| Engineers work on waterbus glitch (BBC Glasgow) |
| Stagecoach hopes to resume testing of an amphibious bus service in Glasgow after technical problems halted the first trial.Posted: February 9th, 2010 10:50 AM |
| Trial of amphibious bus is stopped in its quacks (The Scotsman) |
| TRIALS of an amphibious bus on the River Clyde were embarrassingly halted yesterday when the Dutch vehicle developed a suspension fault.Posted: February 9th, 2010 10:14 AM |
| National Express to provide Wi-Fi on Norwich to London Intercity service (Business Weekly) |
| National Express East Anglia (NXEA) is to introduce Wi-Fi facilities for all passengers on its Norwich – Ipswich – Colchester - London intercity services before the end of this year after securing a grant of £346,000 from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils towards installation of the equipment involved.Posted: February 9th, 2010 10:00 AM |
| Setback for floating bus (Ananova) |
| A bid to replace a historic ferry with a futuristic amphibious bus was delayed - when the £700,000 was damaged on its first day of testing.Posted: February 9th, 2010 08:51 AM |
| 'Amfibus' grounded on river trials (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) |
| An amphibious bus that can travel on water and roads was grounded less than an hour after taking to the water.Posted: February 9th, 2010 08:26 AM |
| 'Amfibus' grounded on river trials (Belfast Telegraph) |
| An amphibious bus that can travel on water and roads has been grounded less than an hour after taking to the water. Related Stories Swollen stomach woman's baby shock Airline defends name change cost 'McItaly' storm for McDonald's Australian politician in hot water 'No children on shoulders' at shopPosted: February 9th, 2010 08:19 AM |
| UK's first 'floating bus' gears up to ferry commuters (Daily Telegraph) |
| It was not a sinking feeling exactly. But Stagecoach's hopes that its trials of a new amphibious bus would go off without a hitch were dampened on Monday when the vehicle had to be dry-docked for repairs.Posted: February 8th, 2010 11:21 PM |
| Land ahoy! Amphibious bus plan sinks after floating coach breaks down just 60 minutes into test run (Daily Mail) |
| Operators Stagecoach were carrying out a two-day test and demonstration of the bus between Renfrew and Yoker this morning.Posted: February 8th, 2010 09:33 PM |
There is a wonderful archive of BBC Tomorrow’s World programmes here. This one, introducing the home computer terminal, predicts a time when homes will have ’special computer points’ (WiFi was unthinkable) and prices were expected to fall below those of renting a telephone. This first home computer terminal 42 years ago cost £30 per week! That’s £1,500 per year at a time when I was earning £900 per year.
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