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#Railways

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the magnificent rhys

The first rail company nationalisation of this government has taken place 🥳

The plan is for train operating companies to be nationalised as their franchises/contracts expire, which will see them gradually taken into public ownership over the next few years (most by 2027).

Alongside the gradual nationalisation of rail and station infrastructure into Great British Railways, the whole system is being brought under public control.

#rail #railways #trains

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ceqg73

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander in front of a train carriage with Great British Railways branding, during a visit to the South Western Railway Bournemouth Traincare Depot in Dorset
BBC NewsSouth Western Railway first rail firm renationalised by LabourThe first service under new public ownership was partially operated by a rail replacement bus.
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Adam Steer

After the last few train hosing shifts I'm thinking someone at VLine logistics is about to learn the difficult way about trying to run complex systems made of humans and heavy machinery at 100% capacity.

...actually no, they won't. Whoever is in charge now is probably already talking up their "efficiency gains" for the next promotion. They'll rocket into the C suite, leaving the material and human damage for someone else to deal with...

🙄

#systemsThinking#railways#Victoria
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Playmolis
O nosso comboio levou-nos a Castelo Branco 🙌 quase sempre às margens do Tejo, com paisagens deslumbrantes 🤤 então o troço das Portas de Ródão ui... A cidade toda limpa e organizada, o cheiro a natureza mete inveja a qualquer Lisboeta.
Ah e o Castelo afinal não é branco. Nós é que ficámos brancos para lá chegar 😁

Passe Ferroviário Verde - 20€/30 dias livre trânsito Nacional comboios Regionais e Intercidades

https://www.bklisboa.pt

#railways #comboios #trains #portugal #castelobranco #passear #viagens #viajar #trip #playmobil #toyphotography #toy #paisagem #castelo #castle
#castle
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CLondoner92 (New Account)

On 25 May 2025, South Western Railway’s services will move into public ownership under the Passenger #Railways Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024. Operations will be managed by South Western #Railway Limited, a subsidiary of DfT Operator Limited, which will eventually become part of Great #British Railways (GBR). This marks the first transfer under the new legislation, with #C2C to follow on 20 July and Greater #Anglia on 12 October. This step is key to reforming the railways, ending 30 years of fragmentation, and fulfilling the government’s pledge to prioritise passengers. While public ownership alone won’t solve all issues, it enables further integration of track and train under GBR. The Railways Bill, to be introduced this session, will formalise GBR and consolidate the industry into one organisation.
gov.uk/government/speeches/tra

Heidi Alexander MP
GOV.UK · Transfer of South Western Railway’s services into public ownershipBy Department for Transport
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AJ Sadauskas

A really insightful analysis of why this keeps happening in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/21/why-are-sydney-trains-delays-so-bad-nsw-rail-network

Along with archaic practices (carbon paper notes?!?!), interlining is singled out:

"While technical issues are unavoidable on a rail network that hosts 400m trips each year, the latest outage has reignited the nagging question on the minds of millions of Sydneysiders: how can just one incident on one train at a station with multiple tracks bring down an entire city’s rail network?

...

"The answer to the first question is easier to comprehend, and dates back to plans made in the early 1900s – including a famous vision for new lines from Sydney Harbour Bridge engineer John Bradfield – about how to expand the rail network to cater to a growing Sydney.

"Rather than a master plan for new lines independent of each other – as modern metro and underground systems were increasingly being built throughout the 20th century – the approach for Sydney was to take advantage of the huge capacity of the six tracks that comprise its main western railway between Central and Strathfield.

"In cities such as London, commuters can avoid a bottleneck or outage on one line by switching to another to dodge a problem section of track. But almost all heavy rail services in Sydney’s suburban network – including trains to the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, City Circle or Airport – are routed to pass through the Central-Strathfield corridor.

“'A lot of our lines are tangled with each other,' Sydney Trains CEO, Matt Longland, said. 'At this critical pinch point … one incident in a location like this can bring down a significant part of the network.'"

Coincidentally, interlining is also why issues on one line end up affecting multiple lines on Melbourne's network as well.

#auspol #train #trains #rail #railway #railways #PublicTransport #PublicTransportation #Sydney #NSWpol #Vicpol #Vicgov #NSWgov

The Guardian · A single incident brought Sydney’s train network to a standstill – again. Here’s why it keeps happeningBy Elias Visontay
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Mike

The final installment of our holiday journey to the south of france and back to the UK.
We got back home as expected without any drama on the return journey - in fact it was a very relaxing day's travelling.
Thanks Eurostar & East Midlands Railway

The daily blog posts I've been putting up will be condensed into a single post for my main travel blog (with photos) - and I'll try to include some of our learning points from this trip too.

Here's today's blog post:
mikefromlfe.mataroa.blog/blog/

mikefromlfe.mataroa.blogDay 9 - To Home Sweet Home — Meanderings around Europe by train – and other stuff
#interrail#CoteBleuBlog#travel
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