Martin Messias
@martinmessias57.bsky.social
I like train travel, walking, and visiting pubs.
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Wishing all my friends in the United States a happy National Cat Day. We don't have a National Cat Day in the UK, just a National Cat. Me.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wishing all my friends in the United States a happy National Cat Day. We don't have a National Cat Day in the UK, just a National Cat. Me.
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HS2 may have grabbed the headlines - but this is the most important railway story of the week so far: formal integration of Southeastern and Network Rail's Kent Route: www.modernrailways.com/article/sout...
Southeastern and NR unite track and train
Combined TOC and NR Kent Route to be known as South Eastern Railway
www.modernrailways.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
HS2 may have grabbed the headlines - but this is the most important railway story of the week so far: formal integration of Southeastern and Network Rail's Kent Route: www.modernrailways.com/article/sout...
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Truly outrageous demands
The creditors who want to profit from Thames Water's collapse are asking to change the company's licence to
- stop fines for sewage dumping 💩
- allow bill increases anytime 🤑
Steve Reed must say NO - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/1e05...
The creditors who want to profit from Thames Water's collapse are asking to change the company's licence to
- stop fines for sewage dumping 💩
- allow bill increases anytime 🤑
Steve Reed must say NO - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/1e05...
UK rebuffs Thames Water creditor demands as administration looms
Bondholders’ rescue plan for utility hinges on waivers from regulations and fines, documents show
www.ft.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Truly outrageous demands
The creditors who want to profit from Thames Water's collapse are asking to change the company's licence to
- stop fines for sewage dumping 💩
- allow bill increases anytime 🤑
Steve Reed must say NO - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/1e05...
The creditors who want to profit from Thames Water's collapse are asking to change the company's licence to
- stop fines for sewage dumping 💩
- allow bill increases anytime 🤑
Steve Reed must say NO - PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
www.ft.com/content/1e05...
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
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The People's Water Commission interim report is out today.
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The People's Water Commission interim report is out today.
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Public ownership...
🥇 delivers the best results in the world
💰 keeps bills low
💡 has the highest water quality
🔮 better protects water for the future.
So why is the government ignoring it? weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Petition: Take our trains into public ownership | We Own It
The government is taking railway operators into public ownership, but the trains themselves will remain in private hands. The government must take our trains into public ownership.
weownit.org.uk
April 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership:
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
April 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Privatised water has failed. Just look at your water bills or the sewage pouring into our rivers. Steve Reed - include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. Sign the petition
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
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The Greater Anglia Aventra introduction is almost complete. 132 out of 133 trains are available for traffic with one more to follow. The order has changed since it was initially placed and they are late, but it remains a significant milestone.
www.modernrailways.com/article/one-...
www.modernrailways.com/article/one-...
One Class 720 to go for Greater Anglia
All but one of the 133 five-car Class 720s have now been accepted by Greater Anglia
www.modernrailways.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The Greater Anglia Aventra introduction is almost complete. 132 out of 133 trains are available for traffic with one more to follow. The order has changed since it was initially placed and they are late, but it remains a significant milestone.
www.modernrailways.com/article/one-...
www.modernrailways.com/article/one-...
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Businesses push government to extend #HS2 line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Call to extend HS2 from London to Crewe by rail businesses - BBC News
The firms want it to run to Crewe instead of the current plan to stop north of Birmingham.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Businesses push government to extend #HS2 line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We Own It are absolutely right, the train leasing companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
We must end the rolling stock racket and the Government must be bolder with their railway reforms:
rmtunion.org/3DdtIhB
We must end the rolling stock racket and the Government must be bolder with their railway reforms:
rmtunion.org/3DdtIhB
Another above-inflation #rail #fares hike. But who benefits? 🤔
Train leasing companies are laughing all the way to the bank - creaming off £410m in profits in 2023.
Govt must bring train leasing companies into public ownership to bring down fares.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/furt...
Train leasing companies are laughing all the way to the bank - creaming off £410m in profits in 2023.
Govt must bring train leasing companies into public ownership to bring down fares.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/furt...
Further rail reform could fund fare freeze, research suggests as tickets rise by 4.6%
morningstaronline.co.uk
March 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
We Own It are absolutely right, the train leasing companies are laughing all the way to the bank.
We must end the rolling stock racket and the Government must be bolder with their railway reforms:
rmtunion.org/3DdtIhB
We must end the rolling stock racket and the Government must be bolder with their railway reforms:
rmtunion.org/3DdtIhB
UK Railtour's charter, the Shakespearean Sonnet waiting to leave London Paddington this morning.
February 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
UK Railtour's charter, the Shakespearean Sonnet waiting to leave London Paddington this morning.
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What more evidence do we need? Privatisation has been a disaster.
✉️ Mail - pay more, get less
🚰 Water - pay more, get less
⚡️Energy - pay more, get less
🚌 Transport - pay more, get less
The only people who get more are the fat cats at the top.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
✉️ Mail - pay more, get less
🚰 Water - pay more, get less
⚡️Energy - pay more, get less
🚌 Transport - pay more, get less
The only people who get more are the fat cats at the top.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Royal Mail service ‘worst I’ve known’, say people who rely on postal deliveries
Experiences shared with the Guardian include stories of late medical letters, small business disruption and more
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What more evidence do we need? Privatisation has been a disaster.
