The Department at it again

🚌🚈🏙️🇬🇧 The government has launched a Mass Transit Taskforce to speed up tram, rail and bus projects across the UK, while consulting on new powers for mayors to deliver transport schemes more quickly and improve local connectivity and economic growth. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Das sieht besser aus. (Foto geklaut von Google Maps)

The white looks very British but I love the red

An updated version of my Adelaide train, tram and OBahn map is now online. See it here railmaps.com.au/adelaide.htm or download a pdf version here railmaps.com.au/Adelaide.pdf

Okay CTA. This is a good sign.

What a disgrace

Cutty Sark DLR station set to reopen next week after ten-month closure www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2026/03/16/c...

Southeastern to add dockless cycle hire spots at a number of south east London stations. Some stations such as Greenwich have recently seen them added Lewisham report also offers update on their own borough-wide plans www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2026/03/16/s...

A minor update to my Melbourne train and tram map is now online. The main change is expansion of coverage to include Little River and Lara VLine stations, and I have added the new Lara to Avalon Airport connecting bus no 18 that commences this Sunday. Full map here: railmaps.com.au/melbourne.htm

#OnThisDay 120 years ago the Baker Street & Waterloo Railway opened between Kennington Road (now Lambeth North) and Baker Street. The portmanteau 'Bakerloo' was quickly coined and officially adopted by July of 1906. Montage of images and posters all LT Museum Collection

#OnThisDay 53 years ago Kings Cross Goods closed, although freight continued to the yard on the far right of this Alamy image buff.ly/41tqXCe Some buildings of the complex survive around Granary Square, including the Coal Drops many of us remember as Bagley's nightclub

Good news, but no mention of the apparent dropping of West Hampstead branch

🚌📈 The Mayor of #London Sadiq Khan has revealed passenger demand for the Bakerloop BL1 bus. Since its September 2025 launch, demand peaked at 148,775 in Period 9. Despite some free fares initially, total revenue across the four periods reached £422,822.

New today: Transport for London is directly commissioning solar power projects to help run the Tube. New collaboration "could deliver up to 65,000 megawatt hours of renewable electricity" - e.g. around two-thirds of the est. annual consumption of the Victoria line.

The first of a fleet of 29 new regional passenger trains racing past stations on trials instils a sense that their entry into service is finally in sight. Some interesting tidbits in this article.... www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

BREAKING: @EuropeanSlpr's new sleeper train from Brussels & Cologne to Zurich, Como & Milan will start 9 September. Tickets go on sale from 17 March with couchettes from €49.99, single/double/triple sleepers also available. 🥳 Press release: mcusercontent.com/5ffbd133c9ab...

✅ London transport projects delivered early: Highbury Extension (2011): 3 months early Barking Riverside (2022): 3 months early Woolwich Arsenal DLR (2009): 7 weeks early Northern Line Extension (2021): £160m under budget King’s Cross St Pancras (2009): Ahead of 2012 target

Good Morning Alex #Berlin #Alexanderplatz #WorldClock #tram #UrbanGaze #people #man #StreetPhotography #HumansOfBluesky #50mm #photography #art 📷: #EOS5DMarkIV ISO: 100 ⭕: #50mmF14DGHSMArt @ƒ/5.6 ⏱️: 1/100 sec 📆: 2026-02-25 🔗: flic.kr/p/2rYrnJk

I would like to see someone aruge with this. I'm sure one of them will try... Even from a Realist POV, the fact is National Infrastructure is only truly secure with self reliance, and you'll never have self reliance with internationally price set fossil fuels

tell you what lads, maybe getting ourselves off gas and oil wasn't such a bad idea after all

I had no idea this was happening, it's something I should know

Paid off the £450m build cost? 🟣 Heathrow Express profits derailed by Elizabeth Line. Heathrow Express, owned and operated by Heathrow Airport, made £38 million from revenues of £93 million, carrying 4.5 million passengers. Profits down by 7% from 2024. www.thetimes.com/article/b672...

