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And the XPT arrives at Melbourne's Southern Cross train station...

#train #rail #trains #railways #Sydney #Melbourne #Australia

XPT train from Sydney sitting at platform one at Southern Cross station.

Typical #rail line reactivation in Poland:

1. For many years, reactivation is debated, meetings are held, studies are done — and nothing happens.
2. Suddenly funding appears, and preparations start.
3. Just before the work starts, some of the stakeholders start debating a New Better Route.
4. Mutual mudslinging starts, as some of the counties that already paid for the project, discover that the New Better Route omits them.
5. In the meantime, the railroad company proceeds with the original plan and doesn't care.

The Christmas trees in the main concourse of Sydney Central Station, and the main departure board.

#train #trains #rail #railway #Sydney #Australia

Three large Christmas trees in the concourse.

A large departure board above the (currently closed) ticket window.

The overnight XPT train from Sydney Central Station to Melbourne.

#train #trains #rail #railway #railways #XPT #Sydney #Melbourne #Australia

The blue and yellow XPT train pulling into the platform.

A platform display that reads next service Melbourne.

The side of the train, with steel carriages painted light blue around the windows.

Le chemin de fer chinois, c’est parti https://vietnam-aujourdhui.info/2025/12/22/le-chemin-de-fer-chinois-cest-parti/ #Chine #Rail #Transport #ViêtNam

Gorgeous Southern California civic buildings

Provided below are images of gorgeous civic buildings in Southern California. It is hard to imagine a region in the country with more stately and graceful civic buildings. While all are handsome, this blog author’s personal favorite is the airport terminal building in Long Beach (second image below). It reminds me of the golden age of flying and hat’s off to the city for preserving the original terminal.

Other top five (5) choices are the city halls in Burbank and Beverly Hills, the Central Library in L.A., and the Los Angeles Union Station. Burbank’s City Hall is an Art Deco lover’s dream come true, both inside and out.

Great architecture makes great cities. Peace and enjoy the images!

Beverly Hills City Hall – Source: lovebeverlyhills.com Long Beach Airport Terminal – Source: fastcompany.com Burbank City Hall – Source: facebook.com Art deco interior of Burbank City Hall – Source: arthurchandler.com Los Angeles Union Station – Source: pacificsurfliner.com Los Angeles Central Library – Source: lapl.org Former Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale – Source: fisherpartners.net Pasadena City Hall – Source: istockphoto.com Los Angeles City Hall – Source: en.wikipedia.org Glendale City Hall – Source: en.wikipedia.org Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – Source: lacoliseum.com Santa Monica City Hall – Source: smdp.com Apple Tower Theater – Source: apple.com Before and after renovation of Apple Tower Theater – Source: apple.com LAX Theme Building – photo by author Old Fullerton City Hall/now Fullerton Police Headquarters – Source: cardcow.com Griffith Observatory – photo by author Valley (Van Nuys) Municipal Building: Source: commons.wikimedia.org Newport Beach City Hall – Source: dsa-lighting.com Fullerton Union High School – Source: en.wikipedia.org USC Campus – Source: gameday.usc.edu Royce Hall – UCLA- Source: newsroom.ucla.edu SoFi Stadium – Source: sofistadium.com Culver City City Hall – Source: culvercity.gov Hollywood Bowl – Source: TripAdvisor.com Grauman’s Chinese Theater – Source: mentalfloss.com California Theater for the Performing Arts in San Bernardino – Source: tripadvisor.com

#airports #architecture #art #Burbank #California #cities #design #Fullerton #fun #Glendale #government #historicPreservation #history #landUse #LongBeach #LosAngeles #Pasadena #planning #rail #theaters #tourism #transportation #travel

#PKP #PLK confident they can have passenger trains running to Szczecin Niebuszewo and Police in 2026/7 timetable, caution not to expect miracle headways as automatic block signalling will not be installed. This year, they will be doing work at the southern head of Szczecin Główny as part of final preparations: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/skm-szczecin--pociagi-do-polic-wroca-w-przyszlym-roku-126058.html

#kolej #rail #Szczecin #Zachodniopomorskie

All this talk of connection times at @jon's feed has reminded me of a bullshit thing in #PKPIC's domestic conditions of carriage. Namely, they contain a blanket provision stripping you of passenger rights across any connection shorter than 10 mins scheduled. Which would be less crazy if not for the fact that PKP PLK considers a connection requested by a carrier (you can see those when browsing Portal Pasażera, the "receiving" train will have a clickable S in a square by the station in question) satisfied at a minimum of 5 minutes. So after any timetable change (and remember, 5 of those a year here) you may suddenly find yourself unable to buy a through ticket for a particular set of trains for no apparent reason.

