Liking the new Chiltern colours on the 68’s & mk 5 coaches Reminds me of a football teams colours🤔 Photo by Bob Fosters railway gallery on Flickr

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Gonna be LIVE on surreyhillsradio.co.uk from 5PM to discuss Scottish electrification, Gatwick expansion, the Northumberland line, Avanti diverts, and HS2's latest blow. Don't forget to tune in!

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

New video: Recently, the opening date of Blyth Bebside was confirmed - the 19th of October 2025. In this video we discuss what passengers can expect of the new station, and evaluate the success of the Northumberland line as a whole! youtu.be/E1gVuu75vcM

How do we fix this mess?

Just (finally) finished reading How The Railways Will Fix The Future by @garethdennis.uk whilst aboard a very crowded 2 car 168 all the way from Birmingham to London! The book itself is absolutely tremendous so I’d highly recommend it; do make sure to get yourself a copy if you haven’t already!

Absolute pleasure to see @george-station-cat.bsky.social in person for the first time today, and on his birthday no less! Happy birthday George! 😸

On the upside, my setback means I have time to enjoy a drink at the York Tap, one of the country’s BEST pubs, with its ‘garden’ being right on the platform of York station! I think @garethdennis.uk and @garethaethwy.bsky.social would approve!

Travel on Transpennine Express they said… It will be fine they said… I played TPE roulette today and I lost ☹️

New Video! In yet another blow the HS2 project, it seem that the HS2 rail line will no longer be using platform edge doors, but on the bright side, it is looking at longer trains to avoid a reduction in capacity north of Birmingham: youtu.be/1wbuUlYTA-U

New Video! (sort of) I've made an appearance over on Banks Rail's channel for a video discussing the difficulties faced by LNER's Azuma fleet, and indeed the 80Xs more generally, so if that sounds of interest to you, you should definitely give it a watch: youtu.be/D_iKApbUwTQ

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.

New Video! (sort of) I've made an appearance over on Banks Rail's channel for a video discussing the difficulties faced by LNER's Azuma fleet, and indeed the 80Xs more generally, so if that sounds of interest to you, you should definitely give it a watch: youtu.be/D_iKApbUwTQ

According to Starmer; A waste of police time. Not a waste of police time.

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

20,000 to 3,000. Finally, a clear signal that we need a strong, radical agenda for climate change and social change, particularly on trans rights.

Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage. Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants. Don't fall for it.

Absolutely beautiful Cotswold Village ...or at least it should be! #CarsRuinPublicSpaces

We're at the point where it is a news story that a company which sells articles of clothing is not refusing to cater to certain categories of people who need those articles of clothing. The transphobic moral panic not just evil, it is objectively insane.

And let me be clear -- I wish on JK Rowling everything that she wishes upon trans people.

🚨 NEW | Labour-run Edinburgh Council has imposed a transphobic "bathroom ban" in schools. Council has **banned** trans students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity, citing a recent Supreme Court decision that gutted trans rights. (Via @GoodLawProject)

If you haven’t watched this yet, why not? It’s a superb representation of a fantastic weekend. (And it features me and lots of other lovely people)

New Video! Recently I had the opportunity to tour the HS2 Interior Mockups at #TheGreatestGathering, and I was really impressed with what I saw! youtu.be/QMMZbvNUWRA

Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?

Labour not just content with enabling the Gaza genocide are ratcheting up their second genocide: the complete extermination of trans people in through banning them from everything / everywhere and forcing them into increasingly dangerous situations.

An absolutely excellent video from Geoff here, giving a really good overview of The Greatest Gathering, including a brief appearance from yours truly! My video(s?) should be coming out soon, but this is DEFINITELY worth a watch in the meantime!

Chiltern Railways has announced it will be acquiring 13 sets of Mk5A carriages from Beacon Rail to replace their currently fleet of Mk3 Carriages and to boost overall capacity on their services. More information available in the video below: youtu.be/pNFzadqab70

Despite two different parliamentary committees expressing opposition to her appointment https://www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-critical-mary-ann-stephenson-named-as-new-ehrc-chair-as-government-overrules-mps/

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

Made it to Derby for #TheGreatestGathering Anyone gonna be there tomorrow/Sunday?

Thank you all so much for 5000 Subscribers!

New Video! Recently the ORR revealed which open access operators would be given the go-ahead for the December timetable change, and in this video we break down what was proposed, and what's actually been approved: youtu.be/rRkSNGiRMPQ

Not just nationalisation. Public ownership is the first step we need to take to make our railways work for all 68 million of us and not just a hand full of greedy share holders. We want the power put in our hands. @garethdennis.uk

OMG this is unreal. (It’s real). Labour: the SC ruling about trans people is settled, there’s nothing we can do about it, we’ll do whatever the EHRC says. Also Labour: the SC ruling about fining wealthy finance companies is not settled, we’ll do everything we can to intervene to protect the rich.

Currently watching the number of signatures on the Online Safety Act petition going up in real time. It seems like people are NOT a fan of this new law at all!

Today I finally bit the bullet and joined the @greenparty.org.uk I've been contemplating it for ages but it feels like the right thing to do, and I'm excited to be part of this growing movement of environmentalists and progressives alike! Just in time for the leadership elections too!

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

I'm going to be LIVE on surreyhillsradio.co.uk from 5PM to discuss various stories that have been in the news such as C2C's nationalisation, the cancellation of the MML electrification, and much more! I'll also be joined by @rikufryderyk.bsky.social to discuss their new documentary so TUNE IN!

Do check out this excellent documentary by @rikufryderyk.bsky.social on the renationalisation of Britain's railways, following the takeover of c2c. It's an absolutely excellent production and even features a special appearance from me in it! youtu.be/c_6UWjASifg

Increasingly convinced the cheapest way to address this is to reverse local government austerity. Returning English local authority budgets to 2010 levels would cost about £7bn. Factor in population and demographic change and you'd want maybe £15bn. Benefits could be seen quickly and felt widely.

Just putting the final pieces together. Expect the new film out this evening or tomorrow morning!

New Video! Today, C2C became the second operator to be nationalised by the UK government as part of their plans to establish Great British Railways. This video delves into exactly what's changed, and what the future might hold for C2C as it integrates into GBR: youtu.be/hwLkkx3PL8M

Reform should be ripped to shreds over this. The clean energy transition is incredibly popular. A climate-denier funded party are trying to keep Britain locked into filthy fossil fuels www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

This is absolutely vile, I truly have no words to express how backwards and regressive this is. It's disgusting - section 28 all over again! Shame on all those in any way responsible for this #TransRightsAreHumanRights #ProtectTransKids

Thanks for today Michael :)

Oh ffs I used WeTransfer all the time

REMINDER: HS2, delivered in full, was the most effective single investment to reduce the UK's emissions. The last government cancelled it, this government doubled down. Until they reverse the cancellation, Labour cannot be taken seriously on the climate.

The Cass Review has not been peer-reviewed. But it has now been critiqued in depth and from every angle and fully discredited as pseudoscience by ELEVEN peer-reviewed publications. So when the government uses the Cass Review to justify any policies it is not “following the science”.