New Arrivals At Sanders Stephen Purkiss reports additions to the Sanders fleet in the form of two Volvo B8RLE /MCV eVoRas.Originally BU25 YZP and BU25 ZXC, they are named ‘Norwich Castle’ and ‘Norwich Cathedral’ and received fleet numbers 544 and 545 respectively. They are to be allocated to the new Norwich outstation with 544 being re-registered SC25 NCH and 545 now NC25 NCH.The photo shows 544 at Heath Drive Depot in
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Rowley Station awakens… It is now five years since the last passenger operations at Rowley Station, during February half-term 2020 and featuring Peckett 0-6-0ST No.2000.  Not long afterwards...
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Railway 200 at Beamish 2025 – The Railway Attractions As we approach the Festival of Transport, a host of buses, road vehicles, road steam engines and railway locomotives are lined up to appear over...
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Gerrard East / Norwood track repairs: TTC detours, starting May 9 Starting 11 p.m. Friday, May 9, TTC track crews are repairing the streetcar tracks on Gerrard Street East east of Norwood Avenue. It explains that, “This work is part of [our] preventative maintenance program to ensure safe and reliable streetcar...
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Hankyu to charter Ponant ship for 2027 cruises Hankyu Travel International will charter Ponant’s Le Jacques-Cartier for three cruises around Japan from March to April 2027. This marks the first time a Japanese travel agency has chartered a Ponant ship specifically for international tourists. 

The 12-night cruises on Ponant’s 184-guest vessel will depart from Kobe and Yokohama and will sail to destinations in western Japan and the Seto Inland Sea, which includes over 700 islands. Hankyu says the itineraries will allow guests to explore natural landscapes, local cuisine, historical sites, traditional culture and contemporary art. 

The ‘Timeless Voyage of Refinement’ cruise will begin in Kobe and call at the islands of Inujima and Miyajima, as well as Mitarai, Hagi, Shimonoseki, Katsuura, Toba, Yaizu, Tagonoura and Yokohama in Japan and Busan in South Korea. Also departing from Kobe, the ‘Journey to Hidden Gems in Japan’ cruise will call at Inujima, Miyajima, Tsushima, Yakushima and the Koshikijima islands, as well as ...
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