Official Statement about former blogger James Panaligan underneath the post:
In the planning of Heathrow Terminal 5, a new personal rapid transport system was being developed - the ULTra PRT (now known in its application in Heathrow as the Heathrow Pods). It now, at the moment links the Business Car Park with Heathrow Terminal 5. It is not the first true PRT, but it is the first in the UK. The system contains three stations: T5, Business Parking A and Business Parking B. Lewis and I went for a ride on this system, stopping at every stop.
The Heathrow Pod.
The station at Heathrow T5
Pod loading. It's quite small in height.
A stack of pods being charged, waiting.
The PRT gives views of Heathrow Airport.
Information screen with a small fact.
Route selector screen at Business Parking B Station
Station B, with Lewis using the route selector
The advert pod at Business Parking A Station
Business Parking Station A with the Red Nose Day pod
Red Nose Day pod
Graphical showing of how to get to Terminal 5...
And finally back at Heathrow T5.
The pod system may be extended to cover other areas of the airport, and may even stretch further afield to the surrounding towns, including Staines.
The reason why there has been a long time between posts is due to off-blog events affecting the blog. This causes for the official statement:
At 1518hrs on 11th April 2013, James Panaligan left the blog after a number of weeks of arguing with me, Au. I'm just shell shocked about this and at this time, I feel quite unsure about the continuation of my blog. However, to replace James, Lewis Nagle will be promoted to being a blogger, in order to maintain order. There is now a backlog of many posts that will be released over the course of the month, and hopefully, I can live on through this hard time. The last insulting message that James sent me (under the chatango account of DW346) led me to doing this. He quit. I didn't fire him. He has now left the London Bus blogging scene, probably for good. After I had introduced him to it. How ironic. That's called betrayal.
PS: I am NOT constructing a will. Yet.
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At 1518hrs on 11th April 2013, James Panaligan left the blog after a number of weeks of arguing with me, Au. I'm just shell shocked about this and at this time, I feel quite unsure about the continuation of my blog. However, to replace James, Lewis Nagle will be promoted to being a blogger, in order to maintain order. There is now a backlog of many posts that will be released over the course of the month, and hopefully, I can live on through this hard time. The last insulting message that James sent me (under the chatango account of DW346) led me to doing this. He quit. I didn't fire him. He has now left the London Bus blogging scene, probably for good. After I had introduced him to it. How ironic. That's called betrayal.
PS: I am NOT constructing a will. Yet.
End.
I went on the pods! I liked the pod a lot and I also tried every language. I took a long video rather than lots of pictures.
ReplyDeleteNice Post Au on the Heathrow Pods. I was wondering since I'm a current independent blogger could you please add me to the Other Transport Blogs lists in order to boost my viewers. I look forward to the upcoming post and I wish your team good luck in the future. :)
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It's looking good and looks like it's cool to travel in these pods.
ReplyDeleteFinding parking spots nowadays have become difficult. This article is just perfect . parking at heathrow is really crucial especially if you will use the extended ones.
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