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All Change Please! The Department of Transport set itself some pretty stiff targets when it published its 10 year transport plan in 2000. A 50% increase in rail use, 10% increase in bus journeys, and 80% increase in rail freight. Improvements in service quality: more punctual and reliable trains, less overcrowding, new trains, more attractive stations, better transport integration and up to 25 new local rapid urban transit lines doubling light rail use. A vision of public spending matched by private investment underpinned its bright shiny strategy. But, leaving aside the failure to attain many of these aspirations over the last 10 years DRU.id wonders what the next 10 years will bring. Read more ... |
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| DLR South Quay Station opens Scott Brownrigg transport team’s new state of the art DLR station at South Quay recently opened to favourable comment from both client and Local Authority. DLR noted that “An extraordinary feat of engineering has effectively moved a whole station without any disruption to passengers.” More ... |
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| Scott Brownrigg at MetroRail2010 As well as the debates about platform screen doors and driverless trains, the predictable question being asked by many at last week's MetroRail 2010 conference was what the next few years may bring in terms of the global prospects for the transportation sector. Does PPP really work in a recession? There seem to be no shortage of new metro initatives being developed across the world, but in the UK public spending on infrastructure is certain to be under immense pressure whichever party is returned in the General Election. DRU.id hopes to unravel some answers as the political and economic landscape changes over the coming months. |
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On this day ... a peek into the DRU archives 40 years ago this month the Victoria Line was opened by the Queen at Victoria Station. Her Majesty bought a ticket for 5d (about 2p) and travelled to Green Park Station. Not only was she travelling in a carriage co-designed by DRU and Metro Cammell, she would also have admired the tiled designs in the seating recesses by DRU, commissioned by London Transport and seen today on every station from Walthamstow to Brixton. The carriages are finally being retired after many decades of service to make way for new rolling stock. |
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