Major train delays hit Sydney's Friday peak hour commute
Commuters are being told to allow extra travel time and take other modes of transport if possible.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-14/nsw-sydney-train-delays-commute-friday-t1/105054204
Train ride from Poznań to Zbąszynek, Poland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fxsgy9XiKo&t=3048
The French just introduced the next-generation TGV.
The low-carbon transition comes with 5G at 350km/h.
@EUCommission what about LESS cars and LESS planes overall ?
Zero-emission tech is already there and it's called #trains and #bikes.
You better support bike and train infrastructures instead of focusing on car and airplane decarbonation.
A year ago, it was a gloriously steamy day in the otherwise very dry high desert of Ely, Nevada. A good rain storm really makes a difference!
@timrichards Wow I heard you! Love my train journeys
#Melbourne #trains
Heriott Watt students will present their proposals next week to Edinburgh’s council to run tram-trains on Edinburgh’s southern suburban railway section which used to serve passengers but only serves freight as of now. #edinburgh #scotland #uk #tram #transport #trains
I'm having a chat on ABC Radio Melbourne about trains around 1.35pm AEDT (ie in ten minutes or so). You can listen in at this link...
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/melbourne
Labor commits $1bn to secure rail corridors to new Sydney airport
By Joshua Boscaini
A re-elected federal Labor government plans to inject $1 billion into securing a rail corridor from Sydney's south-western suburbs to the new Western Sydney airport.
Is it a wee bit nuts to be considering taking The Highland Chieftain north from KX to Inverness and then doing the Caledonian Sleeper southbound to Euston.
And then running back the WCML home over 2 days?
Asking for, uh, me.
It's wild reading 1930s novels and seeing how reliable rail travel once was in the UK.
"The ship leaves Liverpool for Spain at 7:00 pm."
"There's a train that gets in at 6:25."
"That will allow more than enough time for the five of us to arrive at the station with all our steamer trunks, arrange taxis, and get onboard."
@samsterby @baggetun To be honest, this track was very useful for me to commute to work and back. You could jump on at the station at the end of my road and then hop off directly in the city center. It's very good at serving the local towns surrounding Manchester City Center.
I liked that it ran the older trains too. They were a little dirty and, like most of Manchester, needs a good clean, but it gave it a little more charm.
@samsterby @baggetun If my memory serves me correct (its been a while) there are two "main" trains you can get from Manchester to Liverpool Lime Street.
There's the one pictured above that departs from Manchester Oxford Road stops at every station along the way and takes (I think) about 1.5 to 2 hours.
And there's another that goes a lot faster and has just a handful of stops, taking about 1 hour from "door to door".
Old Trafford (the stadium) always struggled to build more because the trains ran alongside the place. And then the other side of the train track, none of the residents would sell their place.
I guess Manchester United has finally bought all the houses around the stadium and convinced the local government to shut off the train line to Liverpool whilst they redevelop the entire area.
Some big big money being thrown around here.
Nevada Northern Railway, Ely, Nevada (4/26/2025). These old engines were used to haul copper ore from the Ruth Mine on the west side of Ely to smelters in McGill, northeast of Ely. The trains, railway, & machine shop are fully operational & appear to the visitor as frozen in time from the early 20th century. I stop there every time I pass through town. Visitors can ride trains & be the engineer, but I prefer to roam around the yard & machine shop.