DLR to Dagenham Dock makes more sense than ever, especially with expected housing increase in Barking Riverside

Welcome to the brand new Koralmbahn high speed line, which this exact Railjet inaugurated in December 2025. Crazy to think this line took almost 27 years to complete, no doubt due to the extreme geography of the route amongst other things… 🇦🇹😯

#OnThisDay 15 years ago the northern end of the East London Line extension (now part of the Windrush Line) opened between Dalston Junction and Highbury & Islington (pictured, Neil Pulling buff.ly/OyIy9Rx), where 750V DC trains terminate alongside the 25kV AC Mildmay Line.

I like to think I'm the kind of person who'd run to help people and not prioritise pictures...

Elon Musk sent a pre-recorded video message to Tesla’s 10,700 workers at Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg in Grünheide, warning that the planned expansion of the plant will not happen if IG Metall gains influence in the upcoming works council election. /1

Definitely a photo I'm proud of, the Shard is silly tall though! 465908 "Chris Green" in NSE Livery is seen calling at London Bridge with 2H48: 1726 Charing Cross to Tunbridge Wells service during the evening peak Getting a photo from P5 during the peak is always risky with frequent Thameslinks!

Pretty bad tram accident in Milan today. One of the new translink stadler trams derailed and crashed into a building. The causes are still unknown. www.google.com/amp/s/www.ra...

Alongside fusion of powers across track and train, Great British Railways could put mayors on track to have European-style powers over local trains. Quick thread on my latest piece setting out what the Railways Bill could mean for greater control of commuter rail in England's secondary cities. 🧵

🚈⦵ New DLR trains are expected back in phased service by late summer after testing and safety checks. The fleet was withdrawn in 2025 following a single overshoot incident. Braking upgrades are being tested. The trains will boost capacity and add air conditioning and walk-through carriages.

🚈 The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is reviewing options for Merseyrail after 2028, with public ownership under consideration. A full assessment is proposed. Mayor Steve Rotheram said the goal is a reliable, integrated, affordable network. www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/news/merseyr...

The NHS is electrifying its fleet with £22m government support, saving millions in fuel and maintenance, cutting 460 million miles of emissions annually, and adding hundreds of chargers to the UK’s record 116,052-strong EV network. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Delighted to announce that following the consultation, I'm giving the green light to make Oxford Street traffic-free.

Zooming in... we had what I'm assuming is destination on the side of trains back then!? I had no idea

Charing Cross and Waterloo East stations will be closed for 22 days during the summer holidays so engineers can replace “increasingly unreliable” old track. Trains will either terminate at London Bridge or be diverted to Victoria, Cannon Street or Blackfriars. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/02/26/c...

It's one thing I've managed to keep, it's brilliant

Penge East line really ought to get to 4tph on Saturdays as well

“You finished those DC metro stations?” “Sure thing boss, beautiful, moodily lit and oddly unsettling, just like you asked.” “What?”

Step-free access is being installed at Luton station, including a new footbridge and three lifts, providing safe, accessible routes to all platforms. Work runs to spring 2027, improving travel for passengers with mobility needs, prams or luggage. www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/govia-tha...

Honestly, I like it over the Elizabeth Line stations. Managed to use concrete but not look bare

This post is the single best advert for the fact that proper local journalism matters. If Jim’s team hadn’t put the pieces together quickly, this wouldn’t have been stopped.

I still don't know how I feel about big double arrows on platform signage. The writing looks off centre, like it needs to be pushed down slightly

I don't fully understand this #Trenitalia Frecciarossa story in the rail trade press They have 50 ETR1000 trains in the first tranche I assume this news is then the upping of the second tranche order from 36 to 72 trains? And the 10 for FR-UK are within the 72? www.railjournal.com/passenger/hi...

Honestly, if it happens, it'll be a great day Brisbane - Gold Coast - Newcastle - Sydney - Canberra - Melbourne- Adelaide would be an incredible high speed rail corridor

New additions to the print store – four amazing new maps in @pinakographos.bsky.social's "Rivers of North America" series – the Mississippi and Colorado watersheds, and Northern California and Southern New England. transitmap.net/store/produc...

This project will document one man’s quest to find, and photograph, all of Adelaide’s 89 railway stations. (1/5)

New Station! Opened this morning, Northumberland Park on the Northumberland line becomes station #2590, which means there's just Bedlington left, and could be the next new staiton ... [ unless Pineapple Road, Kings Heath or Moseley Village open first that is! ]