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I'm trying to unpick Heidi Alexander's speech... We are "only supporting projects that are fully costed and affordable".. so we cancelled Midland Mainline electrification - without costing or ensuring the alternative was affordable (1/2)
www.railwaygazette.com/uk/midland-m...
www.railwaygazette.com/uk/midland-m...
Midland Main Line electrification to the north ‘not affordable’
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander says the government's approach to rail investment 'will be guided by securing value for taxpayers' by 'only supporting projects that are fully costed and affordable'.
www.railwaygazette.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I'm trying to unpick Heidi Alexander's speech... We are "only supporting projects that are fully costed and affordable".. so we cancelled Midland Mainline electrification - without costing or ensuring the alternative was affordable (1/2)
www.railwaygazette.com/uk/midland-m...
www.railwaygazette.com/uk/midland-m...
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Gonna add to the pile and recommend "How Railways Will Fix the Future" by @garethdennis.uk , can't say enough good things about it. It's complimentary to Life After Cars.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761930...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761930...
How the Railways Will Fix the Future by Gareth Dennis: 9781915672483 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Railway engineer and transport policy specialist Gareth Dennis shows why the railways are key to the fight for a better world for us all. The world's railways were almost entirely created by capital ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Gonna add to the pile and recommend "How Railways Will Fix the Future" by @garethdennis.uk , can't say enough good things about it. It's complimentary to Life After Cars.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761930...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761930...
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The fools! They'd be so much happier now if they had just talked endlessly about battery trains and hydrogen.
Meanwhile, '3rd world' India has almost electrified all of its vast network in record time. infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railway...
Over 99% electrification of Indian Railways network complete
Indian Railways Electrification: The Indian Railways has completed over 99% electrification of its broad-gauge network, with a significant push towards renewable energy, including rooftop solar panels...
infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The fools! They'd be so much happier now if they had just talked endlessly about battery trains and hydrogen.
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Scared about kill switches in buses Norway bought from China?
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
NEWAG's digital sabotage of Koleje Dolnośląskie (Dolny Śląsk) trains - what were they thinking? - Jon Worth
In the past couple of days, my Mastodon feed has been full of astonishment about how three Polish IT specialists discovered digital sabotage attempts in trains built by manufacturer NEWAG. The origina...
jonworth.eu
November 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Scared about kill switches in buses Norway bought from China?
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
How about trains in Poland with something similar but even more malevolent 👇
jonworth.eu/newags-digit...
Ah no, not China, so doesn't generate the same fuss 🤷♂️
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
going to make a better one in ms paint this week.
Also this map may as well be someone scrawling with a pencil
A big chunk of Madrid - Paris is done already, and some of the lines that are supposedly done are not. Hell knows what this is supposed to explain.
A big chunk of Madrid - Paris is done already, and some of the lines that are supposedly done are not. Hell knows what this is supposed to explain.
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
going to make a better one in ms paint this week.
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BREAKING!
Blogger's idea to get EU to legislate against scraping trains to happen! 😂
My 2021 blog post:
jonworth.eu/the-eu-shoul...
Today
"Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban anticompetitive scrapping of functioning and safe rolling stock"
transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...
Blogger's idea to get EU to legislate against scraping trains to happen! 😂
My 2021 blog post:
jonworth.eu/the-eu-shoul...
Today
"Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban anticompetitive scrapping of functioning and safe rolling stock"
transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...
The EU should place a blanket ban on trains being scrapped - Jon Worth
This week we learned that part of Europe’s night train renaissance is going to be built on… some couchette carriages that date from 1965. Yes you read that right – some 56 year old carriages are going...
jonworth.eu
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
BREAKING!
Blogger's idea to get EU to legislate against scraping trains to happen! 😂
My 2021 blog post:
jonworth.eu/the-eu-shoul...
Today
"Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban anticompetitive scrapping of functioning and safe rolling stock"
transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...
Blogger's idea to get EU to legislate against scraping trains to happen! 😂
My 2021 blog post:
jonworth.eu/the-eu-shoul...
Today
"Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban anticompetitive scrapping of functioning and safe rolling stock"
transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/...
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See what happens when you provide a more frequent service? Now if only we had more rail lines! @jonworth.eu
‘It’s fantastic’: How changes to Enterprise service have transformed Dublin-Belfast rail travel
‘It’s fantastic’: How changes to Enterprise service have transformed Dublin-Belfast rail travel
Passenger numbers on the Enterprise service are up by 40% in a year
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
See what happens when you provide a more frequent service? Now if only we had more rail lines! @jonworth.eu
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Hungary has closed a passenger railway to build a battery factory
The Debrecen – Nagykereki line used to continue as #CrossBorderRail to Oradea, although the border section is long gone
www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hu...
