Mike Wooldridge
@mikewooldridge.bsky.social
Working with technology at https://raileasy.co.uk & volunteer moderator at RailUK. Personal account, all views my own. Also on Mastodon @mikewooldridge@infosec.exchange
Have to say @ns.nl / @nsinternational.com knock it out of the park with branded merchandise! Their Rotterdam popup today was busy and they’ve got some great accessibly priced items…. It’s something I’d really like to see GBR/the NRM make more of with reasonably priced double arrow merch back home.
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Have to say @ns.nl / @nsinternational.com knock it out of the park with branded merchandise! Their Rotterdam popup today was busy and they’ve got some great accessibly priced items…. It’s something I’d really like to see GBR/the NRM make more of with reasonably priced double arrow merch back home.
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BREAKING: European Sleeper to launch Brussels/Amsterdam-Bern-Brig-Milan sleeper train from June 2026 (after launching Paris-Berlin in March).
Press release: mcusercontent.com/5ffbd133c9ab...
Press release: mcusercontent.com/5ffbd133c9ab...
December 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
BREAKING: European Sleeper to launch Brussels/Amsterdam-Bern-Brig-Milan sleeper train from June 2026 (after launching Paris-Berlin in March).
Press release: mcusercontent.com/5ffbd133c9ab...
Press release: mcusercontent.com/5ffbd133c9ab...
Ah it looks like DB's non-broadcast-only Bluesky channel @bahn.de has been discontinued. Does anyone (@jonworth.eu ?) have a good contact at DB? I don't use any of the social networks they remain active on, but it'd be a good bug to get fixed (I've missed a train because of it) :-)
@deutschebahn.com Hallo! I have noticed a bug on the live running info within iceportal.de - it's using local time from my device rather than overriding to the German timezone. ICE109 arrives Duisburg 14:11 for example :-) Please let me know if there's a better point of contact.
December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ah it looks like DB's non-broadcast-only Bluesky channel @bahn.de has been discontinued. Does anyone (@jonworth.eu ?) have a good contact at DB? I don't use any of the social networks they remain active on, but it'd be a good bug to get fixed (I've missed a train because of it) :-)
@deutschebahn.com Hallo! I have noticed a bug on the live running info within iceportal.de - it's using local time from my device rather than overriding to the German timezone. ICE109 arrives Duisburg 14:11 for example :-) Please let me know if there's a better point of contact.
December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
@deutschebahn.com Hallo! I have noticed a bug on the live running info within iceportal.de - it's using local time from my device rather than overriding to the German timezone. ICE109 arrives Duisburg 14:11 for example :-) Please let me know if there's a better point of contact.
Nice problem to have - but I think @nebula.tv's platform is struggling somewhat with the popularity of the new #JetLagTheGame series premiere!
September 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Nice problem to have - but I think @nebula.tv's platform is struggling somewhat with the popularity of the new #JetLagTheGame series premiere!
So. Prague to London in a day ✅… a 3-train, 17 hour trek across Europe! Started tracking along the Elbe at 0628 and pulled into St Pancras bang on time at 2157. #trainsnotplanes
September 13, 2025 at 7:43 AM
So. Prague to London in a day ✅… a 3-train, 17 hour trek across Europe! Started tracking along the Elbe at 0628 and pulled into St Pancras bang on time at 2157. #trainsnotplanes
A *particularly* excellent crew on #Eurostar 9167 tonight. Great initiative in offering surplus cold Premier meals when the meat Plus option ran out, and a particularly chatty friendly crew with an unprompted offer of wine top up too! cc @eurostarjustin.bsky.social @trainmanagerjo.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A *particularly* excellent crew on #Eurostar 9167 tonight. Great initiative in offering surplus cold Premier meals when the meat Plus option ran out, and a particularly chatty friendly crew with an unprompted offer of wine top up too! cc @eurostarjustin.bsky.social @trainmanagerjo.bsky.social
My journeys back from NL to the UK are never easy, always seem to choose days of peak disruption 😅 Still, allows me time to admire this stonework NS logo outside Zuid whilst sat at a red signal! Looks like we’re hoping the 20:56 E* still has space…
September 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My journeys back from NL to the UK are never easy, always seem to choose days of peak disruption 😅 Still, allows me time to admire this stonework NS logo outside Zuid whilst sat at a red signal! Looks like we’re hoping the 20:56 E* still has space…
Good afternoon from the ‘Max Express’! By a long way the most public transport-friendly GP and a huge logistical exercise. Trains run from Amsterdam to the circuit and back every 5 minutes all weekend. Extremely well run by NS, under 15 minutes from start of queue to being on our way to Zandvoort!
