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TheTrainLine couples up with TripAdvisor for added-value iPhone app
iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles / transport

TheTrainLine couples up with TripAdvisor for added-value iPhone app

Tuesday, Jun 12, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Synergistic sparks and team-bonding explosions have resulted in a new deal which sees  popular travel site TripAdvisor partnering up online train ticket retailer, thetrainline.com.

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Google / transport

Google Doodle pays tribute to Richard Trevithick, steam loco inventor

Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011Wednesday, Apr 13, 2011 - by mike s

Honoured today with a Google doodle is Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833), a Cornish inventor and mining engineer who created the first high pressure steam engine.

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transport / web

Big discounts for business rail travellers promised by RedSpottedHanky.com

Monday, Aug 16, 2010Thursday, Aug 12, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

We’re mighty keen on things that hurtle along on rails at Wirefresh, although we often find ourselves shouting at rail booking websites which often bedazzle us with endless options and …

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stuff / transport

Train buffs in heaven as Japanese hotel offers in-room model railway

Monday, Aug 9, 2010Friday, Aug 6, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

If you’re the kind of bloke (for it is almost always blokes) who gets excited by model trains, transformers, track laying and sticking little lichen trees around a board, then …

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stuff / transport

The amazing fake houses of Paddington, London [off topic]

Friday, Jun 4, 2010Friday, Jun 4, 2010 - by mike s

Seeing as it’s a Friday, it’s sunny outside and the pub is calling our name, we thought we’d bring you a feature from our sister blog at urban75 and tell …

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transport / web

Disused Stations: the melancholic romance of abandoned railway lines

Friday, Mar 19, 2010Friday, Mar 19, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

If you’ve only a passing interest in Britain’s railways, its architecture or industrial past, you should find Subterranea Brittanica’s Closed Stations site an invaluable and compelling resource.

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transport / web

Moscow-Vladivostok – take a virtual journey on Google Maps

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - by mike s - 5 Comments.

If you’re stuck in your office and fed up looking out at the car park, then why not take a virtual trip along the great Trans Siberian Railway? Thanks to …

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