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Jon Worth

@jonworth.eu
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European, originally a Brit, became German, moved to France. Runs #CrossBorderRail project, writes a newsletter about railways. Green, lives happily without a car. Normally stuck on a train, stuck in a village, or escaping either on a folding bicycle.

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026
I think the story of our era will be of a political class that were not only not up to the times they faced, but often wilfully blind to them.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 28/09/2026
Damn I am tired of people laughing about Deutsche Bahn. Travel in many other places in Europe and you will discover Germany is trying to do many things right with its railways. A quick blog post / rant from me: jonworth.eu/your-deutsche-… #CrossBorderRail
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Your Deutsche Bahn "joke" is no longer funny (if it ever was)
Before attempting my record attempt between Kemijärvi, Finland and Lagos, Portugal, people told me over and over it would break down in Germany. So much so that I even tried to re-but (pre-but?) some of the likely critique. Now, having made the trip, and none of the total
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 28/09/2026
Today’s #CrossBorderRail: Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig - Frankfurt - Bruxelles. Just been subjected to an illegal non #Schengen compliant control entering 🇩🇪 In Bruxelles I’m going to #ConnectingEuropeDays, a big @ec.europa.eu event about transport How many other attendees were subjected to the same?
PKP IC train at Kędzierzyn-Koźle - platforms to both sides, clear morning sky above. The train is a PKP IC Newag Griffin, blue and grey
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 27/09/2026
Racławice Śląskie
Racławice Śląskie rail bridge drone pic - wide viewRacławice Śląskie rail bridge drone pic - close diagonal viewRacławice Śląskie rail bridge drone pic - straight view with reflection
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Streisand Effect, Activate.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 26/09/2026
Krišovská Liesková Mokcsamogyorós #CrossBorderRail
Krišovská Liesková
Mokcsamogyorós
Small station halt
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 25/09/2026
FINALLY we have the right version of the Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 - Lagos 🇵🇹 #LongestTrainEU film up on Youtube! 😀 Watch me battle my way past cancellations, delays, and have good luck at Badajoz 🇪🇸 The record is: 125 hours, 31 mins Who wants to have a go at doing it faster? 🤔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJd...
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125 Hours - Longest Train Journey in the EU: From the Arctic to the Atlantic
YouTube video by Simply Railway
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 25/09/2026
The film of #LongestTrainEU is now on Youtube! All explained in this blog post: jonworth.eu/the-film-of-the-longest… #CrossBorderRail
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The film of the longest train journey in the EU
So the good news: the film of the longest train journey in the EU is out, and you can watch it here: Or directly on Youtube here. The deal essentially was this: cameraman Rick Minnich would follow m...
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 25/09/2026
The video of #LongestTrainEU is now online, but it *still* has so many errors in it (despite me having sent a long list of factual corrections to the editor), so I am not linking to it currently. To have worked so hard to get this right, and for it to still be a fiasco makes me REALLY 🤬
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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 24/09/2026
et tu, Tom? This feels like a real betrayal www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Tom Watson’s move to Palantir is the latest sign of how far the rot has spread in UK politics | Clive Lewis
When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 24/09/2026
The Fernsehturm on a drizzly evening. That’s all for #innotrans for me. Tomorrow I’m going to be sat by a train window all the way to Košice 🇸🇰 on my way to some borders…
Rainy night and Fernsehturm.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 24/09/2026
News about #RailBaltica - confirming what everyone knew. 1) It’s late, and 2) Latvia is the basket case www.therailagenda.com/p/rail-baltic…
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 22/09/2026
So. World‘s Longest Train Journey next year then 😅 This is the start of an intermittent #Innotrans thread
Card for Innotrans Asia
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 21/09/2026
Today‘s #CrossBorderRail - special train Bruxelles - Berlin for #Innotrans
DB EU livery ICE
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 19/09/2026
Dieser Artikel von Peter Neumann für Berliner Zeitung ist zugleich hervorragend und deprimierend. Vor der morgigen Landtagswahl gibt es keine Grunde für Optimismus in der Verkehrspolitik. www.berliner-zeitung.de/article/ber…
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 18/09/2026
Very glad @michielvanhulten.eu is here at #EUinfluencer. Not only did he get everyone laughing, but he’s one of the most sensible and thoughtful people I know in this Brussels bubble.
