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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/8166095/Rome-bus-company-employed-850-directors-relatives.html Nepotism happens all over the place, but hey, Lap Dancers are a positive move?!?...:wink: Used ATAC Roma stacks of times, so its all the more a laugh for me reading this...

Just a heads up that plans are being made to retire a small number of Pacer Units to become prototypes for a new generation of Raibus extending their lives up to a further 25 years of operation at least, some which are to be run on lease to a major European Rail Network. Due to the robustness of...

Well done Sunderland!!! I am in a state of euphoric delight!! :p

Britain. The Government put another year onto the age of Retirement from 65 to 66. What do we do about it? Nothing but just quietly moan and accept it. France. Want to put the Retirement age up from 60 to 62. What do they do about it? Get together and rally against the increase. France bans...

Can it get any worse? Another fine piece of British public owned service going to Jack S**T!! The Queen should stop it happening. After all, its got the Royal name in it. I'm sick of everything going private owned, more often to non UK businesses and getting a lesser quality service at...

Anyone considering buying his book?

£8.4 Million Loss last year on the back of an £8.7 Million Loss in 2008. According to its recently published financial statement for the year ending 31-12-2009, turnover however grew from £7.1 Million to £11.5 Million. The lease of rolling stock by GC totalled £3.8 Million last year...

I heard from a friend who visited Edinburgh recently that some of the tram lines in the Central area have been covered with tarmac and the project has been halted through lack of funds. Is this version of events true, or have I been given duff info? In general, whats the current...

Having just returned from Middlesborough, I seen some of the new "Temsa Avenue LF" buses that are entering service with Arriva NE. They are quite a good looking bus and stands out in the crowd of the usual buses seen in 'Boro bus station. Its been a long time coming these new buses having a...

For those of this Forum who has local knowledge of the long mothballed Leamside branch line, there has been bridge repairs where the line crosses over the A1M to the east of Durham City. It would be nice to see this branch re-opened sooner rather than the later. At least some positive use could...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw4zn-qw1oM&mode=related&search= Something the UK could only dream of.........awesome!!!!

How disappointing it is that FTPE is not operating north of York during the current weather, when other ops continue. :roll:

What is this country coming too? :cry:

Having watched the news today and seen the aftermath of the Cumbrian floods, one can only feel for the folk of the entire region. I watched with particular interest the traffic problems created by the places cut off by falling bridges, people cut off and vunerable that are need of help. The...

Will it happen??

How do you define this new PC term "Carbon Footprint"? Who invented the word? How is it rated or calculated. Or......is it yet another cunning plan to get more tax from your salary?? Yet another PC term for the flock of sheep Joe Public to get conned with? Should we take notice of these...

Who are the Morons? The so called civilised demonstrators outside.......or the BNP Leader?

I got the heads up on this from "Todays Railways-Europe" The events after the accident is well documented on YouTube, just type in the search with the title of this thread. A serious "near miss" by an engineers vehicle is documented on film which could have been just as much if not more...

How many more young soldier's lives have to be lost in Afghanistan?? Is the loss of of these brave lads worth it? Someday, I hope it is, or they lives would have been lost in vain. Salute the Brave :cry:

Does anyone have any up front info what plans are in store for the Thornaby Depot site? I remember this depot being a thriving hive of activity not that too long ago, having a healthy Locomotive allocation, great maintenance facilities, including a wheel lathe. It now saddens me every time I...