David Willey's Transport blog

Tuesday, 25 October 2016

Putting all our eggs in one airport is the wrong choice.

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It was announced today that a third runway at Heathrow is to get the go-ahead, despite opposition from environmental groups and local resid...
Tuesday, 6 September 2016

How feasible is ferry to Norway?

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Way back in 2008, DFDS cancelled its Newcastle-Bergen ferry due to losses, leaving tourists the options of flying, or taking the car the lon...
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Monday, 5 September 2016

WCML local services

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Watching a class 350 speed past Motherwell today made me think: Some Virgin trains stop at Motherwell, but Transpennine Express do not (weir...
Wednesday, 27 July 2016

UK train building boosted.

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Not so long ago, the train building industry in the UK was in a parlous state. Alstom closed its plant at Washwood Heath in 2005, leaving Bo...
Thursday, 9 June 2016

TS Queen Mary returns to the Clyde

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The last surviving Clyde Turbine steamer has returned to the Scotland for restoration. TS Queen Mary has a fascinating history. Built in Dum...

Filling the Defender gap

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With the Land Rover Defender and Iveco/Santana Massif now off the market, Ovik (who have experience in up-armouring Land Rovers for the MOD ...
Monday, 9 May 2016

New Antarctic survey ship to be named RRS Sir David Attenborough.

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If  operation best Korea  has taught us anything, it's that you should never ask the internet to make a decision for you. So it was no s...
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Welcome to my blog. Here you will find my thoughts, mainly on the subject of transport, from the latest railway reopenings, to preservation and heritage.
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