David Horne
@davidhorne.bsky.social
Managing Director of London North Eastern Railway • LNER • Follow the official LNER account on Bluesky at: @lner.co.uk
An honour to lay a wreath on behalf of @lner.co.uk at the #PoppiesToPaddington Remembrance Service, which was held in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Camilla.
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
An honour to lay a wreath on behalf of @lner.co.uk at the #PoppiesToPaddington Remembrance Service, which was held in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Camilla.
“To us – he’s always been a hero”
Recognising the incredible bravery of Sam
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Recognising the incredible bravery of Sam
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November 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“To us – he’s always been a hero”
Recognising the incredible bravery of Sam
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Recognising the incredible bravery of Sam
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It has been an honour to join families and survivors of the Hatfield Rail Crash in the chapel of Hatfield House for a memorial service this morning, on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It has been an honour to join families and survivors of the Hatfield Rail Crash in the chapel of Hatfield House for a memorial service this morning, on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
Routes, our @LNER.co.uk podcast, is back!
Season 2 begins with host Jenni Falconer chatting with guest Penny Lancaster about the places she loves to travel to
Find Routes by scanning the QR code on the back of your LNER seat or wherever you get your podcasts - plus it’s now in vision on YouTube!
Season 2 begins with host Jenni Falconer chatting with guest Penny Lancaster about the places she loves to travel to
Find Routes by scanning the QR code on the back of your LNER seat or wherever you get your podcasts - plus it’s now in vision on YouTube!
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Routes, our @LNER.co.uk podcast, is back!
Season 2 begins with host Jenni Falconer chatting with guest Penny Lancaster about the places she loves to travel to
Find Routes by scanning the QR code on the back of your LNER seat or wherever you get your podcasts - plus it’s now in vision on YouTube!
Season 2 begins with host Jenni Falconer chatting with guest Penny Lancaster about the places she loves to travel to
Find Routes by scanning the QR code on the back of your LNER seat or wherever you get your podcasts - plus it’s now in vision on YouTube!
On Thursday evening, I had the honour of giving a reading at a Choral Evensong held at Durham Cathedral to mark #Railway200. There were even references to GNER, Thomas the Tank Engine and Flanders & Swann in the Dean’s address, which you can read here www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/explore/fait...
October 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
On Thursday evening, I had the honour of giving a reading at a Choral Evensong held at Durham Cathedral to mark #Railway200. There were even references to GNER, Thomas the Tank Engine and Flanders & Swann in the Dean’s address, which you can read here www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/explore/fait...
Happy Birthday to The Railway!
As we celebrate the bi-centenary of the first journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, thank you to everyone who works on the railways today - taking us to places so we can discover, work, learn, meet friends and make memories!
Stay safe and enjoy the day!
As we celebrate the bi-centenary of the first journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, thank you to everyone who works on the railways today - taking us to places so we can discover, work, learn, meet friends and make memories!
Stay safe and enjoy the day!
September 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Happy Birthday to The Railway!
As we celebrate the bi-centenary of the first journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, thank you to everyone who works on the railways today - taking us to places so we can discover, work, learn, meet friends and make memories!
Stay safe and enjoy the day!
As we celebrate the bi-centenary of the first journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, thank you to everyone who works on the railways today - taking us to places so we can discover, work, learn, meet friends and make memories!
Stay safe and enjoy the day!
Great to be in Leeds today with Mayor Tracy Brabin, MPs Alex Sobel and Fabian Hamilton and Leeds City Council to launch our @lner.co.uk partnership with Beryl Bikes. Arrive by train and hire an e-bike to explore the city! Dock it when you've finished!
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Great to be in Leeds today with Mayor Tracy Brabin, MPs Alex Sobel and Fabian Hamilton and Leeds City Council to launch our @lner.co.uk partnership with Beryl Bikes. Arrive by train and hire an e-bike to explore the city! Dock it when you've finished!
Good luck to everyone in Team LNER - fundraising for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) in today’s #GreatNorthRun.
Check out their JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!
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Check out their JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!
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Team LNER at the 2025 Great North Run
Help Team LNER raise money to support CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably)
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September 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Good luck to everyone in Team LNER - fundraising for CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) in today’s #GreatNorthRun.
Check out their JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!
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Check out their JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you!
www.justgiving.com/page/lner-gn...
Taking part in this year’s #GreatNorthRun? We’re providing 5 additional @lner.co.uk train services to Newcastle on Sunday morning to get you to the start line! They will serve Leeds, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Edinburgh. More details below.
