Random Railways

I've been away for a few days. Unusually for me on a road trip in a 4x4...There's a good reason for this- co driver on a 1350 mile trip with @pickupsforpeace convoy delivering humanitarian aid to the Ukraine. (NB some disturbing images) Thread⬇️ @johnsweeneyroar

A very foggy Boxing Day in Worcestershire & Shropshire yesterday, as 40106 departs Bewdley. Severn Valley services are operating through the festive season, with Winter Diesel Day on Monday 30th & the Winter Steam Gala on Sat 4th & Sun 5th Jan svr.co.uk/event/winter-d…

We are opening the sale of tickets for our new train Nº9/10 Kyiv-Budapest. The route launched with Hungarian State Railways will operate from December 15. It departs from Kyiv at 10:16, arriving in Budapest at 6:00. The train from Budapest departs at 22:40, arriving at 19:11.

“I once said that I’d rather be on the cover of Railway Modeller than Rolling Stone magazine and Rolling Stone haven’t spoken to me since.” theguardian.com/music/2024/dec…

@PhilipProudfoot @Keir_Starmer Not forgetting the £22k pa per opposition seat of Short Money... commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief…

What was it about getting 34% of the vote and 63% of the seats that first attracted you to First Past the Post, @Keir_Starmer?

@PolitlcsUK Can't see an issue with the Chancellor having access to financial media - although your post suggests you disagree. Would you rather she subscribed to the Beano, like Kwarteng presumably did?

🚨 NEW: Chancellor Rachel Reeves has charged taxpayers £371 for subscriptions to The Economist and The Financial Times since March

Peak District National Park Authority is having a consultation on Matlock-Buxton Railway, currently known as the Monsal Trail & if it should be safeguarded for future rail use or protected as a trail & stopped from being a railway in the future. peakdistrict-consult.objective.co.uk/kse/

There's probably a word for it. Searching for a subject whilst writing an article and the most informative hit on first Google pg of results is your own blog 😂😜🙄 Guess that's a hint to ignore all the "your blog is not SEO optimised we can do it for ££££" spam emails...

Its the Severn Valley HST weekend. Six trips each day with an ex GWR HST set. Last services of the season before Santa specials start. Timetable & bookings for Sunday are on the SVR website: svr.co.uk/event/hst-runn…

Not the best run up to @railway200 ... Heighington & Aycliffe station is one of 155 sites added to Historic England’s heritage at risk register. Built 1826–1827 as a cottage/proto-station by John Carter for Stockton & Darlington Railway & is now derelict. theguardian.com/culture/2024/n…

NEW: ScotRail to press ahead with ticket office cuts at 54 stations scotsman.com/news/transport…

🚊 We're thrilled to debut our APS catenary-free technology on Barcelona’s tramway with @TMB_Barcelona! With this technology, we're set to transport 24,000 passengers a day while reducing traffic by removing 2,000 cars from the city center. Learn more: ow.ly/k7c350U2QBJ

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✅ The Cross City line between Birmingham and Lichfield has reopened 👍🏻We have inspected the bridge and it remains safe for trains ℹ️Check @nationalrailenq @WestMidRailway for the latest travel info 🚛 Drivers - know the height of your vehicle to avoid incidents like this!