Monthly Archives: August 2015

Here’s a terrific poster, from the 1920s, for the Mitropa long-haul services across Europe. Mitropa began as a specialist railway catering company in Germany during WW1. The war provided for an enormous expansion of railway services to support the German … Continue reading →

Here are two posters for West End Watches, from India. They make appeal to the punctuality of the railway by association…

We watched the concluding episode of BBC2TV’s, The World’s Busiest Railway…This featured a number of stories about the problem of safety and capacity on the Mumbai railway network. It turns out that people wander all over the place…on avarage, nine … Continue reading →

There are a number of crisis points on the railways around Europe. Macedonia, the Channel Tunnel, and French HGVs, have all experienced tragic accidents as a result of political instability….

BBC2TV’s magazine format look at ‘the world’s busiest railway” continued yesterday evening. There were stories about long-distance sleeper services and behind-the-scenes looks at catering, laundry, freight services and train repair. Also, featured was the special training given to railway engine … Continue reading →

  The BBC are running a series about “the world’s busiest railway.” That’s the Indian railway system. Yesterday’s film looked at various aspects of Mumbai’s suburban service. You can watch the film on the BBC iplayer, or on UALs box … Continue reading →