September 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Taking part in this year’s #GreatNorthRun? We’re providing 5 additional @lner.co.uk train services to Newcastle on Sunday morning to get you to the start line! They will serve Leeds, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Edinburgh. More details below.
The #Railway200 exhibition train "Inspiration" is at the
Railway Museum in York until August 31!
Enjoy this unique train with its hands-on exhibits, as it visits York on its tour around the country.
Book your place - see link below.
@railway200.bsky.social
📷Jack Boskett
Railway Museum in York until August 31!
Enjoy this unique train with its hands-on exhibits, as it visits York on its tour around the country.
Book your place - see link below.
@railway200.bsky.social
📷Jack Boskett
August 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The #Railway200 exhibition train "Inspiration" is at the
Railway Museum in York until August 31!
Enjoy this unique train with its hands-on exhibits, as it visits York on its tour around the country.
Book your place - see link below.
@railway200.bsky.social
📷Jack Boskett
Railway Museum in York until August 31!
Enjoy this unique train with its hands-on exhibits, as it visits York on its tour around the country.
Book your place - see link below.
@railway200.bsky.social
📷Jack Boskett
Operational challenges turned into lasting memories: amid major disruption last Sunday, our King’s Cross team pulled off a mission of pride - ensuring 10 Chelsea Pensioners had a comfortable journey to the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo. An honour to welcome these distinguished veterans on-board @LNER.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Operational challenges turned into lasting memories: amid major disruption last Sunday, our King’s Cross team pulled off a mission of pride - ensuring 10 Chelsea Pensioners had a comfortable journey to the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo. An honour to welcome these distinguished veterans on-board @LNER.co.uk
Looking forward to seeing the @bradford2025.co.uk @worthvalley.bsky.social production of The Railway Children this evening!
August 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Looking forward to seeing the @bradford2025.co.uk @worthvalley.bsky.social production of The Railway Children this evening!
Travelling with children this summer? We’ve launched our brand-new podcast, ‘LNER Kids Club’, featuring fun and educational content designed to inspire and entertain children on your journey.
It is available through the @LNER digital portal (scan the QR code at your seat) and on podcast platforms.
It is available through the @LNER digital portal (scan the QR code at your seat) and on podcast platforms.
August 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Travelling with children this summer? We’ve launched our brand-new podcast, ‘LNER Kids Club’, featuring fun and educational content designed to inspire and entertain children on your journey.
It is available through the @LNER digital portal (scan the QR code at your seat) and on podcast platforms.
It is available through the @LNER digital portal (scan the QR code at your seat) and on podcast platforms.
So many trains - and much more to see! Great to spend today on a family day trip to The Greatest Gathering in Derby, celebrating 200 years of the modern railway. Well done to Alstom UK and the organising team for putting on this unique event to mark #Railway200!
August 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So many trains - and much more to see! Great to spend today on a family day trip to The Greatest Gathering in Derby, celebrating 200 years of the modern railway. Well done to Alstom UK and the organising team for putting on this unique event to mark #Railway200!
The futuristic train will be on show at London King's Cross Station for three days between July 30 and August 1
@lner.co.uk #Railway200
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@lner.co.uk #Railway200
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New 'trains of the future' revealed with cinema-style screens & onboard nap pods
FANCY whizzing through the countryside with 360-degree views of the landscape through glass-to-ceiling windows? Or perhaps, getting your10,000 steps in as you travel from London to Penzance? Well, …
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July 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The futuristic train will be on show at London King's Cross Station for three days between July 30 and August 1
@lner.co.uk #Railway200
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@lner.co.uk #Railway200
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I’m again proud that @LNER.co.uk has been recognised by Women in Transport for leading the rail sector in gender equity in a new report: “The company has demonstrated sustained progress on female leadership, with women in visible, transport-specific executive roles and strong progression pathways.”
July 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I’m again proud that @LNER.co.uk has been recognised by Women in Transport for leading the rail sector in gender equity in a new report: “The company has demonstrated sustained progress on female leadership, with women in visible, transport-specific executive roles and strong progression pathways.”
A rare chance to get up close to an iconic railway structure today, and to hear about the work which goes into keeping the Forth Bridge in good condition by Network Rail Scotland and Balfour Beatty engineers. We had time to see an @LNER.co.uk Azuma pass over on its way from Aberdeen to King’s Cross!
