in Transport Manifestos
We now have the Labour Transport manifesto available, also mentioning the new bus. Basically Ken will scrap the project and keep only the buses already built. Ken claims that each bus costs ‘more than £2 million each’, more than ten … Continue reading
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New Bus For London – Update
No reply yet to my request for information about the new bus from Boris, but in meantime he has published his manifesto. Need time to absorb and extract any firm material in it, but it does mention the new bus. … Continue reading
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What Commitment to New Bus For London?
I have with the lowest of expectations just penned a line to the London Mayor about the New Bus For London. As you will have seen from the previous post I quite liked the vehicle. My friends will rudely view … Continue reading
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New Bus for London
I had occasion to travel on the New Bus for London (LT2) on evening of 16 March and rather liked it. At night it was obviouly different to the other 38s in the continuous stream that characterizes this route by virtue … Continue reading
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The End of the Lamp as we know it
I suppose we should all be pleased to have the opportunity to use lamps that survive much longer than the miserly 1000 hours of the dear old incandescent lamp, or light bulb, as most of us call them. We should also … Continue reading
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