Merry Xmas to all of you.😘 This Christmas Day is so far the toughest and weirdest in my life: My sick dad passed away as I was travelling to him and my mum.😔😓 Burial yesterday in a hurry. My mum is so knackered and depressed that she can't have any guests home.😭 Back to 🇱🇺, very lonely 🥺

If GBR is for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Then shouldn't TER Bretagne be called LBR (Little British Railways?) 🤡🤡🤡

SWT had a very smart and simple idea when refurbishing the 455s 20 years ago: allow doors to open more broadly. It made an appreciable difference.

@maartje.dev youtu.be/a7xr0Q8sXg4?...

Anne Widdecombe has always been a source of good, guaranteed entertainment. She definitely tricked me into following-up closely every stage of the Westminster Circus. Thumbs up Anne 😘

La promesse qui va avec les Regiolis 🇫🇷🇩🇪, c'est 1tph (RE) Saarbrücken Hbf - Strasbourg V. Prions très fort 🕯️🙏🛐 @jonworth.eu @ummels.de

This idiot just wants to be on the pic with set S- 11x.001 by the General Election 2027. Too late, you should have started the procurement process in 2023. Delivery is not the whole picture. There is certification, staff training and maintenance facilities. @jonworth.eu should write a blogpost 😊

The problem is that there are hardly off-peak TER services on most corridors in 🇫🇷.

So, GNER livery for faster mainline services Turquoise blue (~Ouigo) with the same red stripe and doors for slower mainline services For regional services, GWR green + GNER red doors and stripe For commuter/urban services, yellow (Mancunian 🐝) + GNER red doors and stripe.

@pglux.bsky.social I think I have spotted your famous Chunnel hauled stock (the trucker carriage) in this video near the beginning! youtu.be/ULhXT695OlE?...

Frecciagrigia ? 🤔🧐🤭 The Eurostar AV grey livery briefly applied 20years ago was nicer and more stylish IMHO.

@jonworth.eu @pglux.bsky.social

Trop tard. Mais il aurait fallu passer par Lemonnier et place de la Constitution.

The Gods of Yield Management in SNCF Olympia at St-Denis (in "California without ☀️" as per the 😈 living down the Champs-Elysées) will allocate . Passengers from Metz, Thionville and Luxembourg V to 9579 . Passengers from Strasbourg V (and those from 9580) to 5537. 5537 = forced relief for 9579 🔚

It seems increasingly likely that the soon-to-come procurement of HSTs by Renfe will be (too much) politicised 🧐🤔😳😬

L'horaire est déjà disponible sur le site web Leo Express www.leoexpress.com/en/where-we-...

But the 3 competing operators have been running at a loss...

1 very simple tip if you come back from Clubbing with clothes strongly stinking 🚬: Just hang these outdoors for a few hours.

Yield Management by SNCF-Voyageurs as a would-be Rocket Science, episode 43982 (File 543A, Form E0943, Box 739 UZ-5) Yield Management translates in 🇨🇵 as Gestion individuelle de la recette. But at SNCF Voyageurs, it would perhaps better translate as "Lucrologie appliquée au (pigeon) voyageur" 🔜

Good and weird decision by SZ. 20 IC carriages ordered from Magyar Vágon. 5 formations of 4 carriages each (3 AB + AR). So, all very short and with lots of 1st-class seats. No driving trailers. Traction by 4 Siemens Vectrons. For 🇸🇮🇦🇹🇩🇪🇭🇺🇭🇷🇷🇸🇮🇹 www.railjournal.com/fleet/sloven...

WSMR strikes back 😊🥳 www.wsmr.co.uk/wsmr-resubmi...

Yes, there should be a "relief centre concourse along Pont de la Chapelle and directly accessible from Ⓜ️2 nearby station. A better version of Montparnasse 2 Pasteur.

Alstom and CAF need more orders to retain current headcount in 🇫🇷. www.lesechos.fr/industrie-se...

Ouigo 🇨🇵 is no real bargain @jonworth.eu reporterre.net/Train-le-pri...

@jonworth.eu www.lavoixdunord.fr/1656591/arti...

The late Andrew Gritten proposed a dedicated freight railway from the Channel Tunnel to the Midlands and North, financed by London banks. Alas politicians aren't interested unless it's their project for which they can take the credit.

Let me see in 🇫🇷 🤔🧐 Oh, yes: . Shortcut Avoudrey - Morteau +Transrun 🇨🇭 = TGV Paris - Berne via Besancon . Montgenèvre 🛤️ = TGV Paris - Briançon via Modane . Metre-gauge 🛤️ Chamonix - Val d'Isère, via Pré St-Didier and Bourg St-Maurice, with tunnels beneath Mont-Blanc and Petit St-Bernard.

@thibaultlapers.be youtu.be/sdQJWZwfxiU?...

@etbadaboum.bsky.social @gregoryrambour.bsky.social www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/c...

Not only has SNCF been closing down quite a few ticket counters for a while BUT It can't even keep up the advertised opening hours of those which have survived to the axe 😬😬😬 @jonworth.eu @simplyrailways.bsky.social www.ladepeche.fr/2025/12/11/f...