good evening internet here's a thread of me briefly escaping the country with @coastwaywill.me

"bendy buses could be better than trams" - the people who don't want aberdonians to realise they're getting a worse system to save a bit of money

spent railway200 looking at buses and the repair of a several month old 5km/h temporary speed restriction

glasgow's public transport is really infuriating, infrastructure wise it could easily become one of the best in the world for a city of its size (especially compared to edinburgh where almost everything's road based) but it gets held back by having no coherent leadership

can we get one in edinburgh please 🙏

i always forget how terrible the Edinburgh tram interior layout is for standing passengers

happy cycle hire eve everyone, remember to leave something out for voi claus

also reminder for trams via Orchard Brae: this will result in the removal of bike lanes along the route as there's no space, Roseburn maintains and in some cases improves the path

ok i can't be the only one who thinks that the subway by chappell roan kind of sounds like it could be a cocteau twins song

Finally got a ride behind 80105, BR Standard classes look beautiful

from the 8th September the N22, previously Lothian's most frequent nightbus, that served both the country's largest airport and one of its most densely populated areas will be fully withdrawn, having being cut back to a shadow of its former self

we have reached peak car

so it took me two hours to do a journey that would normally be 50-60 minutes faster

coming home to Edinburgh during the festival was a mistake, the buses are so chaotic as usual

wasn't planning on being in West Yorkshire yesterday but I'm not complaining

I've had a lovely few days off at the end of my long weekend First up, a large group of us went to Crich Tramway Museum. It's an incredible place to be with heritage trams and fun walks around the area! We had an incredible time as a group! We loved every minute!

car 35 my beloved 🥹

time to go back to the UK :(

Paris Gare de l'Est ✅️

nightjet

superior electric bus technology

oh yeah hi i'm in Salzburg

🎶

not believing arguments that British streets are too small for bendy buses when Zürich does this

Zürich Hbf ✅️ luckily avoided SBB cancelling us at the border, despite having a 40 minute delay from a signal failure in France

Gare de Lyon ✅️

bonjour Gare du Nord ✅️

realised that during my trip to Ireland, i never actually posted about how I went to Clara. yes there's a station in a town called Clara

lol what

finally made it home, featuring a Translink NI bus that runs entirely in Scotland and a class 380 with the AC broken in 2/4 carriages Ayr ✅️

time to go home

a day in Cork Cork ✅️ Carrigaloe ✅️ Cobh ✅️ Glounthaune ✅️ Midleton ✅️ Little Island ✅️ Fota ✅️

NI Railways + Enterprise back to Dublin

breakfast on the Enterprise ✅️

i love light rail

DARTing round Dublin

i like how the (IÉ) Mk4 toilets say thank you when you lock them

finally got to ride 220 😍

Mallow ✅️

these are fun

ok so my first impressions of IÉ so far are that they don't run *many* trains but the trains they do run are very busy

hello from Ireland!!! Connolly (Luas) ✅️

🤔 Chester ✅️ Holyhead ✅️

new TOC for me! Crewe ✅️

oh hey

may

Somehow my first diesel gala, that was fun and intense

Congratulations to the classes 159 and 455 for successfully outliving the privatisation of (Great) British Rail(ways)

Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable. The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found': www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...

hi toto