Capacity boost on the Friday rush before Christmas! 🎄

Just missed the Elizabeth Line into the city so took the HEx instead. Least there’s more choice from there onwards. Quick change at Farringdon to the office for a day of meetings. Pray for me when I’m heading home! 😂

Go Skate Canada! That’s how it’s done!

I do love it when I receive a work email which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Had to email them back because I don’t want to miss anything for tomorrow morning’s meeting!

Wasn’t expecting to end up helping traincrew empty out a train at Kentish Town because the Thameslink Core service is very broken… But there we go. Now on the Tube heading towards Paddington… All being well

Honestly, this station is utterly miserable when it rains… #BrentCrossWest

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Please show this to any friends and family contemplating this dreadful man and all his company (ReFuk) represent. It's a clear and present danger to Britain. Pass this on.

Every time West Yorkshire wants public transport improvements, the government screws them over. Who remembers the Leeds Supertram? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_S...

I really need to do one of these on 2026. Thankfully forward thinking me ordered my 2025 DSB FIP coupons so I can get towards this part of Denmark for free and then pay for the routes I don’t get free travel on.

I’m going the wrong way on the Elizabeth Line, as I think that’ll be the only way to get a seat. Wasn’t happening at Canary Wharf… Think something has happened as the frequency westbound is a mess 😬

The state of the modern internet is just gross... just to read a simple article on the mirror's website without even consenting to cookies... this is how many external domains (mostly third party trackers) the site tries to load. Ugh.

13 years of loyal subscription comes to an end... Netflix pandering to MAGA and pushing content promoting hateful ideologies all while cancelling progressive and inclusive shows despite their massive popularity has pushed me over the edge. Bye Bye.

Back in London again. Staying two nights makes more sense than 12hrs worth of commuting up and down the West Coast Mainline. And cheaper… Anyway, first stop: the office. Then Hither Green, back into Central London and out to Heathrow Airport.

Minnie Caldwell (Margot Bryant) on the left, Ena Sharples (Violet Carson) in the middle and Martha Longhurst (Lynne Carol) on the right in the Rovers Return. Mark Radcliffe did a great programme on Radio 4 about Ena: sadly not available online anymore www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Are you sure? They look pretty innocent to me! 😍

NOT NEWS: @thokan.bsky.social being inappropriate... I think 😂 www.twitch.tv/thokanh/clip...

Part of me is now thinking: do I really want to have a day trip to Bratislava in 10 days time?

What is it with schoolkids being stupid little cunts on/around public transport?

This is Grade A, top tier food... I miss Spätzle 😭

Lieferfahrer fragt sich schon immer, was komisches Symbol auf Lkw-Abladestreifen eigentlich darstellen soll www.der-postillon.com/2025/12/lkw-...

✨Kobold Advent Calendar - Day 16: Letter ✨ "Dear Santa, we hope you will visit us this year. Please don't forget our Dragon too, he can be a bit grumpy sometimes, but he's very nice."

Phone back to normal. Got a new SIM card as well which is not a bad thing. Took a few minutes to activate so I switched off the phone. Phone on. First message: dad’s former next door neighbour lost his battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Burst into tears.

Finally some real news to read from @der-postillon.com which arrived here at my house in the UK this morning! If you can hear my laughter in Germany, you know why. Vielen Dank! 🥳

Me: "I like this track that has come on randomly" The track: AI slop is here.

Le nouveau Paris - Berlin (@europeansleeper.eu) s'arrêtera initialement qu'à Bruxelles-Midi et ne s'arrêtera donc pas dans les HdF, ni à Liège ou Hambourg.

11 days until my first trip on a nightjet in a Mini Cabin. Haven't done an overnight train journey for quite a while - think it was Feb 22 when I went to Inverness. And frankly these trains cannot be any worse than the CAF carriages to the Highlands 😬

✨Kobold Advent Calendar - Day 15: Shooting Star ✨ - Look! Do you think that's Santa everyone's talking about? - Nah, I think Santa's a Dragon! - Do you think he'll come for us this year?

To put yourself in such danger to save others really is amazing. Utterly horrible incident which, like other mass shootings, will change Australia. Something which the US can learn from: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

40 year old bridge is knackered already… 😬

Well this is awkward… 🤪

Been there before! Great place to eat in Des Plaines 🥳

“Politician with no original ideas moans about something trivial to seem relevant”

Nearly 1m journeys for a line which didn’t have all stations open at the beginning is a really great achievement. Onwards and upwards!

Bloody twirlies… Your free pass doesn’t work prior to 09:30. Don’t worry about those of us standing behind you, brolly down, trying to board 🤬

Think we’re going to see a fair amount of flooding today. Weather is pretty grotty outside!

Lying in bed considering getting out and doing something productive. But part of me just cannot be bothered. Case of “What’s the bloody point?” - then I look at the house and… Teufelskreis ☹️

La Belgique passe cette nuit pour son trafic ferroviaire intérieur à 100% d'ETCS !

Time for bed I think. Wishing you all a Happy New [European Rail] Year! #December2025IsHere

Great initiative in Oldenburg in Northern Germany: since the beginning of January, bus travel in the city has been free on Saturdays. Zwischenbilanz: 20% more passengers travelling, business seeing more people in the city.

I'm not sure of the history of this, but it seems to be a more useful version of the Dangleway in London... And significantly cheaper to use! Just looking at the route, I'm presuming [rightly or wrongly] that a cable car is easier to get over existing roads & railways?

Still fucked. It’s a good job I didn’t trade in my old phone because I’d be without several bank accounts. And I’ve got limited use of Apple Pay because I can’t verify the cards… 🤬

I had the pleasure to travel with EC7 several times - sadly not in the Panoramawagen however. A real shame that this service is no longer going to operate. If only an open-access operator did a sightseeing service with such vehicles in the summer from Cologne to Mainz and back!

So much respect and love for Robin Ince. Wishing him all the best for the future! And: fuck the BBC.

✨Kobold Advent Calendar - Day 12: Decorations ✨ Eeee, these big baubles are funny!

Tempted to do this on Christmas Day! Already done Vienna > Graz, but south of Graz Hbf ist etwas Neuland

Someone dies every 90 minutes by suicide in the uk 76% are male, 25 attempts for every death, biggest cause of death under the age of 45 is suicide We don’t nearly talk about it enough, silence is killing us When was the last time you checked up on your family & friends

Rushing home to tune in! 🥳