Yes, this is the sort of bullshit that makes people here rather less receptive to arguments that maximizing one-seat rides is not a good thing

#kolej #rail #PassengerRights #PKP #PLK #BahnBubble

New Eurostar ‘turn up and go’ service to cut waiting times to just 15 minutes

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/21/new-eurostar-turn-go-service-cut-waiting-times-just-15-minutes-25669080/

The delays of course are coming from London! Amusingly, Lamont, the local MP who is now very enthusiastic damned the original extension, from Edinburgh to Tweedbank wen an MSP calling the project (under a Labour/LibDem government) a complete waste of money.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9w7q1vxgyxo

#ScottishBorders #BordersRailway #Rail #Scotland #England

Teppay is key to JR East’s growth strategy, as data about shopping and travel habits are essential for its real estate and urban development businesses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/21/tech/jr-east-teppay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #cashless #jr #jreast #rail #suica

#1 Switzerland 97.8% on time 👏
#2 Netherlands 93.9%
#3 Belgium 88.6%
#4 Austria 82.2%
#5 France 79.7%
#6 Italy 62.0%
#7 Germany 58.5% on time 🤦

#bahn #rail #delays

https://chuuchuu.com/2025wrapped

The image shows a league table regarding punctuality. It's titled "How Does Your Country Stack Up?" and subtitled "The punctuality league table."

The table ranks countries by their on-time percentage, alongside the total delays in years. Seven countries are listed with their rankings, abbreviations, names, on-time percentages, and total delays. Switzerland is number one with 97.8% on time and 1.4 years of total delays. The Netherlands is second with 93.9% on time and 11.4 years of total delays. It's followed by Belgium, Austria, France, Italy, and Germany. Germany is last with 58.5% on time and 66.8 years of total delays. Each country has a progress bar showing the on time percentage.

#1 Switzerland 97.8% on time 👏 #2 Netherlands 93.9% #3 Belgium 88.6% #4 Austria 82.2% #5 France 79.7% #6 Italy 62.0% #7 Germany 58.5% on time 🤦 #bahn #rail #delays chuuchuu.com/2025wra...

This not a problem of HS2, it's a problem of CANCELLING HS2 you stupid NIMBY fuckwits.

https://www.thetimes.com/article/b86acbb8-c628-4bad-9af8-7c9c0e61e603?shareToken=05de3f0acf26a570607453a5f4d62c59

#transport #rail #UK #politics #HS2

High speed train carrying more than 600 passengers kills herd of elephants crossing track

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/20/high-speed-train-carrying-passengers-kills-herd-elephants-track-25648871/

Loco 8300 emerges from the scratchings of a Porth Penrhyn, Bangor graffito.

If you're a train expert, please let me know if you can identify the loco.

#trains #locomotives #rail #heritage #folkart

Traced graffito of a locomotive, bearing the number 8300 on the coal box.

Im travelling by #rail today, looking forward to it, 3 changes and 5 hours travel. The price has gone up £50 from last year though 🥴

Does anyone else like train tracks as much as I do?
#rail #trains

A view over a railway cutting in south east London. Blue sky. Winter trees. Sunlight. Mud.

From this angle, you can see at least four of the SkyTrain's five rails. Not seen here: this is multiple storeys under street level, and looks as if it is underground most of the time, but this is at the true ground level.

#photography #train #rail #city #SkyTrain

Train tracks — two power rails, two running rails, and an induction strip — rushing by from the perspective of another train. in the background, a blurry building can be seen, with blue lights along its ground floor and windows above it. The whole space looks like it's underground.

Le Vietnam lance la construction d’une liaison ferroviaire avec la Chine dans une vague d’investissements dans les infrastructures

https://vietnam-aujourdhui.info/2025/12/19/le-vietnam-lance-la-construction-dune-liaison-ferroviaire-avec-la-chine-dans-une-vague-dinvestissements-dans-les-infrastructures/

#InfosVitNam #Chine #Rail #Transport #VitNam

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