Michiel Van Hulten, and other panellists
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 18/09/2026
Win! 😆 #EUinfluencer
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 18/09/2026
That @fintelmann.bsky.social from @eurcorrespond.bsky.social is here at #EUinfluencer is interesting. Their piece about my #LongestTrainEU received more follow up than any other media about this project europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/from…
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HAROLD TOR-DAENENS @hyperion-tree-digital.eu · 18/09/2026
Excited to be reunited with the #EUinfluencer @jonworth.eu @ktowens.bsky.social ! Many thanks to @pweiss.bsky.social and @znconsulting.com for organising this . A lot of throwbacks to #EUtweetup!😍
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 18/09/2026
At this @znconsulting.com event @meabhmcmahon.bsky.social from Euronews is talking about media building trust She works for Euronews And who’s my Bullshit Meter about this week? Euronews 😆 (delayed publishing still though, out asap) #euinfluencer
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Jared @jarede.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
if only he had bought LinkedIn instead
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 18/09/2026
10 years ago this was all Twitter. Then you know who killed it 😡 And now all the Bruxelles crowd is on LinkedIn 🥱 instead #EUinfluencer
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 18/09/2026
Phil and the ZN team always run a professional event. And it’s good to see old friends. But I feel more and more an outsider here. #EUinfluencer
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Katie Owens @ktowens.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Look what I found @jonworth.eu 👀 Should I bring the #EUTweetUp sign to the #EUinfluencer event tonight to help with the nostalgic vibes @znconsulting.com?!
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 18/09/2026
Is @eurostarjustin.bsky.social driving a coffee before his shift here somewhere? 🤔
Early autumn morning approaching Gare du Nord
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felt smart, might delete later @outeast.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great to see @eurcorrespond.bsky.social covering @jonworth.eu's longest train journey project. europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/from-fi...
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From Finland to Portugal by train in just 125 hours
Last week, Jon Worth, a railway activist who advocates for better cross-border train travel across Europe, completed the longest train journey in the EU – from…
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 17/09/2026
#LongestTrainEU article by @nathandomon.bsky.social is in European Correspondent europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/from-fi...
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From Finland to Portugal by train in just 125 hours
Last week, Jon Worth, a railway activist who advocates for better cross-border train travel across Europe, completed the longest train journey in the EU – from…
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 17/09/2026
This is a tale of human forgetfulness, broken administration, and relying on strangers It is about a little bag like this, that contained chargers & a charged old iPhone (but no SIM card). My name and email are noted inside the bag *Please* do not reply to the thread until you've read all of it 😄
A small bag labelled tomtoc that contained chargers and a phone
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Valentin Kreilinger @vkreilinger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Whenever #SOTEU approaches, I feel old, like a political dinosaur, having watched and commented all SOTEUs since the first with Barroso. The early 2010s! A few people tweeting EU-institutional (@jonworth.eu, @ronpatz.bsky.social Julien Frisch, Dana Manescu, the late Kosmopolit), hashtag invented.
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Welcome to the EC Audiovisual Services Portal.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 14/09/2026
Finally downloaded the photos from the Douro line Régua - Pocinho 🇵🇹 from yesterday. These turned out well! It's a stunning line. #CrossBorderRail
View from the open window heading towards Pocinho on the Douro line - train to the left, river and vineyards right, everything mostly in sunCloser view of the train - orange locomotive and two silver carriages seen. Train is in late afternoon sun before heading into a shadowy sectionView taken inside the train, showing the opening windows of the Schindler built car, with river and vineyards outsideLast light, heading back towards Régua. Train to the right, river left, dusk sky above, only the river and the carriage are lit
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pglux.bsky.social @pglux.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since the start of ⚡works on Salamanca - Villar Formoso (2018), cable thefts represent 30km in total 🫣😱😭 1/4 of the total distance in-between 🤬💥☠️ EIS not expected earlier than Summer 2027, at the very best. @jonworth.eu @akalanka.masto.es.ap.brid.gy www.salamancahoy.es/salamanca/pr...
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Los ladrones hacen caja en la línea del tren entre Salamanca y Portugal y se llevan decenas de kilómetros de cobre sin miedo a las electrocuciones | Salamancahoy
Una oleada de robos desmantela buena parte de la electrificación sin que Adif logre frenarla; la obra va tarde, no está vigilada y tampoco tiene tensión eléctrica pese a los carteles, por lo que es un...
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 13/09/2026
This is a #LongestTrainEU thread of the thread 😄 Apparently trying to work out what happened, when, in the huge thread is a mess So this should help!
Jon on a bench that reads Good Trip
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 13/09/2026
As I’ve been asked about it a few times, YES there will be a video on YouTube about #LongestTrainEU @ourmaninberlin.bsky.social was filming the whole thing But getting the huge files to the channel’s editor has been tricky while travelling All being well it’ll be out Friday
Jon and Rick at Torre des Vargens
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 13/09/2026
No rest here. Off goes @ourmaninberlin.bsky.social to Faro, and I’m changing in Tunes and trying to get to Pocinho today. The 24h delay to #LongestTrainEU makes my #CrossBorderRail the next few days quite complicated!
CP regional train Rick through a window.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 12/09/2026
On the train Lisboa Oriente - Tunes now. The penultimate leg of #LongestTrainEU At 22:28 BST / 23:28 CEST we should finally be there!
