Some #GreenParty reading:
tackling misconceptions about #HS2. Sadly most beneficial sections of original scheme have already been cancelled, even as irreplaceable woodlands were being destroyed - but informative graphics explain #UKrailway planning
https://hs2.green/just-for-20-minutes-quicker-to-birmingham/
- reasons to support our new policy: https://hs2.green/5-reasons-why-you-should-vote-for-e01/
- what our policy now is: https://hs2.green/our-conference-motion-e01-green-rail-strategy-for-the-midlands-and-the-north/
"Just for 20 minutes quicker to Birmingham" - Greens4HS2

“All this, just to get to Birmingham 20 minutes quicker”, people say. Nope: on the day that HS2 starts, in 2029, its trains will also serve Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow. Here’s the service pattern. Each line = one train per hour both ways: The trains run on the new railway between London and near Birmingham,… Read More »“Just for 20 minutes quicker to Birmingham”

Greens4HS2

The UK has been renationalising its railway:

“We’ve tried privatisation for two or three decades and it’s a complete mess”

"Several operators ...were brought into public ownership by the Conservatives from 2018 onwards."

"So far nine of the 16 major rail operators in Britain are now in public ownership ... the remaining seven will be nationalised by October 2027"

"Labour has pledged to improve reliability and affordability with nationalisation, banking on a unified Great British Railways to end what critics see as an overly fragmented system."

https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2025/oct/13/most-of-great-britains-major-rail-operators-are-back-in-public-hands-is-it-working

#UK #railway #UKRailway #trains

Most of Great Britain’s major rail operators are back in public hands – is it working?

Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownership

The Guardian

Today has been a rollercoaster:

Me: OMG I found where the railnet station platforms are in this database (royal mail freight loading docks)

Also me: OMG they closed all this last year?! 😭

#ukrailway #railway #trains #freight

Catching a #CrossCountry to York today - it’s a Brum to Newcastle train, it’s 2025 and it is, yes, count them, four carriages 🙃 #UkRailway

The online services https://departureboards.mobi/ and https://uktra.in/ are now back up.

I had a slight issue with the servers running the data feeds, so I've had to rebuild them from scratch.

This does mean that there's about 24 hours missing from the feed archives https://archive.area51.dev

NB: The NREA feed for UK Departureboard's desktop/wall boards should also be working again as I provide that feed to them

#railOpenData #openData #ukRailway

UK Departure Boards

UK Train Departure Boards

Hello fediverse do your thing. The uk government has opened a consultation on the formation of Great British Railways (yes, that big renationalisation of the privatised services). This will replace what is currently in the Grant Shapps plan for rail. Link here, deadline 15 April https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-railway-fit-for-britains-future

#UKRailway #railway #nationalisation #politics #politicsUK #UK

A railway fit for Britain's future

Seeking views on proposals to reform Great Britain’s railways.

GOV.UK

I have a Very Important Question for people who have experienced both and/or train nerds.

To the best of your knowledge, which one is less reliable: Deutsche Bahn or the UK Railway system?

Pls boost.

#trains #DeutscheBahn #UKRailway #poll #umfrage

Deutsche Bahn is worse
12.5%
UK Railway is worse
25%
They're equally bad
62.5%
They're equally good
0%
Poll ended at .

Update: BTP have arrested an employee of Global Reach Technologies, which provides internet access to some Network Rail stations on suspicion of computer misuse act offences and malicious communications.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1jd5k8x4y4o

#ukRailway
#ukRail
#cyberAttack

Man arrested over rail station wi-fi terror messages cyber hack

A man who works for the company which provides some wi-fi services has been arrested.

BBC News

Network Rail confirmed that the wi-fi systems at 19 railway stations were disrupted by a Cyber Attack

People reported logging on to the wi-fi at the stations on Wednesday and being met with a screen about terror attacks in Europe.

The rail provider said it believed other organisations, not just rail stations, had also been impacted.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr75znv47xpo

#ukRailway #ukRail #cyberAttack

Network Rail: Twenty railway stations affected by cyber attack

The rail operator says its wi-fi system has been targeted and an investigation is ongoing.

BBC News

Historic railway signal box transported 300 miles from Wye Kent to Helston Railway in Cornwall
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/historic-railway-signal-box-transported-102321802.html

#ukRailway #ukRail #wyeKent #kent #cornwall

Historic railway signal box transported 300 miles from Kent to Cornwall

The 130-year-old signal box was due to be demolished, but after months of negotiations it will become part of a thriving heritage railway instead.

Yahoo News