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Everything about trains and trams (and subways) and tracks (rail and bicycle tracks) all across the world.
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Episode 2 of the COPOut Podcast launches tomorrow! I speak with @lisaschipper.bsky.social & @rodschoonover.bsky.social about how the climate regime has changed over the years, and how climate shocks and (mal)adaptation are increasing vulnerabilities and inequalities across and within countries.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Episode 2 of the COPOut Podcast launches tomorrow! I speak with @lisaschipper.bsky.social & @rodschoonover.bsky.social about how the climate regime has changed over the years, and how climate shocks and (mal)adaptation are increasing vulnerabilities and inequalities across and within countries.
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Swiss operator SBB has awarded Siemens Mobility a CHF 2 billion contract to manufacture 116 double-decker trains, with an option for 86 more, for the Zürich S-Bahn, RER Vaud, and the Martigny–Annemasse line.
SBB orders up to 200 double-decker trains from Siemens
Stadler regrets the decision taken by the railway company.
www.trenvista.net
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Swiss operator SBB has awarded Siemens Mobility a CHF 2 billion contract to manufacture 116 double-decker trains, with an option for 86 more, for the Zürich S-Bahn, RER Vaud, and the Martigny–Annemasse line.
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The Spanish Minister for Transport has expressed his commitment to the Balearic Government in backing the extension of the island’s rail network.
Spanish Government pledges support to expand Mallorca’s railway
The plan envisages a line to the airport and Llucmajor and the connection of Sa Pobla with Alcúdia.
www.trenvista.net
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Spanish Minister for Transport has expressed his commitment to the Balearic Government in backing the extension of the island’s rail network.
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Madrid Metro has confirmed that the first new trains for Line 6 will arrive in July 2026. Night-time testing will begin on Lines 10 and 11.
Madrid Metro to receive Line 6 trains in July 2026
They will start service in 2027.
www.trenvista.net
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Madrid Metro has confirmed that the first new trains for Line 6 will arrive in July 2026. Night-time testing will begin on Lines 10 and 11.
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Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Incredibly short-sighted and irresponsible, and completely disconnected from the real values & priorities of Vancouverites. This move would be awful not only for Vancouver, but also for all the cities that Vancouver’s leadership has inspired over decades of North American sustainability leadership.
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I took an entire semester of physics in college called Electricity and Magnetism.
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I took an entire semester of physics in college called Electricity and Magnetism.
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Extreme rain collapses India’s cotton output which has fallen to a 17-year low.
“Western states Maharashtra and Gujarat, along with southern states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, received heavy, untimely rainfall in October, damaging cotton crops ready for harvest.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
“Western states Maharashtra and Gujarat, along with southern states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, received heavy, untimely rainfall in October, damaging cotton crops ready for harvest.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Extreme rain collapses India’s cotton output which has fallen to a 17-year low.
“Western states Maharashtra and Gujarat, along with southern states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, received heavy, untimely rainfall in October, damaging cotton crops ready for harvest.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
“Western states Maharashtra and Gujarat, along with southern states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, received heavy, untimely rainfall in October, damaging cotton crops ready for harvest.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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Note: if Italo does this it’ll use Alstom Avelia Stream trains (I’d assume)
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Italo gegen ICE: Die Deutsche Bahn bekommt Konkurrenz
Italienisches Rot statt deutsches Weiß: Gleich zwei Unternehmen wollen mit eigenen Zügen gegen den ICE antreten – und dabei Milliarden investieren und Tausende Arbeitsplätze schaffen. Auch die Passagi...
www.faz.net
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Note: if Italo does this it’ll use Alstom Avelia Stream trains (I’d assume)
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
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Rail hypocrite of the day: Peter Hanke, Austria's transport minister
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
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It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
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November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Rail hypocrite of the day: Peter Hanke, Austria's transport minister
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
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Philipps (VP Grand Est) is talking garbage about the Régiolis problems, and France 3 is just regurgitating
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
"News" that Régiolis cross border trains cannot operate in Germany is actually nothing new - Jon Worth
The latest setback in the entry into service of the new Régiolis fleet for France-Germany cross border services: now there is a problem with the emergency brakes, Le Republicain Lorrain reported yeste...
jonworth.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Philipps (VP Grand Est) is talking garbage about the Régiolis problems, and France 3 is just regurgitating
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
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Friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates, donated a tiny fraction of his grotesque wealth to farmers suffering from climate change.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
The funding will support drought- and heat-resistant crops and livestock for regions already hit hard by climate impacts.