CP train at Lisboa Oriente
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 10/09/2026
Rather odd request, and a very long story, but do I have any followers in Badajoz 🇪🇸 who could lend me a bike Saturday morning to cycle to Elvas 🇵🇹, buy some Interrail reservations, and then return to Badajoz before a 14:00 train? #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 08/09/2026
The #LongestTrainEU mega thread is below the picture All being well I should *finally* get away from Haparanda tomorrow morning at 07:40 CEST!
Tornio - Haparanda border bridge today under heavy skies
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 08/09/2026
Danke für den Beitrag! Hoffentlich geht es morgen weiter! 😂 #LongestTrainEU
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/09/2026
Solid from @casmudde.bsky.social in The Guardian about how to react to the election result in #SachsenAnhalt www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... But it's going to take one hell of a change to get most mainstream parties to do this!
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The AfD’s win in Germany is a dark day for Europe. Time is running out to stop the far right | Cas Mudde
This party is among the most extreme in Europe. To protect our democracies, liberal parties must urgently change their tactics, says Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/09/2026
Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread! This journey starts Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 and ends Lagos 🇵🇹 18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as crow flies, 6281 route-km Project background: longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu Follow live: longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu
Logo of the Longest Train Journey project showing the Tornio - Haparanda bridge
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/09/2026
Finland supposedly wants to build standard gauge tracks from Haparanda 🇸🇪 as far as Misi (half way between Rovaniemi and Kemijärvi) yle.fi/a/74-20244260 I *still* don't get this *Surely* development of dual gauge freight wagons would be an easier way to do this? 🤔 #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail
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Miljardeja maksava junaraide päättyisi tähän pieneen kylään – ministeri kertoo, miksi haluaa eurojunat juuri Misiin
Suomeenkin halutaan eurooppalainen raideleveys, jotta sotilaskuljetukset sujuvat ongelmitta. Päätepiste olisi pikkuruinen Misin kylä Rovaniemen itäpuolella.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/09/2026
The press release announcing the start of #LongestTrainEU is out! jonworth.eu/press-release-… It gives all the key stats and background, and the trip starts TODAY at 19:00 EEST in Kemijärvi 🇫🇮
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Press Release: Record Breaking Longest Train Journey in the EU to begin in Kemijärvi
For immediate release At 19:00 EEST (18:00 CEST, 17:00 BST) Monday 7th September a record breaking train journey will start in Kemijärvi, Finland. Jon Worth will attempt to complete the new longest train journey in the European Union, from Kemijärvi to Lagos, Portugal, in the fastest possible
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Rick Minnich @ourmaninberlin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
With @jonworth.eu in Kemijärvi, Finland, getting ready to depart on his record attempt longest train journey in the EU. If all goes well, we will arrive in Lagos, Portugal on Friday night. #LongestTrainEU Follow our journey live at: crossborderrail.eu/longestjourn...
A 40-ish dark-haired man in a yellow jacket and a gray-haired man with glasses stand outside the yellow train station in Kemijärvi, Finland.
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Johannes Diesing @jdiesing.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Here I'd like to add, that in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the overall decline of the population reversed. But still, people don't come back to the rural areas as much as into the larger cities. The rural areas will see a further decline in the coming years.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 06/09/2026
When the AfD wins in #SachsenAnhalt later today there’ll be much anguish. Rightly. But not much in the way of solutions.
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 06/09/2026
Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Day 0 - 6 Sep - Helsinki, onto night train Today the trip north to Kemijärvi starts!
VR Train approaches Helsinki
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 05/09/2026
Die Zeit has a go at explaining the EU Passenger Package. They seem to have only spoken to one person (a dude from Benex). What emerges is a quite detailed but one sided and very partial article. Rather annoying. www.zeit.de/2026/38/eu-passenger-pa…
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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 05/09/2026
This was a super meeting over a coffee in a sunny Helsinki. #LongestTrainEU starts 19:00 EEST Monday in Kemijärvi
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pglux.bsky.social @pglux.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
At last... Will it have passive provision for a Channel Terminal? @jonworth.eu www.leprogres.fr/economie/202...
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Lyon. Dernier témoin de l’ancienne gare Part-Dieu, ce bâtiment sera démoli en 2027
Le permis de démolir vient d’être affiché. Délivré le 27 août 2026, il acte la démolition du « B4 », bâtiment aux couleurs marron édifié place ...
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Dr. Salla-Maaria Laaksonen @sallamaaria.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
Time to celebrate knowledge! Elina Kiiski Kataja is just defending her PhD (in a packed room!) on the "Imaginaries of European Technology Frontrunners" at Uni @helsinki.fi . This is extremely important to help us see beyond the Silicon Valley visions.
Book in the front, lecture hall in the back, blurred
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