CT4N Collapse : Replacement Services
And, yes, fbb did not know of this gang!
The East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) is a combined county authority for the East Midlands strategic authority area of England. It comprises the mayor of the East Midlands and the area's four upper-tier local authorities: Derbyshire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council, and Nottingham City Council. It does not cover the rest of the larger East Midlands region, which is covered by another or no combined authority.
Anyway, the EMCCA Mayor, Claire Ward ...
... and her chums are on the job. By Friday morning at 1100 they staff had 'worked tirelessly' to deal with the considerable inconvenience caused by the collapse of Community Transport For Nottingham.
So far (Thursday, 1100) the EMCCA has laid claim to Nottingham's City bus company's takeover of route 18; which was a prompt company initiative not an outburst of activity from the politicians.
But, steps back in amazement ...
... we are told that Kinchbus will take on some journeys on Route 66 ...
... but not all.
But, slick as ever, more is to come.
Watch this space!
Since compiling the above, a few more services have been re-assigned.
Meanwhile, passengers are revolting!
Or maybe the press was looking for a photogenic sob story? The lack of this service would be very inconvenient for some ...
... but the village is not bereft of public transport. There is the train ...
... which means the reasonably ambulant are most definitely not prisoners!
High Speed 1, To Newcastle!
High Speed 1, To Newcastle!
News breaks that the two cities are to be linked with a High Speed railway line.
There will be one intermediate stop ...
... and a stage 1C extension to Sydney Airport.
Wow. that is nearly as long as as the UK's domestic High Speed service which will run all the way from London to Birmingham, a massive 117 mikes.
High Speed Rail – Line 1 will connect Newcastle to Sydney on a dedicated new railway line with new world-class trains capable of travelling up to 320km/h.
That's just under 200mph in real money.
It will take around one hour to get from Newcastle to Sydney and around 30 minutes from the Central Coast to Newcastle or to Sydney.
Which implies it will go slower than that for a good part of its route!
High Speed Rail stations are proposed for central Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, the Central Coast, central Sydney, Parramatta and Western Sydney International Airport
The Australian Government has announced the next steps in delivering High Speed Rail.
Line 1 – Newcastle to Sydney is now in the Development Phase, which prepares the project for construction.
Roger's Not Impressed!
When fbb looked at the new, exciting and innovative demand responsive services in South Yorkshire, he noted that the advertising was poor, nay, non- existent.
fbb reckons Mayor Oliver Coppard has been badly advised.
"On Demand" in South Yorkshire is doomed to be an expensive failure.
The BP Logo Saga [Episode 2]
What surprised fbb was this wagon ...
This was a freightliner wagon with three demountable tanks labelled BP chemicals with the appropriate BP shield as logo.
A container wagon with ALL tanks in situ counts as a tank wagon for fbb's world famous collection. He already owns a modern Hornby freightliner with three conventional container style tanks,
The BP Logo Saga [Episode 2]
What surprised fbb was this wagon ...
A container wagon with ALL tanks in situ counts as a tank wagon for fbb's world famous collection. He already owns a modern Hornby freightliner with three conventional container style tanks,
But the BP model wagon, listed below, was once produced between 1969 and 1973 ....
... but was now simply unavailable.
fbb was offered one with lettering but NO LOGOS.
Perhaps such a model was produced for Triang's overseas ranges where British Petroleum would be an inappropriate brand. But a picture of Canadian packaging showed logos as normal.
There was even a poor quality picture showing the Canadian flag and BP logos.
So fbb bought the set which lacked logos.
to be continued
Funny Feline Facts
Mr Tubbles, the boss at fbb mansions, has changed his lifestyle somewhat. Instead of nocturnal and external prowling, he sleeps. So exhausting is this nighttime activity, that he still needs a good long nap during the day.
His choice of bed space is weirdly illogical and very erratic. A recent snore corner is here, on top of a wardrobe ...
... well hidden from possible intruders, notably Costello ...
Mr Tubbles is "frit".
Technology Triumph
The fbbs' fellowship meetings have been temporarily concatenated, making one meeting only each month on the Monday. This is an experiment to reduce the physical and mental effort required for the former two duplicate meetings.
To improve video visibility, two screens will be used. This means that two TVs can be fed from one laptop via an HDMI splitter which mirrors the screen display.
There is sound from both TVs which actually improves quality with a poor version of 'surround sound'!
Guests can now sit reasonably comfortably "in the round" and 19 person's can be accommodated, if necessary, in adequate comfort. Sadly, the fbbs don't have 19 chairs!
Another Shayshutt Production : Mon 24 Aug
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