Did you know there was an old rifle range under Edinburgh's Waverley Station? (6 minutes in to this video)
guns  edinburgh  history  trains 
8 days ago by andrewducker
This is The Longest Train Route in the World (as of 2024)
trains  china  Russia  Spain  Portugal 
16 days ago by andrewducker
The man who spends £8,500 a year to live on a train
trains  germany  viaDanielDWilliam 
16 days ago by andrewducker
US to get first dedicated high-speed railway – helped by Network Rail
UK  USA  trains  California 
8 weeks ago by andrewducker
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them
trains  drm  Poland  OhForFucksSake  viaPatrickHadfield 
december 2023 by andrewducker
The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends”
ThomasTheTankEngine  trains  dystopia 
november 2023 by andrewducker
Revealed: Proof PM knows cutting HS2 would lead to chaos
trains  conservatives  Doom  UK 
september 2023 by andrewducker
How hard is it to become a train driver?
trains 
september 2023 by andrewducker
ScotRail peak fares to be scrapped as ministers try to push return to trains
Scotland  trains  money 
september 2023 by andrewducker
Family-Friendly Trains from around the world (I demand mine has a Viking ship and a ball pit)
viaAnindya  trains  children 
may 2023 by andrewducker
Return rail fares expected to be scrapped in shake-up of British rail system
UK  trains  transport 
february 2023 by andrewducker
Peak ScotRail fares to be scrapped for six months
Scotland  trains  money 
december 2022 by andrewducker
Russians are very dependent on their trains, and sanctions are knocking them out of service
trains  Russia  viaDanielDWilliam 
october 2022 by andrewducker
The high-speed railway that’s uncoupling the Baltic states from Russia and their Soviet past
Russia  Europe  transport  trains 
september 2022 by andrewducker
Edinburgh's South Sub railway: Here's why forgotten railway closed 60 years ago today
edinburgh  trains  transport  history 
september 2022 by andrewducker
Eurostar to axe direct trains to Disneyland Paris, partly blaming Brexit
UK  Europe  Disney  trains 
august 2022 by andrewducker
Music based on Scotrail announcements goes viral
music  trains  scotland 
august 2022 by andrewducker
Want to make your own train announcement system? Now you have all of the pieces. (Who's making the hardcore techno remix?)
trains  audio  viaPatrickHadfield 
august 2022 by andrewducker
"We asked the Chancellor why Wales is missing out on HS2 funding and the answers show they still simply don't get it"
Wales  trains  money  conservatives 
august 2022 by andrewducker
The Repressive, Authoritarian Soul of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends”
trains  children  authoritarianism  morality  writing  tv 
august 2022 by andrewducker
How far can you get in 5 hours by train from any European city?
trains  time  visualisation  viaPatrickHadfield 
july 2022 by andrewducker
Why rails buckle in Britain
trains  temperature  UK 
july 2022 by andrewducker
The real reasons young RMT workers are striking, in their own words
unions  trains  UK 
june 2022 by andrewducker
Train strike chaos set to continue because ministers won't allow rail firms to negotiate pay with RMT union
Union  pay  trains  UK  government 
june 2022 by andrewducker
HS2: Government scraps plans for £3bn West Coast Main Line link
trains  hs2  uk  OhForFucksSake 
june 2022 by andrewducker
Why would the government want to run ScotRail?
trains  scotland 
may 2022 by andrewducker
Automatic for the People: Driverless Trains and the London Underground
automation  tube  trains  london  uk 
may 2022 by andrewducker
The Trolley Problem: model train edition
trains  philosophy  funny  video 
april 2022 by andrewducker
ScotRail goes back into public ownership
Scotland  trains  transport 
april 2022 by andrewducker
Crossrail update on the Elizabeth line’s opening plans (fiddly technical work that I'm fascinated by and glad I don't have to deal with)
trains  tube  London  transport 
march 2022 by andrewducker
Chicago sets its train tracks on fire when it's this cold
trains  weather  fire 
january 2022 by andrewducker
High speed rail must go to Scotland to help reach net zero
hs2  trains  transport  uk  co2  globalwarming 
january 2022 by andrewducker
This story of train times and relationships did not go where I expected it to!
trains  relationships  life  death 
january 2022 by andrewducker
Wild things seen on the subway
trains  awesome  costumes  photos 
december 2021 by andrewducker
Real life horror movie scene
light  trains  horror  video 
december 2021 by andrewducker
Rail freight boosted by HGV driver shortage and climate change
trains  transport  shipping  GoodNews  uk 
december 2021 by andrewducker
Boris Johnson bridge to Northern Ireland would cost over £300bn and should not be built, government review finds
uk  NorthernIreland  trains 
november 2021 by andrewducker
Boris Johnson strips Transport for the North of powers after it criticises his rail plan
transport  UK  trains 
november 2021 by andrewducker
HS2 rail extension to Leeds set to be scrapped
hs2  uk  OhForFucksSake  trains  transport 
november 2021 by andrewducker
New London to Edinburgh rail service to start
London  Edinburgh  trains  transport 
october 2021 by andrewducker
Who wants to get the train from London to Singapore?
