Share this page!

Maybe Scrolly?
Tom Forth Profile picture
Twitter logo
Nov 22 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
"Leeds has no room for a tram" is a great new take. Here's Leeds' tram network in 1959.
And now I'm on a website called "Timetable World" looking at tram timetables.
This is pretty much how that Tory MP lost his job isn't it?
Would like to try Phosferrade tbh.
The adverts are ace. (except the racist one, which I've skipped over, because it was very "of its time" and we don't need that today).
Since it's @jimmoran's route --- here's Corn Exchange to Meanwood by tram. In 1951 that was a service every five minutes at peak times, it was timetabled to take 16 minutes, ran from 5am to 11pm. Today the journey by bus takes much longer (27 minutes) and runs a third as often.
@jimmoran I'm going to digitise the 1951 Leeds tram timetable aren't I? #FML
It's proper nuts reading these times. In 1951 on a tram,
Corn Exchange to Elland Road? 14 minutes.
Corn Exchange to Gipton? 16 minutes.
Headingley? 19 minutes.
Kirkstall Abbey? 19 minutes.
Whingate? 20 minutes.
Moortown? 21 minutes.
Crossgates? 22 minutes.
Middleton? 24 minutes.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Tom Forth

Tom Forth Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @thomasforth

Tom Forth Profile picture
Nov 23
"you can't keep on promising things to the North of England and then not delivering for a decade" reckons Andy Burnham. And I mean, provably, you can. Though hopefully not for much longer. Image
A very pro-Bradford speech this. Nice. #Solidarity
He wants a Northern land value (increase) tax to pay for the ambitions of North England. Love to see it.
Read 5 tweets
Tom Forth Profile picture
Nov 23
"unfortunately due to same late changes to Parliamentary business in the House of Commons" is the excuse the UK government are using for not turning up at #OneNorth The Great North Conference and instead sending a flagtastic video from Westminster. Not good enough. Image
If our Parliament means that our Government cannot engage with us where we are then it isn't working and it needs to be reformed.
I read quite a lot anti-devolutionary opinion. And I understand the argument. But if we are to be One Nation rules from the centre then the centre has to at least make an effort. And since it doesn't, we need devolution.
Read 9 tweets
Tom Forth Profile picture
Nov 22
Tomorrow morning it's going to be dark, 4°C, and heavily raining. So I think I will get the train to Manchester for the Great Northern Conference. I'd have cycled in the Summer, but it isn't the Summer.
So far, so good. The train I'd planned on is cancelled. But the next one should be fine. I'm told that enough people have given up on the train now that even after a cancelled train you can usually get on the next one.
I'm talking in t'afternoon about Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Materials. We have two relevant RTICs in @TheDataCity platform. 13,777 companies with 406k employees, over €5bn of investment funding and £590m of InnovateUK funding, identified by AI based on their websites.
Read 7 tweets
Tom Forth Profile picture
Nov 22
I've been looking at low productivity in the UK. Trying to find examples with data of where it actually happens. Public transport is an ace example. Compared to our more productive neighbouring countries we use far more drivers to transport fewer people. That's low productivity.
I was pretty sure this would be the case, but I've been surprised by how big the gap is. Now I'm looking for the next measurable and visible thing. Not sure what it'll be yet.
Data on the public transport stuff is here. North England and Leeds use lots more vehicles (mostly buses) and lots more drivers to provide many fewer public transport journeys than Dublin, Lille, and the Netherlands. Very low productivity. tomforth.co.uk/toomanybuses
Read 12 tweets
Tom Forth Profile picture
Nov 21
Downloaded the Netherlands' national public transport timetable. 😍@ovinfoapp Gonna see whether its service patterns are more British (service throughout the day at a pretty much constant frequency from 8am to 6pm) or French/Irish (more services at peak, fewer during the day).
This has required me, due to the way I wrote my software back in the day, to pick a city that I consider the centre of the Netherlands. And I picked Amersfoort, which is in the province of Utrecht, and is always where the Netherlands' public transport smartcard is based.
Fascinating stuff. The buses are like France and Ireland, but the trains, metros, and trams are quite British.
Read 7 tweets
Tom Forth Profile picture
Nov 21
Do you know what "Temple Works" is in Leeds?
Do you know what "Tower Works" is in Leeds?
Tower Works is a former steel pin factory in central Leeds. Most notably the site (closed since the early 80s) contains three preserved ornate Italian-style towers, mostly decorative, partly chimneys (possibly more). They are now the centrepiece of a very pleasing development.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Send Email!

:(