The new Exeter Bus Station has opened to passengers in the city centre. The new station – a striking glass-fronted building with modern facilities – replaces the old bus station which was constructed in the 1960s. The facility, which will promote green public transport in the city and rural communities for decades to come, opened […]
Read MoreDate set for Exeter bus station opening
Posted on July 11th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group
All aboard from Sunday 25 July Exeter’s new £8 million bus station will open on Sunday 25 July, it has been revealed. The new building – a striking glass-fronted building on Bampfylde Street in the city centre – replaces the dilapidated facility constructed in the 1960s, and will be operated by Stagecoach South West. The redevelopment has been […]
Read MoreDerelict building at Shipley Station is restored to provide new toilet facilities
Posted on June 9th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group
A DERELICT building has been restored at Shipley Station as Northern continues its work to make the rail network more accessible by providing new facilities. Accessible toilets and a new waiting room are now open to the public. Northern restored a derelict toilet block on platform five to house the new facilities, while keeping its heritage features. […]
Read MoreLetter: Bus station is a ‘decrepit monstrosity’
Posted on May 28th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group
JUST as we are welcoming visitors from further afield, it brings up the unsavoury subject of Skipton Bus Station. I wrote in 2019 of how the station is unfit for purpose, and two years on, it is no better. First of all, the station is as well lit as striking a single match in Wembley […]
Read MoreLetter: Bus station is a ‘decrepit monstrosity’
Posted on May 28th, 2021 by Best Brothers Group
JUST as we are welcoming visitors from further afield, it brings up the unsavoury subject of Skipton Bus Station. I wrote in 2019 of how the station is unfit for purpose, and two years on, it is no better. First of all, the station is as well lit as striking a single match in Wembley […]
Read MoreIndia’s First Inclusive Railway Station for Persons with Visual Impairment
Posted on May 6th, 2019 by Best Brothers Group
Anuprayaas, a Bengaluru-based social enterprise is on a mission to change this. The organisation is not only working towards creating inclusive neighbourhoods but also sensitising people about different disabilities. In a first of sorts, it has collaborated with the Indian Railways to give the country its first ever blind-friendly railway station in Mysuru. “Equal access to public places is a right, not […]
Read MoreClosed LRT station elevator frustrates Edmonton parents with stroller – Edmonton
Posted on January 30th, 2019 by Best Brothers Group
[ad_1] Mack Male and his wife Sharon Yeo live in downtown Edmonton and are avid users of the transit system. That lifestyle didn’t change when their daughter was born. But on Tuesday afternoon, the couple hit a snag while trying to leave the Stadium LRT station with their stroller: the elevator was out of service, […]
Read MoreOfficer catches ‘dumb’ suspected bike thief red-handed outside Oregon police station – National
Posted on January 2nd, 2019 by Best Brothers Group
Police say a would-be thief was captured on video trying to steal a bike outside an Oregon police station, and then captured by a police officer a few seconds later. Security footage from the police station in Gladstone, Ore., shows a male suspect attempting to take the only bike in the bicycle rack outside the [...]
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