Do You Know Yugoslavia? (1)

But First More First

Roselyn Coaches is based in St Austell and for nearly 80 years has  providing coaches, and, at one time, buses ...

... throughout the County. Their fleet is of high quality ...

... and always well turned out.

What brings the company to fbb's  attention is their response to the close-down announcement from First Bus ...

... not very well presented on-line.

Here is Roselyn.

fbb does not think Roselyn can take on ALL those being made redundant. But it is a start.

All delivered with a polite but meaningful light heartenedness.

It is a very appropriate invitation.

Perhaps Roselyn is thinking of running buses again?

===========================

Actually Slovenia ...

... which until 1991 was part of Yugoslavia. Oldies like fbb will remember President Dictator Tito in the darkest of Communist rule.

The decline of communist was far from straightforward but in 1991 Slovenia gained its independence.

Slovenua has a substantial rail network ...

... centred in its capital Ljublijana. It has mostly multiple unit passenger stock, ranging from local ...

... to "intercity".

Recent arrivals have been double deck units ...

... running alongside some quaint diesel branch lines.

There is plenty of freight ...

... with some beefy short-haul machines.

There are preserved steam specials.

Ljublijana station has a whiff of Communist brutalise architecture about it ...

... being completed in 1948 and upgraded in 1980.

Talking of stations, Wikipedia offers an article about some splended petrol stations.

Wowser!

The city has a bus station for out-of-town routes ...

... plus some smart-looking city services.

But fbb wants to leave the capital and take you here ...

... to Izola, a coastal town with one of these ...

... and a pleasant sea front ...

... and some lovely views.

In the distance you can see the Bell Tower next to the church of St Maurus ...

... up which you can climb.

But it was in Izola in 1990 that something else happened in the last year of Yugoslavia rule.

A company called Mehanotehnika changed it's name to Mehano.

There is something strangely familiar about that name?

Hmmm?

  Next Slovenia blog : Tues 25th Nov