International - items of interest

[ozbob]

'A bus is open to everyone regardless of class': riding the world's biggest network

Rapid transit buses that ferry workers in and out of Jakarta have become hugely popular and are key to net zero ambitions

> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/30/a-bus-is-open-to-everyone-regardless-of-class-riding-the-worlds-biggest-network?CMP=soc_568

[ozbob]

https://x.com/ScotRail/status/1734295737884647649?s=20

[ozbob]

Bloomberg: Hyperloop One to Shut Down After Failing to Reinvent Transit

> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-21/hyperloop-one-to-shut-down-after-raising-millions-to-reinvent-transit

The company is selling assets, laying off remaining employees.

[ozbob]

The Unique Halesworth Moving Platforms

[ozbob]

https://x.com/CalSleeper/status/1744086604459757900?s=20

[ozbob]

https://x.com/TalgoGroup/status/1750482138141433981?s=20

[ozbob]

https://x.com/BrentToderian/status/1751784659342553220?s=20

[ozbob]

https://x.com/railjournal/status/1756604037397381336?s=20

[ozbob]

https://x.com/humantransit/status/1769730364396740699?s=20

[ozbob]

https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1771413897565671615?s=20

[verbatim9]

New underwater rail tunnel to connect Continental Europe with Northern Africa by 2030. ---> https://www.escape.com.au/experiences/rail/underwater-train-connecting-europe-and-africa-by-2030/news-story/7bc4d1d89bf77e91537060d9aa607ad8

[ozbob]

https://x.com/JRUrbaneNetwork/status/1814215100934529435

[#Metro]

1979 British Rail advertisement
https://www.facebook.com/HistoricPhotographs

Still as relevant today.

[ozbob]

City of Lausanne (Switzerland)   Bi-artics

https://www-24heures-ch.translate.goog/mega-extra-super-le-bus-tl-de-tous-les-superlatifs-679997261045?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp&_x_tr_hist=true

[ozbob]

https://x.com/JRUrbaneNetwork/status/1831235998103015927

[ozbob]

https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1831276532070830288

[ozbob]

Metro Report Internation -->  Customised battery locos ordered to haul Paris metro maintenance trains

FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has placed its first order with Stadler, covering the supply of 12 custom-designed electric-battery locomotives to haul maintenance and repair trains across the entire metro network from 2027.

The order announced on October 21 has been placed as part of a wider RATP programme to improve the efficient of infrastructure maintenance of the 245 km network. There is an option for two more locos. ...

[SilverChased]

https://newatlas.com/transport/metropolis-autonomous-train-taiwan/

The first of 35 fully automated Metropolis trains from French company Alstom, which is planned for a new Light Green Line metro system, has made its debut in Taiwan. When complete, the entirely automated 22.8-km (14-mile) line will shave 30 minutes off the current commute time end to end, taking just 20 minutes to travel the entire route between New Taipei City and the capital Taipei.

[verbatim9]

Cool street side bus stop in Korea.

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/ZJhAhHJjp2wbZ9pn/