Mastodawn

🚂 Ah, Britain's railway privatization—a masterclass in turning a train wreck into an even bigger train wreck. 🎢 The #RosaLuxemburgStiftung thinks they've uncovered a secret, but the dismal #failure is as obvious as a delayed train. 🕒🚆 Spoiler alert: #capitalism, yet again, didn't deliver the express service it promised. 😏
https://www.rosalux.de/en/news/id/53917/britains-railway-privatization-was-an-abject-failure #railwayprivatization #trainwreck #UKtransport #HackerNews #ngated

Britain’s Railway Privatization Was an Abject Failure - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung

Sold off in the 1990s, the UK’s railways are returning to public hands — but at what cost?

Hacker News Aug 15, 2025

Swiss vs. UK approach to major tranport projects

https://www.freewheeling.info/blog/swiss-hs2

#HackerNews #SwissTransport #UKTransport #InfrastructureProjects #PublicTransport #Planning

This is how the Swiss would have done HS2 — Freewheeling

HS2 has become a case study in how not to build infrastructure. But what if we’d taken a different path entirely? In this post, I imagine how the Swiss would have done it: starting with the timetable, not the project. It’s a counterfactual, but it’s not a fantasy.

Freewheeling

East Anglia Bylines Jul 19, 2024

By popular demand, the government is bringing railways back into public ownership. This landmark change aims to improve service reliability and efficiency.
#RailReform #UKTransport

https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/transport/labour-to-begin-the-process-of-nationalising-railways/

Labour to begin the process of nationalising railways

Government plans transport overhaul, introducing public ownership of railways to improve efficiency, reliability and support economic growth

East Anglia Bylines | News and views from the heart of East Anglia

Christopher Miller Jun 20, 2024

@stevencudahy #WritingCommunity #CreativeWriting

#MastoPrompt #Challenge #Poem #Poetry
#Prompt: #Alone

From my 16 year old son, Dylan:

Avanti's carriage
Looking like a desert -
Only me here.
Now I want to stay
Even though the next stop's mine.

#avanti #train #carriage #traincarriage #transport #uktransport #empty #trains #avantitrains

Christopher Miller Jun 12, 2024

@stevencudahy #WritingCommunity

#MastoPrompt #Challenge #Poem #Poetry
#Prompt: #Locate

From my 16 year old son, Dylan:

I stand
Watching the map
Trying to locate my
Destined stop. It's like spaghetti!
I'm lost!

#Metrolink #confusion #metrolinkmap #transportmap #uktransport #Manchester

Christopher Miller Apr 12, 2024

@aethelshane #WritingCommunity

#Haiku #575Prompt #Challenge #Poem #Poetry
#Prompt: #Redness

From my 16 year old son, Dylan:

Stood on the platform
"The next train will not stop here"
The announcement said

A rumble arrives
A flash of redness goes past
Passing Underground

#london #LondonUnderground #TFL #transportforlondon #uktransport

Paul Holloway Nov 24, 2022

Last night I saw a comment on a #Crossrail project Instagram post, in which the complaint was that trains only ran every 7 minutes in the peak and trains are packed. "Good concept on paper but in reality it not".

I don't think I've ever wanted to tell someone to go fuck themselves more than this commenter.

Helen Pidd in the #Guardian explains precisely why many in the north would feel similiarly.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/britains-trains-tories-north-england-avanti

#transport #uktransport #railways

Just how bad do Britain’s trains have to get before the Tories act?

In the north of England in particular, rail companies such as Avanti are causing misery on a daily basis. This cannot go on, says Guardian North of England editor Helen Pidd

The Guardian