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mkwadee@diasp.eu
Khurram Wadee

I have often looked sadly at the state of #Railways in the #UK for decades. It has been under invested in by governments and by private companies and progress has been painfully slow. There is still a glimmer of hope though in terms of the #Electrification of lines in #GreatBritain at least. Not only can we power trains with #LowCarbon or #RenewableEnergy source but #ElectricLocomotives are lighter than their diesel counterparts and so consume less power and also inflict less wear on the rail infrastructure.

This is the current state of affairs and like most things in the country, it seems a bit ad hoc and compromised by cut backs to initial plans. For example, back in the '90s, I saw ambitious plans to electrify most lines by 2025 but that's right on us now.
Current extent of electrified railway lines in Britain

Here is a plan for 2050.
Planned expansion of electrified lines by 2050 in Britain
And the key is here.
Key to the coloured lines

How many of these proposed expanded lines we'll actually get is the biggest question but electrification is a way to invest in lower carbon #Transport future.
https://railmap.azurewebsites.net/Public/ElectrificationMap

#Environment #PublicTransport #TransportPolicy

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

Budapest to Lyon: Why I chose to take a night train with my 6 year-old son instead of a flight

It was my six-year-old son who figured out a way to make that happen. Engrossed in a picture book about trains, he came across one that depicted a family sleeping peacefully in a couchette.

I decided it was time to give night trains a go.

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/01/28/budapest-to-lyon-why-i-chose-to-take-a-night-train-with-my-6-year-old-son-instead-of-a-fli

#transport #trains #flying #railways #PublicTransport

Why I ditched flying for an 18-hour train trip from Budapest to Lyon

Inspired by my 6-year-old son, I took a night train from Budapest instead of flying.

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faab64@diasp.org
Farhad A

Regional buss fairs will go up 40% from January 1st.

But one can buy a 30 euro card to have the unit price back to what it was before. It means one need to make at least 50 trips per year for it to be worth it.

And the card is not valid for any discounts either, just single fair ticket price to pay €1.50 instead of €2.10.

And "solidarity" cards that would give massive discount is now has a cut off income level of 700 euro per month instead of 1250 that is now, the discount is also cut by introducing a new Solidarity+ card that is available to those making less than €500 per month.

People voting conservative here in south of France will get what they asked for.

#France #PACA #PublicTransport #Zou

danie10@squeet.me
Danie

BYD K6 Electric Minibuses Being Piloted In Kenya’s Matatu Industry

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Small 14- to 35-seater minibus taxis, known as matatus, play a major role in providing transport services for urban commutes in Kenya. Estimates put Kenya’s minibus and bus fleet at just over 100,000 vehicles. Matatu is Swahili for the number three. It is believed the name stuck from the 1970s when the fare was 3p.

With emissions from the transport sector accounting for a huge chunk of the pollution in large cities such as Nairobi, the adoption of electric buses is bound to have a significant impact in reducing emission levels. The electric BYD K6 minibus, which has seating capacity of around 20 or so passengers and with a range of about 250 miles in city driving, is a candidate to slot in perfectly into this ecosystem.

Kenya’s grid is already very clean, with a whopping 92.3% of the locally generated electricity coming from renewables A lot of this capacity is available during the night.

See https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/09/byd-k6-minibuses-being-piloted-in-kenyas-matatu-industry/

#environment #EV #Kenya #publictransport #Africa
#Blog, ##africa, ##environment, ##ev, ##kenya, ##publictransport

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