In pictures: Margaret Thatcher’s transport legacy
The Right Honourable Baroness Thatcher passed away today, aged 87. We take a second to remember her transport legacy. Many in the transport (and related) industries will recount that there are two words almost synonymous with Thatcher’s time in office: privatisation and deregulation. It’s fair to say that Thatcher irreversibly changed the face of the transport industry […]
Meet Vincent Kompany, Metrolink’s latest substitution
“This is your captain speaking, Vincent Kompany…the next stop is Piccadilly!” Residents of east Manchester are slowly getting used to the sound of various Manchester City players making their ‘next stop’ announcements on match days. When City are playing at home, the regular recorded announcements are substituted for the likes of Joe Hart, James Milner and […]