trains  UK  singapore  China  Russia  Europe 
october 2021 by andrewducker
Rail freight operators forced to dump electric trains for diesel due to Britain’s energy crisis
globalwarming  pollution  uk  electricity  doom  trains 
october 2021 by andrewducker
Train Wheels Are Cones
trains  design 
august 2021 by andrewducker
I live on the site of the old Blackford Hill train station!
trains  Edinburgh  history 
august 2021 by andrewducker
Why the government is not actually renationalising the railways
UK  trains 
may 2021 by andrewducker
Rail services to come under unified state control
rail  trains  UK  government 
may 2021 by andrewducker
How to make everyone in the company hate you with one email
trains  security  bonus  OhForFucksSake 
may 2021 by andrewducker
This rail gun is for training purposes only
guns  joke  trains 
march 2021 by andrewducker
Kaiju! Cat! Attacks! Train!
cats  trains  video 
january 2021 by andrewducker
A short video of plague carriers preparing to spread the virus around the UK
Pandemic  trains  Doom  OhForFucksSake  uk 
december 2020 by andrewducker
Whale Tail Saves Train!
sculpture  trains  headline 
november 2020 by andrewducker
UK scraps rail franchise system
UK  transport  trains  pandemic 
september 2020 by andrewducker
A world's first in 1850s Edinburgh - an interesting snippet on the world's first train ferry
trains  video  history  edinburgh 
august 2020 by andrewducker
Storm leaves 30m hole in Union Canal, knocking out the Edinburgh-Glasgow rail line.
trains  canal  Scotland 
august 2020 by andrewducker
Why Boris Johnson's call for driverless Tube trains is a political stunt
politics  trains  London 
july 2020 by andrewducker
Visitors to be able to climb Forth Bridge
trains  Scotland  bridge  Edinburgh 
march 2020 by andrewducker
Why the proposed HS2 alternative isn't a good idea
trains  UK  hs2 
february 2020 by andrewducker
HS2: Six reasons why the rail route is so expensive
hs2  trains  money 
february 2020 by andrewducker
Storm Ciara: Edinburgh Waverley closed due to overcrowding caused by cancelled trains
trains  edinburgh 
february 2020 by andrewducker
The failings of Northern Rail are the government's fault
trains  transport  UK  fail 
january 2020 by andrewducker
Cats is not Andrew Lloyd Webber's weirdest musical
musicals  trains 
december 2019 by andrewducker
ScotRail contract to end three years early after commuter anger rises
Scotland  trains 
december 2019 by andrewducker
Pachelbel's Canon as played on passing trains
trains  music  video 
december 2019 by andrewducker
Labour manifesto promises to extend HS2 rail line to Scotland
trains  transport  Scotland  Labour 
november 2019 by andrewducker
No, we shouldn't just reverse the Beeching cuts
trains  transport  UK 
november 2019 by andrewducker
China laying tracks for 1,000km/h maglev trains (testing if vacuum tube trains are feasible)
trains  magnets  China  vacuum 
october 2019 by andrewducker
No, the Great Central Main Line is not an adequate alternative to HS2
trains  uk 
august 2019 by andrewducker
Train drivers need to understand a really complex set of information. Much more than I realised
trains  transport 
august 2019 by andrewducker
Another really clear explanation of why HS2 is vital for improving Britain's railway infrastructure
UK  trains  hs2 
august 2019 by andrewducker
New trains run on Glasgow to Edinburgh route for first time
trains  Edinburgh  glasgow  transport  Scotland 
july 2019 by andrewducker
HS2: hated by some, halted in parts, but still making progress
hs2  trains  transport  uk 
july 2019 by andrewducker
Why British train lines don't cope well with unusual heat
trains  UK  heat 
july 2019 by andrewducker
For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s Favorite Pastimes
history  trains  usa 
july 2019 by andrewducker
Do EU rules stop Britain re-nationalising its railways? It depends what you mean by 'nationalise'
uk  europe  transport  trains  regulation 
june 2019 by andrewducker
Why HS2 is vitally important, and the only option to improve Britain's railways
UK  trains  transport 
june 2019 by andrewducker
Northern firms throw weight behind HS2 and new east-west rail line
trains  uk 
june 2019 by andrewducker
New Scottish rail timetables to ease commuter misery
Scotland  trains  transport 
may 2019 by andrewducker
Marvel movies ranked by whether there are trains in them
trains  movies  marvel  funny 
may 2019 by andrewducker
Timing of train door closure – how critical is it?
time  safety  transport  trains  tube  viaDrDoug 
april 2019 by andrewducker
Police probe after malicious devices left on railway lines in pro-Brexit sabotage attempt
UK  europe  terrorism  trains 
april 2019 by andrewducker
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