After climate memo row, Gates gives $1.4bn to help farmers cope with a hotter world
The announcement follows Gates’ call for a “strategic pivot” in global climate efforts from focusing on emissions, with new investments aimed at helping smallholder farmers access climate-resilient…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Gates, donated a tiny fraction of his grotesque wealth to farmers suffering from climate change.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
If he paid taxes properly he would have been paying billions and billions in taxes.
Now he pretends to be generous with the money he owes us all.
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København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
Med en ny investeringsplan i infrastrukturen og bedre rettigheder og oplysning til passagererne satser EU-Kommissionen på et netværk af lyntog i Europa. Blandt løfterne er lyntog fra Danmark til Tyskl...
www.information.dk
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
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Late to the party, der neue DSB-Zug Kopenhagen-Hamburg mit *stufenlosem Einstieg*… aber was wenn ich euch sage, dass von Kopenhagen nach Hamburg an *checks notes* GENAU EINEM BAHNHOF (Hamburg Hbf) stufenloser Einstieg möglich ist und an allen anderen bis zu 50 cm (!!) Höhenunterschied?
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November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Late to the party, der neue DSB-Zug Kopenhagen-Hamburg mit *stufenlosem Einstieg*… aber was wenn ich euch sage, dass von Kopenhagen nach Hamburg an *checks notes* GENAU EINEM BAHNHOF (Hamburg Hbf) stufenloser Einstieg möglich ist und an allen anderen bis zu 50 cm (!!) Höhenunterschied?
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We now have the Régiolis bullshit asymmetry principle!
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We now have the Régiolis bullshit asymmetry principle!
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
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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 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Meanwhile, '3rd world' India has almost electrified all of its vast network in record time. infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railway...
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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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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
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Those economies like the USA and Canada wasting their money on fossil fuels will lag very far behind fast moving economies like China that will soon run their industrial economies on near zero cost solar energy.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Those economies like the USA and Canada wasting their money on fossil fuels will lag very far behind fast moving economies like China that will soon run their industrial economies on near zero cost solar energy.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
Fools fall for fossil fuels. And drag us all down the death trap with them.
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Flatlining CO2 emissions in China foreshadows that global emissions will peak
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Flatlining CO2 emissions in China foreshadows that global emissions will peak
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Not fast enough, and the fall may not be steep enough. But at least the peak is is sight
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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The world is failing to meet the 2.0°C target of the Paris Agreement, let alone 1.5°C.
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the ...
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The world is failing to meet the 2.0°C target of the Paris Agreement, let alone 1.5°C.
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
1.5°C was always nearly impossible, but did setting that goal help or hurt climate action?
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“Climate-related disasters displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day. Floods, storms, drought & extreme heat are driving displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters threatening food & water security.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“Climate-related disasters displaced 250 million people globally over the past decade, the equivalent of 70,000 people every day. Floods, storms, drought & extreme heat are driving displacement, alongside slow-onset disasters threatening food & water security.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran under Immediate Threat of Zero Water Day (taps run dry)…
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran Under Threat
YouTube video by Paul Beckwith
https://youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si…
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran under Immediate Threat of Zero Water Day (taps run dry)…
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
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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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On-road taxes for fossil fuels, known as fuel duty, have been frozen for 14 years in UK
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
EV drivers could face new tax in Budget
The BBC understands there have been
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
On-road taxes for fossil fuels, known as fuel duty, have been frozen for 14 years in UK
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The one that govt now seem keen to bring forward is one on cleaner vehicles
Case for road pricing as the end point is sound. The way the UK Treasury is going about it is idiotic
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Climate talk in Helsinki at request of young people standing up for their future - mailchi.mp/caa/a-climat...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Climate talk in Helsinki at request of young people standing up for their future - mailchi.mp/caa/a-climat...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/a-climate-...
Video: drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...