#britishrail — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #britishrail, aggregated by home.social.
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British Rail No 59003 Yeoman Highlander - Exe Rail Postcard
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British Rail No 59003 Yeoman Highlander - Exe Rail Postcard
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Which of these stations in the city of London have you used?
#rail #railways #publictransport #tfl #BritishRail #pt #LondonUnderground -
Which of these stations in the city of London have you used?
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Now that’s something you don’t see everyday at #BristolTempleMeads railway station. 🚂
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Now that’s something you don’t see everyday at #BristolTempleMeads railway station. 🚂
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For anyone that uses rail tickets in the UK (except for Advance tickets) - the refund rules are changing. From April you can only get a refund *before* travel.
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-assistance/compensation-and-refunds/refunds-change/
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For anyone that uses rail tickets in the UK (except for Advance tickets) - the refund rules are changing. From April you can only get a refund *before* travel.
https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-assistance/compensation-and-refunds/refunds-change/
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Two storied locomotives with a very special train.
This is Balfour Beatty's drain train, which cleans areas of the tracks where drainage isn't great.
But arguably, the more interesting part is the locomotives, 20901 and 20905.
These are old Class 20 locomotives built in November 1959 and January 1968 respectively, to a design that has it's roots in even older designs, dating back to the LMS (pre British Rail, which was formed in 1948).Out of these two locomotives, 20901 (the last two photos) is the most legendary - having been one of the main sources of motive power on the Kosovo Train for Life, which travelled on rails to Kosovo after the 1999 Kosovo War. This means that it ran through UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and of course, Kosovo. Meaning that it's one of the furthest running British locomotive ever (possibly beaten by 92015 that transported containers that had originated in china, through the Channel Tunnel and into the UK). It faced difficulty in North Macedonia when it was held for a ransom of $8000.
I got really lucky with these photos, since a Balfour Beatty employee noticed me whilst waiting for the train to arrive, who then invited me to go trackside since, I quote, "there's no-one around, it's fine". From there I got these stunning shots of the locomotives.
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Two storied locomotives with a very special train.
This is Balfour Beatty's drain train, which cleans areas of the tracks where drainage isn't great.
But arguably, the more interesting part is the locomotives, 20901 and 20905.
These are old Class 20 locomotives built in November 1959 and January 1968 respectively, to a design that has it's roots in even older designs, dating back to the LMS (pre British Rail, which was formed in 1948).Out of these two locomotives, 20901 (the last two photos) is the most legendary - having been one of the main sources of motive power on the Kosovo Train for Life, which travelled on rails to Kosovo after the 1999 Kosovo War. This means that it ran through UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, and of course, Kosovo. Meaning that it's one of the furthest running British locomotive ever (possibly beaten by 92015 that transported containers that had originated in china, through the Channel Tunnel and into the UK). It faced difficulty in North Macedonia when it was held for a ransom of $8000.
I got really lucky with these photos, since a Balfour Beatty employee noticed me whilst waiting for the train to arrive, who then invited me to go trackside since, I quote, "there's no-one around, it's fine". From there I got these stunning shots of the locomotives.
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Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.
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Found an old Ladybird Book of British Railway Locomotives in a charity shop and nabbed it for a friend’s kid. Scanned in the illustration on the cover so I could also add it to the mailing label, so here, internet, have a pretty thing – as the original scan and a quickly cleaned-up 1-bit version.
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British Rail Diesel Electric No 47085 at Ipswich, 1979 - J Davenport Photograph
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British Rail Diesel Electric No 47085 at Ipswich, 1979 - J Davenport Photograph
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Vera star Brenda Blethyn shares retirement plans ahead of 80th birthday
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Vera star Brenda Blethyn shares retirement plans ahead of 80th birthday
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I've never even heard of Beaver County, or their lazy sevens logo from 2024.
#L7 #LazySevens #BC #BeaverCounty #BritishColumbia #NSW #UTA #STA #UrbanTransit #UrbanTransitAuthority #SRA #StateRail #StateRailAuthority #CityRail #NSWPTC #PTC #Breng #BR #BritishRail #GreatBritishRail #SBB #NS
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While waiting on the train platform, it was announced the train was running on time.
