@Willllllllll8 @AvantiWestCoast @northernassist I was a little later. Was stuck at Holmes Chapel and then Wilmslow but what struck me was turning up and not knowing to knowing what was going on in 5 minutes
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Rich Wilcock
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Rich Wilcock
@RichFromRail
Industry Editor @RAIL | Cllr | Liberal | Flanker for Holmes Chapel Rugby Club | Comms @225group | views my own
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@RichFromRail @AvantiWestCoast @northernassist What time was your train? I was sitting on the 11.14 in Piccadilly when disaster struck lol was left cursing my luck that I wasn't on the earlier train ...
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I was caught up in this on my way down to London! Staff at @AvantiWestCoast and @northernassist were excellent!
Not just with me, everybody around me. Patient, calm and armed with the right information
Manchester Piccadilly@NetworkRailMAN
🚨Our engineers are currently on site working to resolve the overhead wire damage at Manchester Piccadilly station 🚄We are sorry to passengers for the disruption this has caused and we are working to get people moving as soon as possible
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I am not one for politics here! Although I am a very politically-minded person its largely a pointless endeavour, so I stick to the railways and Carlisle United!
However, the idea the PM did not know that Mandelson had failed his vetting is utterly impossible to believe
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@ianvisits @matthewhodg I could be wrong but I'm sure QPR had proposed a new stadium there yonks ago didn't they?
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@matthewhodg On the warehouses to the north of the car sales site.
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Great little article on the #NorthumberlandLine in the current edition of @RAIL. Everyone involved has lots to be proud of. I always enjoy the stories on board from customers who tell us how it is a genuinely life changing railway.
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NEW: How A Secret Government Report Delayed Leeds' Long-Awaited Trams
My @TheHouseMag feature includes more detail from the confidential NISTA review:
politicshome.com/news/article/l…
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@Ogilvie_CJ We did 40 episodes of that! No fan of Calatrava's bombastic bravado here. Haven't looked at Mons but if it's anything like the rest of the overblown nonsense that design team represents, it's expensive style over usable infrastructure. Next.
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📺 Did ‘The Architecture The Railways Built’ get another series @mrtimdunn ?!
🇧🇪 I’m at SNCB’s Mons station.
This stunning bus/rail interchange at Mons worth a feature.
A great example of modern architecture adding to the railway - and the wider city.
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Slightly unusual cause, but RAIB's report into the Denbigh derailment was caused by a wrong path being implemented, subsequently not picked up by the signalling staff when the train arrived at the points...
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@tim_hedleyj Loved that livery! Could have been awful but it was pretty well done in the end
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Good to travel from Peterborough to Doncaster behind 91107. I remember the launch of it in February 2013 with its iconic Skyfall livery, one of the best. No sign of Naomie Harris today.
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Cracking work this by @noahvickers14 at @TheHouseMag
The NISTA review for the Leeds Tram found it was driven by a “political agenda rather than a recognised programmatic approach”
Very interesting read
Noah Vickers@noahvickers14
EXCLUSIVE: @TheHouseMag has obtained the confidential government report which has delayed West Yorkshire's planned tram network. It warned the scheme was working to "unrealistic milestones" and there was a "high" risk of public money being wasted: politicshome.com/news/article/l…
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Back to work and back in the saddle today. The inbox is full, and it's press day. Really got to time my leave better 😂
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@neilatkin37 @chriscollins462 @peopledisplacer Thanks for the feedback. A lot has changed since 2004, so would love to see you give us another crack although TR is a cracking mag in its own right
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@RichFromRail @chriscollins462 @peopledisplacer I was also impressed by Today's Railways offering subscriber discounts on products I was already buying such as Locomotives and Coaching Stock books which I still buy every year.
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PLAY-OFFS CONFIRMED! 🔒
Five remain. Let’s keep pushing. 👊
Enterprise National League@NL_Enterprise
This run-in is going to be INCREDIBLE 🍿 Play-offs confirmed for @officialcufc ✅ Powered by @TICHealth
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@neilatkin37 @chriscollins462 @peopledisplacer Out of interest Neil, what do you mean by "turning into a trade paper?" - not trying to be argumentative, just want to understand where we can improve or tweak content if it's required
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@chriscollins462 @peopledisplacer I blocked him a long time ago, his mag was turning into a trade paper, I care more about on the platform. Insult him by calling his mag The Daily Rail.
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@PickGS Nope, it is before my time but even I can see that it isn't at all representative!
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@RichFromRail Good point about Darras Hall. There is such a thing as an open top city tour bus, though, albeit in the summer, but I just don't know quite what the point of a representation like this is, for the many reasons shown that just don't portray things as they were.
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There are plenty of genuine archive films of public transport in Newcastle. To use "this is how Newcastle used to move" on an AI post is inaccurate, to put it mildly, especially when there's a TWPTE bus for 'Tooting Broadway' and other buses, Metrocars and more with an ID crisis.
River Tyne Time Machine:2Ai@RTTimeMachine2
From the rumble of double decker buses… to the early days of the Metro… to trains carrying generations across the North East… This is how Newcastle used to move. #RiverTyneTimeMachine2 #NewcastleUponTyne #TyneAndWear #NorthEastHistory #OldNewcastle
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This is quite a nice travelogue of US rail travel during the current Airport shutdowns.
Attitudes to rail travel in the US is fascinating and frustrating in equal measure
apnews.com/article/airpor…
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@Ogilvie_CJ @driverbod125 I agree in part but at the end of the day, it is their intellectual property and they have a right to protect it.
They would have been better buying the app from the developers if they were open to it and capitalising on the clear interest rather than this approach imo though
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GBR/Network Rail’s new Arrow clock brings a national rail identity like SNCF chime & Swiss Rail Clock.
A developer created a webapp, anyone can run the clock on their desktop.
But a ‘Cease and Desist’ from NR has ended the fun.
It’s all about the IP £££.
railclock.davwheat.dev
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I really like this. Simple and effective consumer messaging in a natural passenger flow
Alex Hornby@alexhornbyrail
Sometimes the most effective comms are the simplest ones - this is the first example of many at stations to send out the clearest messages around destinations, frequency and journey times. These fit alongside our ongoing targeted marketing & digital messaging and campaigns.
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