Here's a pic at Nagykereki I took this summer!
Hungary has closed a passenger railway to build a battery factory
The Debrecen – Nagykereki line used to continue as #CrossBorderRail to Oradea, although the border section is long gone
www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hu...
Here's a pic at Nagykereki I took this summer!
October 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Hungary has closed a passenger railway to build a battery factory
The Debrecen – Nagykereki line used to continue as #CrossBorderRail to Oradea, although the border section is long gone
www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hu...
Here's a pic at Nagykereki I took this summer!
Hungary has closed a passenger railway to build a battery factory
The Debrecen – Nagykereki line used to continue as #CrossBorderRail to Oradea, although the border section is long gone
www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/hu...
Here's a pic at Nagykereki I took this summer!
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Also this is not a good outcome for the Kent stations (Ebbsfleet, Ashford) as Virgin is not keen on those
It's not good for prospects to run London to Germany and Switzerland (as Virgin's trains will not have 15kV)
It's not good for prospects to run London to Germany and Switzerland (as Virgin's trains will not have 15kV)
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Also this is not a good outcome for the Kent stations (Ebbsfleet, Ashford) as Virgin is not keen on those
It's not good for prospects to run London to Germany and Switzerland (as Virgin's trains will not have 15kV)
It's not good for prospects to run London to Germany and Switzerland (as Virgin's trains will not have 15kV)
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stylised version of @garethdennis.uk's British Isles HSR proposal from Railnatter 222 (+ schematic mockup of the GB network)
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
stylised version of @garethdennis.uk's British Isles HSR proposal from Railnatter 222 (+ schematic mockup of the GB network)
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So strike me down if I ever mention rail decarbonisation again.
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So strike me down if I ever mention rail decarbonisation again.
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North Devon's urbanised coast has a population of over 125000 people. Bideford-Barnstaple-Braunton has a population of 90000 plus. And that's before factoring in the huge tourist surges through summer.
Its road network cannot and will never cope.
Its road network cannot and will never cope.
October 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
North Devon's urbanised coast has a population of over 125000 people. Bideford-Barnstaple-Braunton has a population of 90000 plus. And that's before factoring in the huge tourist surges through summer.
Its road network cannot and will never cope.
Its road network cannot and will never cope.
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Not a hope in hell Branson runs a Manchester-Paris
The new Alstom trains for the Tunnel Virgin plans to order are continental European loading gauge, not UK, so can’t run anywhere beyond HS1 in the UK
So forget it
This is 💩
#CrossChannelRail
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
The new Alstom trains for the Tunnel Virgin plans to order are continental European loading gauge, not UK, so can’t run anywhere beyond HS1 in the UK
So forget it
This is 💩
#CrossChannelRail
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Access Restricted
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Not a hope in hell Branson runs a Manchester-Paris
The new Alstom trains for the Tunnel Virgin plans to order are continental European loading gauge, not UK, so can’t run anywhere beyond HS1 in the UK
So forget it
This is 💩
#CrossChannelRail
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
The new Alstom trains for the Tunnel Virgin plans to order are continental European loading gauge, not UK, so can’t run anywhere beyond HS1 in the UK
So forget it
This is 💩
#CrossChannelRail
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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New Video!
Today, Greater Anglia became the third operator to be nationalised by the UK Government, so in this video we discuss exactly what that means, and what comes next for Great British Railways:
youtu.be/YizOGP6Azdg
Today, Greater Anglia became the third operator to be nationalised by the UK Government, so in this video we discuss exactly what that means, and what comes next for Great British Railways:
youtu.be/YizOGP6Azdg
Greater Anglia Nationalised By UK Government: What's Next for Great British Railways?
YouTube video by Network News
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New Video!
Today, Greater Anglia became the third operator to be nationalised by the UK Government, so in this video we discuss exactly what that means, and what comes next for Great British Railways:
youtu.be/YizOGP6Azdg
Today, Greater Anglia became the third operator to be nationalised by the UK Government, so in this video we discuss exactly what that means, and what comes next for Great British Railways:
youtu.be/YizOGP6Azdg
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The Telegraph has been shitposting HS2 twice/thrice-weekly for almost a decade, and have been absolutely instrumental in getting so much of this critical infrastructure axed. Now they’re complaining it’s not going to be as useful, and noticing we’ll still have the issues it was set to solve.
October 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Telegraph has been shitposting HS2 twice/thrice-weekly for almost a decade, and have been absolutely instrumental in getting so much of this critical infrastructure axed. Now they’re complaining it’s not going to be as useful, and noticing we’ll still have the issues it was set to solve.
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“Trains would need to run via the crowded West Coast Main Line…”
The WCML is crowded is it?
We should build a bypass taking some intercity trains off that crowded line so it’s less crowded.
