Permanent Tourist

The personal website of Mark Howells-Mead

Posts about SBB CFF FFS

SBB CFF FFS is the Swiss national railway company.

  • Paddle steamer on Lac Léman, passing Lutry

    Random things in April

    It seems as though there will be a fair amount of travelling for me this year, both around Switzerland (which is pretty normal for Jo and for me in our time off), and abroad. After visiting England in March, I was back again in April to visit Mum; later in the month, I rode the…

  • Michi in the train

    Working on the rails

    Working in the web industry, I began getting fed up of trailing all the way to an office to work. When I moved to web agency Say Hello, I vowed to make the most of “remote working”.

  • Technical case study: the SBB CFF FFS brand panel

    Using modern web technologies to replicate the ubiquitous red panel used by Swiss railway company SBB CFF FFS.

  • Technical case study: SBB RCS

    The latest project we’ve launched at !frappant is for SBB (Swiss Railways): a microsite for the Rail Control System team, which promotes their work controlling the flow of rail traffic throughout the national network.

  • At home on the road

    At home on the road

    I feel a new long-term photo project coming on…

  • Portillo in Switzerland

    Fans of Switzerland and train travel in the Alps shouldn’t miss a recent episode of Great Continental Railway Journeys by the BBC.

  • Black and white Lightroom presets by MikeyG

    An example of an image processed using a simple preset available through the Lightroom Presets website.

  • It’s the idea that counts

    The most inspirational photographs are often those where the lighting plan doesn’t play a major role; those where the idea and aim of the picture takes the lead.

  • Photography in the Swiss railway network

    Written confirmation from the media relations team of the SBB/CFF/FFS that photography for private use in their railway stations is allowed and does not require a permit.

  • One year on

    A year ago today, I left my previous employer after seven and a half years to start a new working life in Bern.

  • Into the light

    Edited directly on my k810i prior to upload. PhotoDJ has some pretty amazing image editing capabilities, considering it’s only on a mobile phone!

  • Long Days on the rails

    I received a letter from my new employer today, detailing the first weeks of my employment and lots of interesting sessions they have planned, from “getting to know you” time in the office in Bern to “an hour with the CEO” at the Zürich office. Starting on my first day, I have meetings and sessions…

  • General Abonnement

    By my reckoning, I have made the journey between Brienz and Spiez nearly three and a half thousand times in the past seven and a half years: a phenomenal number of trips backwards and forward for a person who used to long to abandon the car and travel in relaxing comfort on public transport. Back…

  • The “Regio”