Figure 1: The destination – the view eastwards on the coast in the vicinity of Robertsfors, north of Umeå, where the Rickleån River empties into the Bothnian Bay on the Baltic Sea. This is typical of the very attractive coastal scenery in this part of northern Sweden. (Photograph; David Murray-Smith). I spent most of June […]
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The London Cable Car is now known as the “IFS Cloud”. Previously it operated as the “Emirates Air Line”. An email from a fellow member of the Scottish Association for Public Transport reminded me that it is very easy to think that day to day urban and sub-urban public transport is confined to bus, train,
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Commemorative plaque at Kilmarnock station, celebrating the Kilmarnock & Troon Railway The starting point for my trip today (a Saturday) was Kilmarnock station, where I had just arrived. It is, of course, possible to travel to Troon by train (on the line round to Ayr, Girvan and Stranraer) but on this occasion, my journey was
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A Volvo B8RLE MCV eVoRa in JMB Travel’s colourful green and grey livery, with a dash of purple. This bus is at the temporary Lanark terminus on route 41. JMB Travel are a firm that operate local and inter-urban bus services across Lanarkshire. The company is based at Newmains, to the East of Wishaw. Having
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The Irizar i6S AIR Coach at Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station, setting off on its way to Edinburgh Airport. What is the best way to get to Edinburgh Airport from Glasgow? You can go by train, from Queen Street to Edinburgh Park, then connect with the adjacent tram service to the Airport. But I decided to
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Edinburgh Airport Tram Terminus Scotland may not have a tram system that can mark 150 years of continuous operation, but it does have one that is very popular. In 2024, the first full year of operation from the Airport to Newhaven, Edinburgh Trams had 12.1 million customers, the first time in nearly 10 years that
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Photo: Corsica Ferries ship at Toulon As last year, SNCF in January were offering TGV fares on their Ouigo services from just €19 – available on just one day and valid for travel until the end of March. In 2025 I travelled for €19 from Paris to Nice and €29 from Nice back to Paris.
In September 2025, I joined an eleven-day tour organised by Ffestiniog Travel entitled “Rural Romania Where Time Stands Still” by Professor David Murray-Smith. View the full article
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To participate in the 150th anniversary of the Munich Tram, I decided to have a run out on the tram network. I initially selected route 14 from Pasing – a community to the west of the city centre – to Gondrellplatz, a residential zone to the south east of Pasing: a journey of 20 minutes.
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In 2026, the Munich public transport company – Münchner Vekehrsgesellschaft mbH (MVG) – marks the 150th anniversary of the introduction of the very first Munich Tram in 1876. So what better time to visit Munich and to try out the current tram network! The commemorative logo celebrating the 150th anniversary of the first Munich tram,
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