✉️ Mail - pay more, get less
🚰 Water - pay more, get less
⚡️Energy - pay more, get less
🚌 Transport - pay more, get less
The only people who get more are the fat cats at the top.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
✉️ Mail - pay more, get less
🚰 Water - pay more, get less
⚡️Energy - pay more, get less
🚌 Transport - pay more, get less
The only people who get more are the fat cats at the top.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The @tuc.org.uk general secretary, Paul Nowak, has warned that Trump's actions should be "a cautionary tale" against the UK supporting Farage.
“You should judge a man by his record and the company he keeps.”
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/unio...
“You should judge a man by his record and the company he keeps.”
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/unio...
Union boss warns Trump should be "a cautionary tale" against supporting Farage
‘This is what happens when you let the political fraudsters of the populist right in.’
leftfootforward.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The @tuc.org.uk general secretary, Paul Nowak, has warned that Trump's actions should be "a cautionary tale" against the UK supporting Farage.
“You should judge a man by his record and the company he keeps.”
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/unio...
“You should judge a man by his record and the company he keeps.”
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/unio...
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Transport secretary reveals UK state-owned rail company to be launched in two years.
RMT welcomed GBR's creation as a first step, but says Labour needs to go further.
"We must not forget that the profiteering of [rail] companies is just the tip of the iceberg"
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/tran...
RMT welcomed GBR's creation as a first step, but says Labour needs to go further.
"We must not forget that the profiteering of [rail] companies is just the tip of the iceberg"
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/tran...
Transport secretary reveals UK state-owned rail company to be launched in two years
The RMT union has said Labour needs to go further and bring the rest of the railway into public ownership
leftfootforward.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Transport secretary reveals UK state-owned rail company to be launched in two years.
RMT welcomed GBR's creation as a first step, but says Labour needs to go further.
"We must not forget that the profiteering of [rail] companies is just the tip of the iceberg"
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/tran...
RMT welcomed GBR's creation as a first step, but says Labour needs to go further.
"We must not forget that the profiteering of [rail] companies is just the tip of the iceberg"
leftfootforward.org/2025/02/tran...
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
February 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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Herman Melville was born 200+ years ago. Apparently little has changed since the mid 19th Century when he wrote this, because right-wing politicians and media hacks still love whipping people up into a frenzy about the behaviour of the poor, in order to distract them from the criminality of the rich
February 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Herman Melville was born 200+ years ago. Apparently little has changed since the mid 19th Century when he wrote this, because right-wing politicians and media hacks still love whipping people up into a frenzy about the behaviour of the poor, in order to distract them from the criminality of the rich
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Final funds agreed for Portishead to Bristol line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol to Portishead rail line final funding agreed - BBC News
The line, which was closed in 1964, could welcome passengers back by the end of 2027.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Final funds agreed for Portishead to Bristol line www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Are we allowed to talk about building HS2 in full (including the eastern leg) rather than airport expansion in the middle of a climate crisis?
a picture of an elephant with the words hey i 'm in the room
ALT: a picture of an elephant with the words hey i 'm in the room
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Are we allowed to talk about building HS2 in full (including the eastern leg) rather than airport expansion in the middle of a climate crisis?
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In light of Mick Lynch’s announcement that he is to retire as GS of the RMT Union, I’d have loved to have watched him go head to head with Elon Musk
Maybe he still will…
Maybe he still will…
January 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In light of Mick Lynch’s announcement that he is to retire as GS of the RMT Union, I’d have loved to have watched him go head to head with Elon Musk
Maybe he still will…
Maybe he still will…
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We're new to BlueSky! Can you help us find our audience here? Please could you repost for anyone you think may enjoy our search for the finest pubs and bars in Europe? 🙏👍
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January 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We're new to BlueSky! Can you help us find our audience here? Please could you repost for anyone you think may enjoy our search for the finest pubs and bars in Europe? 🙏👍
theeuropeanbarguide.com
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It’s official, we’re now on Bluesky!
Tell your friends and colleagues so they can catch the latest news with us here, including our own fantastic Christian Wolmar and his latest travel adventures!
Tell your friends and colleagues so they can catch the latest news with us here, including our own fantastic Christian Wolmar and his latest travel adventures!
On radio London this AM I spoke with presenter Salma El-Wardany @callingallstations.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 8:54 AM
It’s official, we’re now on Bluesky!
Tell your friends and colleagues so they can catch the latest news with us here, including our own fantastic Christian Wolmar and his latest travel adventures!
Tell your friends and colleagues so they can catch the latest news with us here, including our own fantastic Christian Wolmar and his latest travel adventures!
UK Railtour's, "CAROLS at NORWICH CATHEDRAL, charter, ready to leave London King's Cross. 14-12-24.
December 15, 2024 at 12:22 AM
UK Railtour's, "CAROLS at NORWICH CATHEDRAL, charter, ready to leave London King's Cross. 14-12-24.
An HST "bash" from Plymouth towards Penzance 11/12/24.
December 11, 2024 at 1:31 PM
An HST "bash" from Plymouth towards Penzance 11/12/24.
Routemaster bus in the courtyard of the OLD BANK OF ENGLAND pub, Fleet Street, London.
November 28, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Routemaster bus in the courtyard of the OLD BANK OF ENGLAND pub, Fleet Street, London.
A visit to the new Ashley Down station in Bristol 16-11-24.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 AM
A visit to the new Ashley Down station in Bristol 16-11-24.