5 things I’ve learnt from #AYearOfBuses
That’s it! We’ve almost completed one whole year of #AYearOfBuses. There’s only one day to go. 365 days, 365 bus routes – granted, not all of them still around any longer – but regardless, we’ve come to the end of a meandering path across all four corners of the UK charting some of the greatest, […]
#AYearOfBuses 364: Bluestar 1 Southampton – Winchester
It’s day 364 on #AYearOfBuses! And it’s time for our penultimate winner on #AYearOfBuses. And what a winner, too. Bluestar’s route 1 links the cathedral city of Winchester, on the edge of the South Downs National Park in Hampshire, with the city of Southampton, on the South Coast. Bluestar 1 loosely follows the path of […]
Pacer joins the National Railway Museum’s collection
With its distinctive flat front, bus seating and functional design, the diesel ‘Pacer’ train may seem an unlikely candidate for museum preservation. However, Pacer 142001 will now join the National Railway Museum’s collection as an example of recent railway history. A familiar sight to millions of commuters in the North of England, the first Pacers were […]