Posted on
January 08, 2010
The wintery storms hitting Britain have prolonged the mayhem and the mess of transit confusion and cancellations.
It been reported to have been the worst winter weather in 30 years, bringing more transport disruption all over London.
British Airways revealed it had cancelled a number of flights departing from Heathrow airport as ...
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Experience Days, transport, travel
Posted on
December 22, 2009
Eurostar trains, packed with anxious Christmas travellers, headed to and from Paris, Brussels and London yesterday as the rail company started to work through the 75,000 passenger-strong backlog which had been stranded by the weekend long shutdown.
The service, normally high-speed and banded as a European engineering masterpiece, was suddenly halted ...
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transport, travel
Posted on
December 22, 2009
Last week, Russia joined the growing list of countries providing its train passengers with high speed service with the introduction of its first super fast train connecting the city of Saint Petersburg to Moscow.
But it’s been revealed that the route taken by the new line has been the target of ...
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Days Out, Experience Days, transport, travel
Posted on
November 09, 2009
Hebrew University of Jerusalem has devised the interesting plan to further the education of local citizens; every Wednesday, they put a university professor on a train to lecture commuters.
Morning passengers using the 9:00 am commuter train starting off from the Tel Aviv suburb of Modiin can put away their morning ...
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Days Out, Experience Days
Posted on
September 10, 2009
According to the transport secretary, a UK high-speed rail line linking London to Manchester would be designed to offer improved journey durations even for some cities not catered by the first phase of the route.
Lord Adonis was addressing the subject during a conference organised by the transport consultancy Steer Davies ...
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Tags: High-speedLondonmanchesterTGVTrain
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transport, travel
Posted on
August 24, 2009
Your Evening Chronicle and the National Express East Coast are teaming up to bring travellers amazing rail offers. There are thousands of reduced Advance fares available such as Newcastle to Edinburgh for just £6 and Newcastle to London for £9 or - all one-way Standard Class fares.
Or maybe a First ...
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Days Out, Experience Days, travel