The funicular railway in Zagreb, Croatia, is a whole 66 metres long.
There is lots of information about the Zagreb funicular at the Funimag website.
Railways
Eurostar Velaro on test in Brussels
A short and shaky video of a new Siemens Velaro high speed trainset for Eurostar, on test at Brussels Midi station on 25 April 2015.
Tours tram wireless operation
Videos of Alstom Citadis 402 trams in the French city of Tours switching from 750 V DC overhead to APS ground-level power supply, outside the main station. APS catenary-free operation is used on a 1·8 km section of the line through the pedestrianised city centre.
Design agency RCP developed the ‘architecture in motion’ theme for the trams, which features a mirrored adhesive film intended to reflect the urban surroundings and resemble the River Loire.
The tram ends feature two vertical strips of LEDs aligned with the rails, which glow white at the front and red at the back.
Steam loco at InnoTrans 2014
HF Wiebe GmbH’s Hanomag 9445/1925 0-4-0T ‘Emma’, offering cab rides at the InnoTrans 2014 trade fair held in Berlin, Germany, during September 2014.
West Croydon ticket machine offers unexpected option
I was rather surprised to find a ticket machine at London Overground’s West Croydon station offering me the option of a ticket valid for travel “By West Anglia Great Northern only” when I was buying ticket to Brighton on 23 February 2014.
Problems:
- WAGN ceased to exist at the end of March 2006.
- When it did exist, it didn’t go anywhere near Croydon* or Brighton.
As the GN part of WAGN was merged with Thameslink to create the franchise which is currently held by First Capital Connect, I suspect a database somewhere has got confused and output WAGN when it really means FCC.
I would get out more, if I could find the right ticket.
(as to why I was trying to do this: Croydon to Brighton tickets routed FCC only are cheaper than any permitted tickets. And there are usually shorted queues for the ticket machines at West Croydon than at East Croydon.)
* The Croydon in Cambridgeshire doesn’t have a station.