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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

❗️ Ukraine has nearly depleted its entire reserve of locomotives due to Russian strikes on the railway. Kyiv is in negotiations with European countries that use the same rail gauge to supply new ones, the FT reports, citing the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.

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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Half billion royals. That's what they are - stealing your cash. #AbolishTheMonarchy

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Why does the Crown Estate get any money for leasing the sea bed? Surely we should be more shocked by this?

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Conservatives seem so unintelligent,banging on about lowering taxes and saying nothing about any other issues. And the BBC and other media do not challenge a bunch of ridiculous uncosted commitments.

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

2/2. .I am sure that have made bad choices in life but also probably had a bad deal in the life lottery. They did not expect money for helping me tho of course I gave them some.They deserve better. .if you see them in Bessborough Gardens just consider what they need..perhaps a pair of shoes to start

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Two homeless men living in the little park on the north side of Vauxhall Bridge managed to sort out my bike which had something trapped in the wheel. These were kind articulate helpful fellows yet they are society's rejects. .one did not have shoes 1/2

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Calling all Stations - The Transport Podcast @callingallstations.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In today’s Season 5 premier our hosts @christianwolmar.bsky.social and @markwalker59.bsky.social discuss transport policy at the Labour Party Conference, as well as showcase Christian’s LBC interview with Nick Abbot on Transport Privatisation & GBR. Catch it here: markwalkerg.podbean.com

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Three cheers Sadiq. .but remember it was my idea which you picked up at the mayoral hustings

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Read my history of the Tube The Subterranean Railway ..

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Heading off to Perivale for a 10 mile run along the canal... slightly daunting

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delighted to be shortlisted as columnist of the year by the British Association of Media Editors drive.google.com/file/d/1T7Ww...

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Extraordinary that these battles are still taking place

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation. Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If ever there was a case to reopen a branch line this is it The West Somerset would be of enormous benefit locally as the parallel road is dreadful

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Delighted to be shortlisted as columnist of the year by the British Association of Media Editors drive.google.com/file/d/1T7Ww...

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Man City should get extra points deducted for not fessing up. Bang to rights is an understatement

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Am giving a talk on the history of the London Underground to 700 neuroradiologists tomorrow at the QE2 centre. An intriguing assignment.

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ghostierockstar.bsky.social @ghostierockstar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

1/7 @mrjamesob.bsky.social delivers an absolute masterclass breaking down Andy Burnham’s landmark conference speech. It wasn’t just another political address; it was a rare moment of razor-sharp truth cutting through decades of political cowardice and media prevarication. youtu.be/6lMLTq7PomU?...

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James O'Brien analyses Burnham's speech in mammoth monologue

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”

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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Paris has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air and cooling the city.

People riding bikes in a full separated bike-lane in Central Paris.

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AI has kindly produced this collage of my book covers. .

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And here to help you Sadiq is my campaign pic visualising Oxford St pedestrianisation produced in 2014

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why does Word still flash up the notice that 'this file is not available because a dialog box is open '? WTF does that mean? Why after 30 years does Word still does this! Why?!!

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Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Currently on a train still branded as the “Gatwick Express”. It no longer runs to Gatwick from Southampton, it now calls at every single station en route to Brighton. Yiu need to changetrains to go to the airport now. So: not Gatwick, and not an Express. Bravo to all for this. #UKRail

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Well done Sadiq ..took you 11 years after I suggested it at the first mayoral hustings in Chelsea

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Christian Wolmar @christianwolmar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At last after I called for it in 1998

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Dr Robert Davis @chairrdrf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@christianwolmar.bsky.social on how railways were seen as "disruptive technology" by the Americans. transportnews.substack.com/p/ai-is-not-... My view: it's funny how mass car use has not been properly seen as "disruptive technology": efforts like those by Buchanan were utterly inadequate IMO.

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AI is not the first disruptive technology

AI is dominating our lives. Or at least, discussion and debate over it are ubiquitous ...

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

EXACTLY 👇 THIS.......

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026

I got to Copenhagen this morning and have been biking around all day and, y'all, I don't know if you've heard about this, but ... this place has pretty good bike infrastructure. You read about it but it's still just mind-blowing to see. Swarms of bikes, everywhere. Swarms!

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