Why aren’t we doing that The Telegraph. 🙃
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
The WCML is crowded is it?
We should build a bypass taking some intercity trains off that crowded line so it’s less crowded.
Why aren’t we doing that The Telegraph. 🙃
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Branson’s Virgin plots Manchester-Paris route to challenge Eurostar
Operator considers new direct services as it bids to secure Channel Tunnel access
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Trains would need to run via the crowded West Coast Main Line…”
The WCML is crowded is it?
We should build a bypass taking some intercity trains off that crowded line so it’s less crowded.
Why aren’t we doing that The Telegraph. 🙃
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
The WCML is crowded is it?
We should build a bypass taking some intercity trains off that crowded line so it’s less crowded.
Why aren’t we doing that The Telegraph. 🙃
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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This autumn the UK Office for Rail and Road will decide on capacity at Temple Mills depot in east London
What that is going to mean for Eurostar's rivals - and the many questions I still have! - I've written up in a new blog post
jonworth.eu/constraints-...
What that is going to mean for Eurostar's rivals - and the many questions I still have! - I've written up in a new blog post
jonworth.eu/constraints-...
Constraints on future Channel Tunnel operators - Jon Worth
Sometime this autumn the UK’s Office of Rail and Road (ORR) will adjudicate on capacity allocation at Temple Mills depot in east London. Responses to ORR from Eurostar and the four other companies tha...
jonworth.eu
October 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This autumn the UK Office for Rail and Road will decide on capacity at Temple Mills depot in east London
What that is going to mean for Eurostar's rivals - and the many questions I still have! - I've written up in a new blog post
jonworth.eu/constraints-...
What that is going to mean for Eurostar's rivals - and the many questions I still have! - I've written up in a new blog post
jonworth.eu/constraints-...
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The claim that "Pacers saved rural railway lines" seems not to have fully died a death yet. It's completely ahistoric on several fronts:
1. Pacers were never deployed on rural railway lines.
2. They cost more to buy and operate than Sprinters.
3. Several lines were closed during their tenure.
1. Pacers were never deployed on rural railway lines.
2. They cost more to buy and operate than Sprinters.
3. Several lines were closed during their tenure.
October 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The claim that "Pacers saved rural railway lines" seems not to have fully died a death yet. It's completely ahistoric on several fronts:
1. Pacers were never deployed on rural railway lines.
2. They cost more to buy and operate than Sprinters.
3. Several lines were closed during their tenure.
1. Pacers were never deployed on rural railway lines.
2. They cost more to buy and operate than Sprinters.
3. Several lines were closed during their tenure.
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Saving lives, saving you money, improving the flow of traffic, there’s no downside to switching to 20mph default limit.
It would be great if we could take a whole country and change the default speed limit to 20mph and then compare it to one left at 30mph. What if it reduced casualties by 25% and with lower risk reduced insurance premiums by £45 a year? Well it did! bit.ly/4gIBPlJ
October 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Saving lives, saving you money, improving the flow of traffic, there’s no downside to switching to 20mph default limit.
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This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
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Let's call a spade a spade.
A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet.
The last thing we need more of - electric or not.
Flying is hugely energy intensive.
Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead.
#TrainsNotPlanes
A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet.
The last thing we need more of - electric or not.
Flying is hugely energy intensive.
Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead.
#TrainsNotPlanes
Flying electric taxis will be travelling between Oxford and Cambridge next year. A six-month pilot project (geddit) aims to prepare the infrastructure and develop a business case as a first step towards “commercially viable regional operations”.
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Let's call a spade a spade.
A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet.
The last thing we need more of - electric or not.
Flying is hugely energy intensive.
Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead.
#TrainsNotPlanes
A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet.
The last thing we need more of - electric or not.
Flying is hugely energy intensive.
Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead.
#TrainsNotPlanes
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New #CrossBorderRail work for @jonworth.eu
And more reports from @simplyrailways.bsky.social , @superalbs.bsky.social @nonstopeurotrip.com @doc7austin.bsky.social
And more reports from @simplyrailways.bsky.social , @superalbs.bsky.social @nonstopeurotrip.com @doc7austin.bsky.social
Türkiye, Syria, and Jordan agreed to revive the historic Hejaz Railway through a trilateral MoU.
Türkiye will help complete the missing 30 km in Syria, Jordan will handle locomotive maintenance.
Türkiye will help complete the missing 30 km in Syria, Jordan will handle locomotive maintenance.
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New #CrossBorderRail work for @jonworth.eu
And more reports from @simplyrailways.bsky.social , @superalbs.bsky.social @nonstopeurotrip.com @doc7austin.bsky.social
And more reports from @simplyrailways.bsky.social , @superalbs.bsky.social @nonstopeurotrip.com @doc7austin.bsky.social