Jack Wingate

Just realised there’s a bit of a station race tomorrow! Kings Heath and Mossley Village are timed to open at the same time of 6:36am. So who knows what station 2594 will be?

Hmmm I might be a bit too board this afternoon! I’ve somehow ended up creating signalling diagrams on @RailRouteGame of the new 4 track section post TRU.

New station day! Station 2592, Bedlington opened at 8:30am this morning! With Rail Statistics you don’t need to figure out the details of new stations when they open! You’ll get a notification at the arrival of the first service. Which also updates your list too! Download the app today on iOS and Android. Link in the Bio

While everyone is seeing the bad news here, at least the Trafford Centre Line run into the city via Exchange Sq to Crumpsall. Only took them 6 years

From Monday [30 March] and until Autumn, a revised timetable will be introduced across the tram network. The current 12 minute service will change to a 15 minute service, supported by a 7.5 minute service during peak periods on the busiest lines. This is to allow for significant work to take place to build the capacity and resilience of tracks and trams on the network. You can find out more here: bit.ly/3NVtzVo

Just read that the new Magna Tram-Train stop in Sheffield will open on Thursday 9th of April

Okay this is interesting? As the hope valley is closed for works there’s a hourly TPE to Manchester via Wakefield.

New stations coming tomorrow!!!! Only on Rail Statistics do you get notifications when new stations are added! But you don’t need find all the data on opening day! Just go and visit it! All the info is pre-loaded. Download on iOS & Android: linktr.ee/Railstatistics

Got to be honest from a design and naming perspective. This is by far the worst! The names too long, and who’s calling SYPN? The branding looks like a copy and paste of the interim Supertram branding. (Well just taken a 1/4 of the Supertram chevron logo and the orange)

There’s talk on the street of 6 new stations opening in a space of 18 Days? But what if there was an app to keep track of every station visited? Well you can with Rail Statistics, now out for download on iOS & Android. (New stations are added on opening day, plus a visual map showing your progress) Download here: linktr.ee/Railstatistics

So what happens when you have a Rail-themed app that needs a app update? Ding-dong, the next update at platform 26…. Oh and I do have a new Rail Statistics app for both iOS and Android too

@TPEassist Hello, just wondering if there’s any update on the query

@jackrailsecrets Hi Jack, I will query this for you. ^Chloe

@TPEassist Just wondering why they’ve been removed?

Well, a Sunburn, 150 miles travels and £12 Northern only day ranger from their newspaper offer. Honestly one of the best value rangers out there, tho if it was like £5-10 more and includes TPE would make it even better. @alexhornbyrail @northernassist

Hmmm this is a rare thing to say? It seems the ticket barriers have been removed from Dewsbury for some reason? Maybe TRU works or something else?

@railLKB I’ll be honest! Changing the Saltire symbol for SR to a simpler device friendly version is a bad change. Why? Because it’s a powerful Scottish symbol and unique identity symbolising Scotland, Speed and Efficient transport. Maybe try keeping the saltire figure but adapt it more.

Hypothetical; What if we refreshed ScotRail's visual identity, to line up with a LB/GBR Visual Identity? - RA2 - "SR Symbol 2" - new simplified logo/device - retains ScotRail's iconic color pallete. The idea; keeping a distinct brand, while also allowing cohesion with GBR VI.

Tbh for a long time I was like why doesn’t the 802s have clear first class markings? But at least it’s there now, all be a bit of a shoddy job that looks half done.

@cursor_ai @OpenAI Think AI has become self aware! Don’t want to ring alarm bells but whilst using GPT 5.3 codex, it just generated this image outta nowhere?

@railLKB Doubt it as Northerns just hiring as there creating there own in-house design team so idk

@railLKB Bit late! Already been done and they have a team working on some utter crap.

All this is to say; all of my suggestions are UNOFFICIAL. Although, GBR, if you're listening - let's assemble a design team! 💙❤️