This autumn the UK Office for Rail and Road will decide on capacity at Temple Mills depot in east London What that is going to mean for Eurostar's rivals - and the many questions I still have! - I've written up in a new blog post jonworth.eu/constraints-...

The claim that "Pacers saved rural railway lines" seems not to have fully died a death yet. It's completely ahistoric on several fronts: 1. Pacers were never deployed on rural railway lines. 2. They cost more to buy and operate than Sprinters. 3. Several lines were closed during their tenure.

Saving lives, saving you money, improving the flow of traffic, there’s no downside to switching to 20mph default limit.

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK. Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right. www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Let's call a spade a spade. A "flying electric taxi" is essentially a private jet. The last thing we need more of - electric or not. Flying is hugely energy intensive. Let's get East West Rail built and trains running asap instead. #TrainsNotPlanes

New #CrossBorderRail work for @jonworth.eu And more reports from @simplyrailways.bsky.social , @superalbs.bsky.social @nonstopeurotrip.com @doc7austin.bsky.social

Spending a decade watching a dedicated high speed railway between several of the UK's largest cities get repeatedly downgraded to what can now be described as an "electrified link" (currently being delivered on the existing line and delayed since the early 1990s) is radicalising.

Skerne Bridge on the Stockton & Darlington Railway 27th September 1825 vs 27th September 2025

Absolutely ridiculous that Caerleon doesn’t have a railway stop. It’s 100% needed and ridiculous that one wasn’t given under the New South Wales Metro scheme. One of the most important Tourist destinations in Cymru. It is also located in a commuter area. I hope sense prevails.

This generic acetaminophen had an Amtrak ACS-64, four Amfleet 1 cars, a Conrail EMD GP15-1, and some Conrail rolling stock in it. The problem is more serious than I thought.

Aviation expansion is a disaster for the climate crisis. Anyone who's been paying any attention to this shambles of a Labour Govenrment knows they don't care about people in poverty, don't care about nature nor for the planet. Just big business & their own interests. #Gatwick

So Gatwick expansion is to go ahead... What part of "climate emergency" and "aviation harms the economy" does this government not understand?

This is abhorrent environmental vandalism from Labour. There is no justification for expanding airports in a climate emergency. Labour should get on with building new railway lines - including HS2 in full - instead. #TrainsNotPlanes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

120 participants** at #nighttrainconference ! More than 80 on-site and 40 on-line will come together next weekend to discuss the future of #nighttrains in #Europe. On-site registration is now closed due to capacity limits, but you may still join us via zoom. #nighttrainsforfuture #3percentovernight

Dualling just a three-mile section of track around Cranbrook and Whimple would give the West of England line the capacity it needs to run twice-as-frequent services from Axminster, Honiton, Feniton and Whimple to Exeter.

When colleagues and I wanted to change Green Party policy on HS2, we humanised the effects of the northern legs' cancellation: the increased fares for a Welsh person with caring responsibilities in the Midlands; the increased air pollution for working class communities in Manchester, etc. It worked.

Such a catalogue of issues here that exacerbate lack of infrastructure resilience - but a 4 hour gap in some services (when temporary timetable is combined with rolling stock shortage) - must make people consider whether to use rail again www.railmagazine.com/news/indefin...

Being permanently America-brained is going to end up a politically fatal condition for European politicians

On the same day in the Telegraph:

Funnily enough, I know a thing or two about real free speech, and when it's been restricted. Getting sacked for raising safety concerns: free speech issue. Getting arrested for inciting violence against trans people and their allies: not a free speech issue.

The finest response I've seen so far.

mfw my local railway isn't falling in the sea or getting indefinite speed restrictions.

We're back! Tonight we're developing the complete rail network in Devon and Cornwall and understanding what delivering that might look like in reality... See you at 8pm UK time! youtube.com/live/I8TbOZj...

My last hope for Your Party goes up in smoke as Zarah Sultana ‘welcomes’ Mark Serwotka. His wife founded a Woman’s Place UK, a TERF group constantly trying to rollback trans people’s freedoms and he even wrote this lovely piece calling for ‘respectful discussion’ about our rights: archive.ph/iPb0L

someone buy a 2nd hand railcar Immideatley!!!!

Last-ever train to Aubusson has just departed, leaving the Creuse with another bruise railwayworld.net/2025/08/31/f...

And France has just closed a regional railway line, in Creuse 😡 railwayworld.net/2025/08/31/f...

Just under three hours left to vote and give the UK some hope! 💚 @zackpolanski.bsky.social

I'm shocked, Shocked I tell you, that an infrastructure project in NE England has a cost overrun because of unknown old mine workings. The same happened with the A1 widening on the Bowes incline, but because it is a road, there was no hand wringing over it. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

We really should never have sold off a single mile of railway land, even if we removed all of running infrastructure. Each line a lost opportunity of greenway that could have been upgraded for mass transit as required.

if anyone is able, please consider supporting the Gofundme for our trans woman friend in Turkey who’s at risk of becoming homeless. any amount would go a long way ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/jfksc-help...

Really interesting study on referrals to gender specialists by age and gender, although I think "transmisogyny" would be a more accurate descriptor here since "AMAB femininity" could include gay or gender non-conforming cis men.

Are we going to copy the absolute horror of what's going on in the USA? Why. What fucking worthless losers want this to happen

There's some pro-rail protesters (how often do you get to say that!) outside #TheGreatestGathering today Keep up the great work guys!

the way british leftists just expect trans ppl to line up behind @zarahsultana.bsky.social and @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social blindly is really pissing me off. saying 'they have spoken out against transphobia in the past!' doesn't mean anything bcos we keep getting burned. we keep getting sacrificed.

We're hearing reports that harmless, SFW queer sites are becoming inaccessible in the UK under the new Online Safety Act. Seen it happen? Tell us here 👇 www.prideinlabour.org.uk/post/is-the-...

Every UK petition is like this

You should post the petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Agreement on Journey Continuation. My arse. It doesn’t work.

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more like, uh, Ellie Clowns. is that good. is that funny

Or this one: leftfootforward.org/2021/01/clim... Plus a million videos on my youtube if that's a useful way for you to digest the ideas.

Anyway, this was all a bit fast and loose, but if you want a longer read on this, I've a few. With an environmental angle: garethdennis.medium.com/a-remarkable...

By getting express trains off the existing network, HS2 clears space for others - particularly FREIGHT. Fewer lorries on roads = major CO2 win. The northern legs, presently "cancelled", are the crucial part. We need to safeguard the routes and BUILD THEM. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I think we should actually consider the idea of “you can change your gender but not sex” as just straight up transphobia, gender essentialism and frankly, sexism

For an awful lot of politicians and pundits, the story about fixing our railways starts and stops with one word: NATIONALISATION. But this slogan alone is doomed to fail us all. Watch me explain why for @greensorganise.bsky.social: #NotJustNationalisation

this feels relevant, given government has just finally killed HS2's eastern leg (its most important section): www.youtube.com/live/M1Jw8eM...

We did it again... Best railway podcast in the UK for the second year running! (Thanks to the AI robot that decided this! We look forward to winning a real award soon!)

You can do the sums yourself to debunk it... HS2 can pay off its carbon emissions in a few years with only a very light-touch set of accompanying policies driving 50% and 2% modal share from air and road respectively: =14/((1.5*.5)+(126.2*.02)) Or, from @philsturgeon.com: