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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrobus_(Istanbul) rıght down the mıddle of a 6/8 lane motorway

I have an advance from Manchester Airport to Nottingham Route: Via East Midlands Trains & other TOC connecting services. There are reservations for the TPE train between Manchester Airport and Manchester Picadilly and the EMT train between Manchester Picadilly and Nottingham Considering...

German bank KfW has repossessed 50 Siemens trains: http://www.thelocal.de/money/20111007-38063.html Did Bulgaria pay for the 86/7s that they got?

has this ever happened in the UK? Or anything like it?

following on from the pig ugly class 70, here's one I spotted recently:

almost right, except the best beer is Belgian (and I'm not talking Stella)

I was in Hannover Hbf last friday when an SNCF TGV Duplex pulled alongside the ICE I was travelling in, it was on a though road and did not stop at a platform. Has anyone any idea what it was doing there? AFAIK the only SNCF TGVs which operate in germany are single deck and run on the...

It has just dawned on me today that DB has a maximum fare for a single journey, €129. So what ever route you choose, once the fare hits that magical number, any further distance is free. i.e. Munich-Cologne costs €129 as does Munich-Hamburg direct, however Munich-Cologne-Hamburg, which is...

I know they are heavily dependent on computers, but until last Friday I didn't realise that they are largely driverless. I sat immediately behind the driving compartment and the only times that the driver touched any controls was to start/stop the train and open the doors. He frequently...

is there are footbridge over the river alongside the Scarborough line? If so, how do you reach it from the railway station? I need to get to the football ground and wanted to know if there was a shortcut

due for introduction towards the end of 2011. These are apparently completely new trains. However, form the description in the DB onboard magazine, they don't sound too great: 1. Maximum speed 160km/h, current ICs have a maximum speed of 200 km/h 2. no mention of catering 3. existing double...

€25 anywhere in germany, book between 25.10.10 and 07.11.10, travel between 01.11.10 and 15.12.10, valid on ICEs only accessible via Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/chefticket

Financial Times Article Interesting :roll:

ICE hit an overturned garbage truck between Mannheim (DE) and Metz (FR) looks quite nasty but not many injured article in english

I was in Rotenburg (Wümme) near Bremen (Germany) over the weekend and noticed that the platform numbers are in the wrong sequence. It has platforms 4, 5 & 6 but the sequencing is: North 5 Middle 4 South 6 Are there any such stations in the UK (or elsewhere)?

To celebrate 2010 being the 175th anniversary of the opening of first railway line in Germany, between Nürnberg and Fürth, Deutsche Bahn have some interesting offers. Basically, these 175 hours for €175, i.e. 7 days and 7 hours or €299 for a months train travel. Valid until end of August...

If they debendify bendy buses, how will they get round corners?:p

To commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall, Deutsche Bahn are offering a special fare of €20 per single journey throughout Germany from 12.11 until 01.12. Tickets must be bought between 18:57 on 09.11 and 03:00 on 10.11, DB website. Tickets are valid on all DB train types, including ICE &...

It has been rumoured in the Nottingham Evening Post that Nottingham Station will be closed for over a month for track work in 2012. This may be timed to coincide with the London Olympics. Now, sometime ago, I believe that I read about plans to build a temporary station for london bound...

Tickets between London & German destinations are now bookable via the DB website, from €49 each way. These tickets are only valid via Brussels and cannot be used on Thalys services, only ICE between Brussels & Cologne. These fares are available for single journeys :D