#AYearOfBuses 98: Willesden – Holborn
It’s back to London for today on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re taking a look at some rather interesting electric double deckers! Metroline run this small fleet of five full-electric, BYD integral double deckers from their garage in Willesden. New in 2016, they form part of the allocation on TfL’s route 98, which runs from Willesden bus […]
#AYearOfBuses 88: Camden Town – Clapham Common
All aboard the Clapham Omnibus! We’re staying in London for day 88 on #AYearOfBuses, and we’re picking up where we left off in the story from yesterday. Affectionately known as ‘the Clapham Omnibus’, London General’s route 88 runs out of their Stockwell Garage, from Clapham, South London, up into the heart of the West End. […]
#AYearOfBuses 87: Aldwych – Wandsworth
We’re heading back to London once again for day 87 here on #AYearOfBuses. Go-Ahead London General’s route 87 is a Central London bus route, through and through. It runs from Aldwych, in the heart of the capital, along the Strand to Charing Cross, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, Westminster, Vauxhall Bridge, Clapham Junction and Wandsworth. It’s a […]
London City Airport’s new brand has landed
Bonjour, guten tag, hello! A new brand has landed for London City Airport. London City Airport have unveiled their bright, colourful new look, masterminded by London-based creative agency, The Allotment. The bold, disruptive, vibrant and contemporary new look combines bags of personality with a more dynamic feel, synonymous with that of modern London. The transformed design, […]
#AYearOfBuses 73: Stoke Newington – Oxford Circus
Day 73 on #AYearOfBuses brings with it a look at a route which was once described by the Daily Telegraph as one of the best routes for ‘sightseeing on a shoestring’! TfL’s route 73 – having been recently shortened (again) – now runs between Stoke Newington and Oxford Circus in the heart of London’s West […]
#AYearOfBuses 65: Ealing Broadway – Chessington
We haven’t featured a London route for quite a while on #AYearOfBuses, so for day 65, we’re checking out another of the city’s long-established routes. London’s route 65 has been around for a while – since 1934, in fact. It’s changed very little in that time, taking people from Surrey and the outskirts of London […]
8 books you MUST have on your bookshelf if you love transport and design
Do you know your Arial from your Helvetica, from your Rail Alphabet? If you claim to be a fan of both transport and design, there are several publications which you quite simply MUST own to validate your claim. There’s no better feeling in the world than ‘going analogue’ for an afternoon, settling into an oversized […]
#AYearOfBuses 37: Peckham – Putney Heath
We’re heading back to London for day 37 on #AYearOfBuses, and it’s for the capital’s first (proposed) Opportunity Charged route. The 37 connects Putney Heath with Clapham and Peckham in South London, and it’s home to London’s only rapid ‘OppCharge’-capable buses. Two experimental Volvo B5LHCs with Wright SRM bodywork arrived in August 2018 for the […]
Take a ride on Great Northern’s Class 717 preview train
GTR Great Northern’s rather ghostly-looking Class 717 EMUs are now hitting the rails. 25 six-car units are being built, and they’ve now started to enter limited service, running out of London’s Moorgate station. Youtuber citytransportinfo uploaded this video, exploring one of the new Class 717 trains during a ride between Moorgate and Gordon Hill stations […]
#AYearOfBuses 26: X26 Heathrow Central – West Croydon
Day 26 on #AYearOfBuses takes us back to the capital, for London’s longest bus route. At a distance of almost 24 miles, the X26 has the honour of being crowned London’s longest bus route. On its way from Heathrow to West Croydon, it takes in suburbs of south London including Teddington (home of the world […]