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Amazing. Chalk one up to #ClimateDiary

#ClimateCollapse #Melbourne #RailNetwork

Interesting article from the Swiss National Museum about a critical point in the 70s when the Swiss Railway network started modernising.

#railway #railroad #railnetwork #switzerland #70s

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2025/05/heitersberg-a-short-railway-line-with-a-big-impact/

"Just hours before Friday’s opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics, a series of apparently coordinated arson attacks were reported on France’s high-speed rail network. No one has claimed responsibility yet. Before the games, protests highlighted the displacement of thousands of migrants, unhoused people and other vulnerable communities as “social cleansing.” We go to Paris for an update with Jules Boykoff, former professional soccer player, author and scholar focusing on the Olympic Games, and Paul Alauzy, Paris-based activist with the collective Revers de la Médaille (Other Side of the Medal). “We are not anti-Olympics,” says Alauzy. “You can support the games, but you need to know that they have a big social impact and they come with a cost. And they come with a cost of the lives of hundreds, thousands of people being mistreated.” We also discuss how Palestinian athletes are taking part in this year’s Olympics amid the Israeli war on Gaza, the health risks of competing during rising heat, the environmental impact of major sporting events and more."—Democracy Now!

https://youtu.be/JJ98YORyABY?feature=shared

#Paris #SocialCleansing #OlympicGames2024 #GreenWashing #expulsion #discrimination #StateViolence #evictions #displacements #sustainability #environment #arson #railnetwork #protests #surveillance

#SNCF’s chief executive, Jean-Pierre Farandou, said the attackers had set fires in conduits carrying cables that carry safety information for drivers or control points mechanisms. “There’s a huge number of bundled cables. We have to repair them one by one, it’s a manual operation” requiring hundreds of workers, he said . #France #ParisOlympics2024

French #RailNetwork hit by #arson attacks before #Olympics opening ceremony
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/26/vandals-target-french-rail-network-olympics-opening-ceremony

I couldn't help but think of our own railway system at home.

Braving torrential rain and thunder, demonstrators marched from the office headquarters of Hellenic Train in #Athens to the Greek parliament, chanting “this crime will not be forgotten”.

Many were as young as the vast majority of those killed in the collision between a passenger train and a freight train.
#GreekTrainCrash: anger grows as officials admit #RailNetwork problems | #Greece | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/02/greek-train-crash-anger-grows-as-government-admits-network-problems