The fact they announce that speaks volumes about the current broken state of British railways…
#britain #trains #railways #britishrail #brokenBritian #uk #transport #travel
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While waiting on the train platform, it was announced the train was running on time.
The fact they announce that speaks volumes about the current broken state of British railways…
#britain #trains #railways #britishrail #brokenBritian #uk #transport #travel
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UK national rail planner: there is no route from Hebden Bridge to Manchester airport.
Station ticket machine: there is a 27 pound ticket from this station, Hebden bridge, to Manchester airport.
Me: buys 13 pound ticket to central Manchester, gets off train, buys 5 pound ticket to Manchester Airport.
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UK national rail planner: there is no route from Hebden Bridge to Manchester airport.
Station ticket machine: there is a 27 pound ticket from this station, Hebden bridge, to Manchester airport.
Me: buys 13 pound ticket to central Manchester, gets off train, buys 5 pound ticket to Manchester Airport.
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British Rail SR-N6 Seaspeed Hovercraft, c.1970 - WJ Nigh & Son Postcard
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British Rail SR-N6 Seaspeed Hovercraft, c.1970 - WJ Nigh & Son Postcard
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British Rail No 253 015, HST Unit, Bristol Temple Meads - Oxford Pub Co Postcard
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British Rail No 253 015, HST Unit, Bristol Temple Meads - Oxford Pub Co Postcard
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📺🚆💨 Recreating the Train Departure Screens of Network SouthEast
Today on the blog, a project to recreate the old departure screens of England’s South East rail network.
https://heliomass.com/posts/2514-bbc-train-times/
#UK #BritishRail #Railway200 #London #NetworkSouthEast #transit
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Remembering railway accidents from 100 years ago can make the industry safer today #GreatBritishRail #BritishRail @TheConversationUK
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Forte hausse des prix et prestations calamiteuses: face à l'échec de la privatisation du rail lancée dès 1993 en Grande-Bretagne, l'Etat va renationaliser toutes les compagnies d'ici à octobre 2027. "Un utile rappel que pour les prestations qui relèvent du bien commun, le rôle social de l’Etat ne doit pas être un gros mot", selon @PhilippeBach.
#edito #rail #britishrail
✒️ Un édito à lire sur notre site 🔽
📸 @Keystone
https://lecourrier.ch/2025/05/29/renationalisations-sur-les-rails/ -
200 years of #britishRail, and every train delayed or cancelled.
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200 years of #britishRail, and every train delayed or cancelled.
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Margaret Thatcher wird in ihrem Grab rotieren. #Bahnfahrer schöpfen jedoch Hoffnung für #BritishRail. Mal sehen, was daraus wird.
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British Rail Railfreight Class 50 No 50149 Defiance - Dawlish Warren Postcard
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British Rail Railfreight Class 50 No 50149 Defiance - Dawlish Warren Postcard
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In the news this week, Oldbury station was renamed Sandwell and Dudley, and turned into a major stop on the intercity line.
All trains between London and Wolverhampton will now stop at S&D.
All of them? Tell that to the 0636 from Shrewsbury to London, which wizzed through the new station at 75mph.
Local dignitaries and BR brass were left on the platform as the grand opening train -- didn't stop.
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In the news this week, Oldbury station was renamed Sandwell and Dudley, and turned into a major stop on the intercity line.
All trains between London and Wolverhampton will now stop at S&D.
All of them? Tell that to the 0636 from Shrewsbury to London, which wizzed through the new station at 75mph.
Local dignitaries and BR brass were left on the platform as the grand opening train -- didn't stop.
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Buxton's fan window, by Joseph Paxton. There were originally two of these, with an enclosed train shed in between.
The 'British Rail' sign & the old cars reveal that the photo is 30+ years old.
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British Rail No 47620 Windsor Castle at Cockwood - Dawlish Warren Postcard
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Great Western Railway Covered Freight Van - British Rail Postcard
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British Rail Britannia Class 4-6-2 No 70015 'Apollo' - ETW Dennis Postcard
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wikipedia says the British Railways Board (*not* BRB residual ltd) still existed as of 2013... but I can't lazygoogle anything more of it after that... does it still exist?
I can't find any evidence of it being abolished (eg. a statutory instrument) or any evidence of it still existing (eg. any annual reports)