August 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Good afternoon from the ‘Max Express’! By a long way the most public transport-friendly GP and a huge logistical exercise. Trains run from Amsterdam to the circuit and back every 5 minutes all weekend. Extremely well run by NS, under 15 minutes from start of queue to being on our way to Zandvoort!
This is an excellent interview and well worth a listen. The knowledgeable enthusiasm of @jonworth.eu explaining the different players for expanding cross-Channel services, and the challenges they face both before and after starting revenue services, really is engaging.
Nigel Harris & Richard Bowker run one of the UK's best known railway podcasts, Green Signals
I was a guest on it this week, talking about the future of #CrossChannelRail and potential rivals to Eurostar
Listen / watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUNz...
I was a guest on it this week, talking about the future of #CrossChannelRail and potential rivals to Eurostar
Listen / watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUNz...
Eurostar: The full (mind blowing!) guide to Channel Tunnel competition | Ep 99
YouTube video by Green Signals
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is an excellent interview and well worth a listen. The knowledgeable enthusiasm of @jonworth.eu explaining the different players for expanding cross-Channel services, and the challenges they face both before and after starting revenue services, really is engaging.
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I say this as somebody who's day job is to understand and use AI.
Do not.
I repeat this again
Do. Not. EVER.
Give these agents the ability to behave and act as you on any site. I mean ANY site.
ChatGPT etc can be safe, but these agents are NOT secure in my view.
Do not.
I repeat this again
Do. Not. EVER.
Give these agents the ability to behave and act as you on any site. I mean ANY site.
ChatGPT etc can be safe, but these agents are NOT secure in my view.
Haha, so chatgpt's new agent feature has a warning that if you send the agent to do stuff, it may give bad people access to your data. Necessary, I guess, but if this is true it'd make it fairly useless, no?
I mean to me the main use case would be giving it access to sites requiring login.
I mean to me the main use case would be giving it access to sites requiring login.
July 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I say this as somebody who's day job is to understand and use AI.
Do not.
I repeat this again
Do. Not. EVER.
Give these agents the ability to behave and act as you on any site. I mean ANY site.
ChatGPT etc can be safe, but these agents are NOT secure in my view.
Do not.
I repeat this again
Do. Not. EVER.
Give these agents the ability to behave and act as you on any site. I mean ANY site.
ChatGPT etc can be safe, but these agents are NOT secure in my view.
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CLIVE MYRIE: your name please
CONTESTANT: john smith
CM: occupation?
CONTESTANT: office worker
CM: and your specialist subject?
CONTESTANT: the history of iceland
CM: your 90 seconds on the history of the nordic island country iceland start now
CONTESTANT: wait, the nordic what?
CONTESTANT: john smith
CM: occupation?
CONTESTANT: office worker
CM: and your specialist subject?
CONTESTANT: the history of iceland
CM: your 90 seconds on the history of the nordic island country iceland start now
CONTESTANT: wait, the nordic what?
July 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
CLIVE MYRIE: your name please
CONTESTANT: john smith
CM: occupation?
CONTESTANT: office worker
CM: and your specialist subject?
CONTESTANT: the history of iceland
CM: your 90 seconds on the history of the nordic island country iceland start now
CONTESTANT: wait, the nordic what?
CONTESTANT: john smith
CM: occupation?
CONTESTANT: office worker
CM: and your specialist subject?
CONTESTANT: the history of iceland
CM: your 90 seconds on the history of the nordic island country iceland start now
CONTESTANT: wait, the nordic what?
Particularly - they're all excellent but these stand out - great crews today on my #Eurostar to Amsterdam, both the London-Brussels and those now on the leg taking us up to the Netherlands. Friendly, helpful and proactive offering drinks in Plus. (cc @eurostarjustin.bsky.social)
June 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Particularly - they're all excellent but these stand out - great crews today on my #Eurostar to Amsterdam, both the London-Brussels and those now on the leg taking us up to the Netherlands. Friendly, helpful and proactive offering drinks in Plus. (cc @eurostarjustin.bsky.social)
Feels very apt spending some of my #Eurostar journey to Amsterdam catching up on @jonworth.eu's excellent #CrossBorderRail project; it's giving me wanderlust to go beyond my semi-regular research trips to NL/DK in recent months... Central Europe remains largely unexplored, must fix before too long!
