Show threadJon WorthJan 30

And each edition of the newsletter is going to have a #BullshitMeter in it

Here are all the previous Bullshit Meter posts:
https://jonworth.eu/tag/bullshit-meter/

Send me your WORST rail stories, over-promises, hype and I will assess whether it is 🐂💩 or not!

Bullshit Meter - Jon Worth

This is my simple system to call out bullshit stories about railways - the Rail Story Bullshit Meter. Stories I encounter will be scored on a four point scale: 💩 Bullshit - I can see no way it can happen, 🤔 Good idea, don't believe it - it could happen, but there are major hurdles to overcome, 🛠️ Should happen - more or less everything is in place to make it happen, but something might prevent it still, 🙂 Will happen - everything is ready. Go ahead and book a ticket for it!

Jon Worth
Jon WorthJan 29

With my new newsletter launching tomorrow, I am firing up the #BullshitMeter again

Calling out the silliest ideas that crop up in the railway news

And so I am re-organising all my old Bullshit Meter posts

The 15 oldest, all from January 2025, are online here:
https://jonworth.eu/tag/bullshit-meter/

And many more to come!

Bullshit Meter - Jon Worth

This is my simple system to call out bullshit stories about railways - the Rail Story Bullshit Meter. Stories I encounter will be scored on a four point scale: 💩 Bullshit - I can see no way it can happen, 🤔 Good idea, don't believe it - it could happen, but there are major hurdles to overcome, 🛠️ Should happen - more or less everything is in place to make it happen, but something might prevent it still, 🙂 Will happen - everything is ready. Go ahead and book a ticket for it!

Jon Worth
Sue CohenDec 16
Damn!
Trump just broke another #BullshitMeter
Claims the #EpsteinBallroom is a matter of “National Security?”
Trump is a Pathological Liar:
He is literally incapable of telling the truth
https://www.newportinstitute.com/resources/co-occurring-disorders/pathological-liar-signs/
Jon WorthSep 5, 2025

#Bullshitmeter No, there is not going to be a Turku 🇫🇮 - Stockholm 🇸🇪 fixed link (tunnels, bridges)

Too far, too expensive, not enough people living either side

Maybe instead Sweden could complete its high speed railway south of Stockholm *that does make sense* but they can't find money for?

Jon WorthSep 1, 2025

Hey BBC!

My #Bullshitmeter beat you *by a whole 6 months*

There will be no Eurostar station in Bedford 😀

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r7dvdxyq4o

samuele963May 26, 2025

@jon One for your #BullshitMeter perhaps?

https://www.ferrovie.info/treni-reali/ferrovie-trieste-belgrado-il-possibile-ritorno-di-una-tratta-storica.html

Ferrovie: Trieste-Belgrado, il possibile ritorno di una tratta storica

Uno studio di fattibilità rilancia l’antico collegamento ferroviario tra Adriatico e Balcani.

Ferrovie.Info
Show threadJon WorthMay 7, 2025
@lnwirz I can't really do a #Bullshitmeter for that one, as it's hard to assess what will actually happen (or not). I think the EU pressure to re-gauge will decrease now Valean is no longer Commissioner, as it's the sort of simple but crap idea she liked. Because when you look at it re-gauging makes little sense, unless you're building new lines.
Jon WorthMay 7, 2025

There was quite some fuss a few weeks ago about a company called Travelski claiming to run a night train Paris to the Alps ⛰ for skiiers, and from the coming season https://www.travelski.com/travelski-night-express

But I can find no evidence HOW they can do this, so I made a #BullshitMeter for it

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LeoMar 7, 2025
Super curious to se what @jon 's #BullshitMeter would have to say on a SBB/ÖBB sleeper to Malmö in relative near future.
See https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sbb-2024-stiegen-die-passagierzahlen-478887905352, buried a bit down in the article
SBB: 2024 stiegen die Passagierzahlen

Die SBB setzen auf das boomende Geschäft mit Zugreisen ins Ausland: Für neue Verbindungen nach Italien und Spanien sollen sogar eigene Hochgeschwindigkeitszüge angeschafft werden.

Tamedia AG
Jon WorthFeb 21, 2025

Time for another #Bullshitmeter

Or merda di bufalo d'acqua perhaps, and I can smell it from here

No, there are not going to be trains to Milano 🇮🇹 when St Pancras station is expanded

Response to this Times story https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/st-pancras-expansion-route-train-travel-fbfkmw9xv

London to Milan direct after St Pancras expansion

A planned overhaul of the station will triple capacity as the owner seeks to attract more train operators to compete with Eurostar

The Times