David Willey's Transport blog
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
Closure of WCML highlights resilience issues
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The closure of the West Coast Main Line over January (and now into February) 2016 highlights the need for alternative routes during closures...
Sunday, 3 January 2016
Falcon 9 is go!
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History was made on 21 December 2015 as Falcon 9 became the first rocket to ever return from space and land vertically on a pad, Thunderbird...
Wednesday, 9 December 2015
Scotrail running short of trains
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Even before this week's Forth road bridge closure, Scotrail was already suffering from overcrowding on many peak services. The opening o...
Saturday, 28 November 2015
GARL revived as light rail.
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Having been cancelled due to budget cuts in 2009, the Glasgow Airport Rail Link looks set to be revived, but this time as a light railway: h...
P8 Poseidon fills capability gap.
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Way back in the 1980s, the Ministry of Defence was trying to turn the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod into an Airborne Eartly Warning aircraft. After...
Friday, 6 November 2015
Where's the dualling for the Highland main line?
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A £3billion project has been started to dual the notorious A9 Perth-Inverness road, due for completion in 2025. This has been long campaigne...
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Are the media overreacting over Shoreham airshow crash?
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The tragic accident at the recent Shoreham air show has sent the popular media into a frenzy, with some calling for restrictions on flying o...
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