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Category Archives: Road Transport
The London Passenger Transport Area – An Explanation
Introduction If I said that London Transport’s original operating area was a consequence of an expected shortage of electricity in London, you might be rather surprised. However, that is what I am saying, so I had better explain why. Where … Continue reading
Britain’s National Railway Museum: Part 4
The Science Museum and The Battle of York The Science Museum and the national science collection Before going into the transfer of the British Rail transport collection to the Science Museum, I had better say a few words about the … Continue reading
Britain’s National Railway Museum: Part 2
The British Transport Museums Introduction In Part 1, I described the origin of the LNER’s railway museum in York. Until well after World War 2 this was the only railway museum in the UK, although there were several other museums … Continue reading
Posted in British Transport, Heritage Transport, London Underground, Main Line Rail, Road Transport
Tagged Historical, London, Nationalization, Railway Museum, York
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All Change For Oxford Street
General On 25th April last, I published a blog about the proposal to pedestrianize Oxford Street in which I cast doubt about the practicability of such a scheme, whether or not it was actually desirable. By ‘practicability’, of course, I … Continue reading
New Bus for London – some further observations
What’s going on with the New Bus for London? One answer is that we are getting more of them. Another 200 initially but more are mooted so I suppose that will mean within a year or so they will represent … Continue reading
Posted in London general interest, Road Transport
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London Bus Services – A Route to Perfection?
I had intended to applaud the present state of London’s bus services and support this highly subjective view with a mass of statistical data showing just how superb things now are. Unfortunately, when I searched for the evidence, I not … Continue reading