June 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Feels very apt spending some of my #Eurostar journey to Amsterdam catching up on @jonworth.eu's excellent #CrossBorderRail project; it's giving me wanderlust to go beyond my semi-regular research trips to NL/DK in recent months... Central Europe remains largely unexplored, must fix before too long!
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Summer is coming and it's peak #Interrail and #Eurail season
This means lots of headaches with reservations, timetables and disruptions
I have updated my Interrail Tips post: jonworth.eu/interrail-ti...
And if you're stuck, ASK! There are dozens of us here who'll happily help!
#CrossBorderRail
This means lots of headaches with reservations, timetables and disruptions
I have updated my Interrail Tips post: jonworth.eu/interrail-ti...
And if you're stuck, ASK! There are dozens of us here who'll happily help!
#CrossBorderRail
Interrail tips and tricks - Jon Worth
In the course of my #CrossBorderRail project I have learned a fair bit about how to use Interrail passes in a bunch of different countries. While this is far from a complete guide, here are a bunch of...
jonworth.eu
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Summer is coming and it's peak #Interrail and #Eurail season
This means lots of headaches with reservations, timetables and disruptions
I have updated my Interrail Tips post: jonworth.eu/interrail-ti...
And if you're stuck, ASK! There are dozens of us here who'll happily help!
#CrossBorderRail
This means lots of headaches with reservations, timetables and disruptions
I have updated my Interrail Tips post: jonworth.eu/interrail-ti...
And if you're stuck, ASK! There are dozens of us here who'll happily help!
#CrossBorderRail
Good evening Europe from #Eurovision SF1! First ever live show in the audience, excited to see it from a different perspective.
May 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Good evening Europe from #Eurovision SF1! First ever live show in the audience, excited to see it from a different perspective.
Let #Eurovision week begin! Starting off with a night in the fan zone….
May 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Let #Eurovision week begin! Starting off with a night in the fan zone….
It's interesting listening to newsreaders 'fill' during major news events where there's nothing actually new happening, but where they can't really switch away in case a development occurs. The BBC's Clive Myrie is one of the best at it, it's quite a skill to keep the conversation engaging. #pope
May 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's interesting listening to newsreaders 'fill' during major news events where there's nothing actually new happening, but where they can't really switch away in case a development occurs. The BBC's Clive Myrie is one of the best at it, it's quite a skill to keep the conversation engaging. #pope
Travelling across time zones is never easy for me - first night in the USA (visiting my brother and his family), and I’m wide awake at half 5 in the morning…
April 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Travelling across time zones is never easy for me - first night in the USA (visiting my brother and his family), and I’m wide awake at half 5 in the morning…
This water dispenser at Charlotte airport yesterday really wants to be a plane instead….
April 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
This water dispenser at Charlotte airport yesterday really wants to be a plane instead….
Was great to be in the room for @troyhunt.com’s talk last night - well worth a watch, but sadly the YouTube recording doesn’t come with the very cool 3D printed logo swag… seriously though - go watch, he’s a great speaker and security of your personal data is such an important topic…
March 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Was great to be in the room for @troyhunt.com’s talk last night - well worth a watch, but sadly the YouTube recording doesn’t come with the very cool 3D printed logo swag… seriously though - go watch, he’s a great speaker and security of your personal data is such an important topic…
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Hello it's me again with a new 'Images I Post to Upset UX/UI designers'. Enjoy this absolute cracker.
February 24, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Hello it's me again with a new 'Images I Post to Upset UX/UI designers'. Enjoy this absolute cracker.
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The first rule of Chinese Whispers Club is you never walk about shiny wasp horse cubs.
February 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The first rule of Chinese Whispers Club is you never walk about shiny wasp horse cubs.
There’s still something I find almost magical about #CrossBorderRail - a fleeting glimpse of a silver box is the only clue our 0800 #Enterprise from Belfast to Dublin has just crossed from Northern Ireland into Ireland.
February 8, 2025 at 9:10 AM
There’s still something I find almost magical about #CrossBorderRail - a fleeting glimpse of a silver box is the only clue our 0800 #Enterprise from Belfast to Dublin has just crossed from Northern Ireland into Ireland.
It’s interesting how neighbouring countries can have such differing cultures - and this came to catch out a German traveller in NL today! Wanting to buy a ticket onboard they withdrew cash only to find that NS is cashless and then didn’t have enough in the bank. I ended up selling them a ticket!
January 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s interesting how neighbouring countries can have such differing cultures - and this came to catch out a German traveller in NL today! Wanting to buy a ticket onboard they withdrew cash only to find that NS is cashless and then didn’t have enough in the bank. I ended up selling them a ticket!