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Look at the street plan of any part of virtually any town (including the City of London - where the plans to modernise after the Great Fire were quickly abandoned) that existed then and you’ll see what I mean. New river crossings have probably been the biggest drivers of significant change. But...

Do a Google street view of the Estonian side (where route E20 joins Tuleviku) and it’s pretty clear that walking across the frontier is not an option!

I very much doubt it’s “exactly the same issue”. Ignoring urban motorways - were you to measure the average distance from property boundary to property boundary across arterial roads in major European cities (the sort where trams already exist or are potentially viable), I would be fairly...

Not on the 07.30 Bath - Bristol train it isn’t. Still noticeably quieter this morning than the midweek days (as was the 07.58 Manchester departing Temple Meads). I would agree with the general statement though that things seem to be getting busier… Just realised that the 07.58 was 5 cars this...

Many European cities had broad boulevards built through previously congested areas in the 19th and early 20th centuries (urban improvement while making it difficult for the mob to erect barricades). On the whole, we didn’t. By the time we were building similar roads in the 1950s and 60s trams...

At least in the past, Germans used to cite the way transport (didn’t) work(ed) across their authority boundaries as a prime example of how not to do things!

A well-run franchising system can at least determine whose will is behind changes to services and ensure that the infrastructure isn't treated as a free-for-all.

Indeed. Let us hope it is extended to station announcements, PIS etc.

Certainly possible, but scheduling it at a busy station with only 3 through platforms might be asking for trouble. Would suggest fettling up some /all of the loops for passenger use (if they’re not already)might be preferable (coupled with restoring the third platform at Chippenham for...

But with a person / body that has the power to knock heads together to force cooperation on East - West routes

Ah right, so as in “this is as far as we’re prepared to commit ourselves, but just try and find another taker who’ll give you a better offer for your 175s!”* *Other varieties of DMU are of course available, but not currently sitting around looking for a new home.

So what’s the significance of the May 2028 date?

That, I imagine, depends on other decisions…

Just thinking - if trains / routes are to become part of the Bee network - does that mean they will be hived off from Northern? Sorry…..

Ironically at least partially because we were in the vanguard of abolishing what was then seen as an obsolete form of transport either side of the Second World War. That mentality lasted for many years - with entire West German systems still being closed in the 1980s.

Their sphere of operation is however limited by most cities’ road layouts. 1713443057 Were the road wide enough, bus lanes could be installed. However, bus lanes would rarely be needed on the bits of Bathwick Hill (that’s the route up to the university) that are wide enough to take them. That’s...

Maybe I’m reading it wrong, but that sounds as if they’re planning on using some of them for all of 6 months (Dec 27 - May 28)

This presumably relates to the requirement to “plug the gap” before anything under Project Churchward kicks in. What timescale does “medium term” mean on the railway?

Depends on whether you’re talking geography, politics or heritage!

In cases like that you schedule the bus to be at B around :30. It’s not ideal but it doesn’t stop you integrating the fares, the timetabling (ie timetables are coordinated and change (if required) on the same day) and the liability in the case of delays / missed connections.