July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A rare chance to get up close to an iconic railway structure today, and to hear about the work which goes into keeping the Forth Bridge in good condition by Network Rail Scotland and Balfour Beatty engineers. We had time to see an @LNER.co.uk Azuma pass over on its way from Aberdeen to King’s Cross!
No trip to Aberdeen is complete without a visit to Clayhills depot where the @lner.co.uk team were busy last night, refuelling and servicing ScotRail InterCity7 sets and cleaning our Azuma set ready for this morning’s 0952 departure to King’s Cross
July 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
No trip to Aberdeen is complete without a visit to Clayhills depot where the @lner.co.uk team were busy last night, refuelling and servicing ScotRail InterCity7 sets and cleaning our Azuma set ready for this morning’s 0952 departure to King’s Cross
The Tall Ships Races are in Aberdeen - we’re running an extra train today - at 18.15 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh - to help get everyone home!
On Sunday the extra services will be 08.10 from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen and 18.15 from Aberdeen to Newcastle
On Sunday the extra services will be 08.10 from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen and 18.15 from Aberdeen to Newcastle
July 19, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The Tall Ships Races are in Aberdeen - we’re running an extra train today - at 18.15 from Aberdeen to Edinburgh - to help get everyone home!
On Sunday the extra services will be 08.10 from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen and 18.15 from Aberdeen to Newcastle
On Sunday the extra services will be 08.10 from Edinburgh Waverley to Aberdeen and 18.15 from Aberdeen to Newcastle
Huge well done to our Retford station team who have raised £5,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support in memory of colleague Kevin White, by doing a sponsored walk from Doncaster station to Retford station. The passing @lner.co.uk Azuma in this picture has a message for everyone who gave their support!
July 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Huge well done to our Retford station team who have raised £5,000 for MacMillan Cancer Support in memory of colleague Kevin White, by doing a sponsored walk from Doncaster station to Retford station. The passing @lner.co.uk Azuma in this picture has a message for everyone who gave their support!
If you are visiting the @railwaymuseum.bsky.social in York over the next couple of days, look out for our newly-named @LNER.co.uk locomotive 91150 “National Railway Museum 50 years”!
It will be going back to the depot later this week then will be in service on our route in a few weeks time.
It will be going back to the depot later this week then will be in service on our route in a few weeks time.
July 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you are visiting the @railwaymuseum.bsky.social in York over the next couple of days, look out for our newly-named @LNER.co.uk locomotive 91150 “National Railway Museum 50 years”!
It will be going back to the depot later this week then will be in service on our route in a few weeks time.
It will be going back to the depot later this week then will be in service on our route in a few weeks time.
Today we have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of the National Railway Museum @railwaymuseum.bsky.social by unveiling one of our @LNER.co.uk Class 91 locomotives in a special livery, named for the occasion! It is on display at the museum until Thursday. #Railway200
July 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today we have celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of the National Railway Museum @railwaymuseum.bsky.social by unveiling one of our @LNER.co.uk Class 91 locomotives in a special livery, named for the occasion! It is on display at the museum until Thursday. #Railway200
LNER teams up with The King’s Trust to help put careers on track
@lner.co.uk has partnered with the @kingstrust.bsky.social to provide a month-long work placement for six young adults at Newcastle Central Station, their first formal work experience within the rail industry
@lner.co.uk has partnered with the @kingstrust.bsky.social to provide a month-long work placement for six young adults at Newcastle Central Station, their first formal work experience within the rail industry
July 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
LNER teams up with The King’s Trust to help put careers on track
@lner.co.uk has partnered with the @kingstrust.bsky.social to provide a month-long work placement for six young adults at Newcastle Central Station, their first formal work experience within the rail industry
@lner.co.uk has partnered with the @kingstrust.bsky.social to provide a month-long work placement for six young adults at Newcastle Central Station, their first formal work experience within the rail industry
LNER gives ‘behind the scenes’ look into crucial role keeping railway running
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#INWED25
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June 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
LNER gives ‘behind the scenes’ look into crucial role keeping railway running
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#INWED25
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#INWED25
Honoured to be in Bradford for last night’s opening of the Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social , with a rousing address from Sir Ben Okri. Over 500 events are taking place over 10 days from today until 6 July. Get there with @lner.co.uk new direct train services from London!
June 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Honoured to be in Bradford for last night’s opening of the Bradford Literature Festival @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social , with a rousing address from Sir Ben Okri. Over 500 events are taking place over 10 days from today until 6 July. Get there with @lner.co.uk new direct train services from London!