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Chris Ogilvie

@ogilvie.org.uk
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One time rail- & Yorkshireman. Economic migrant 🇮🇹. Italian heritage rail traveller 🚂 🚢 Discovering cargo ships are the ultimate travel experience. YT: www.youtube.com/@ChrisOgilvie

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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 03/10/2026
Italy’s first locomotive from Newcastle brought much British railway practice to the country. From left track running to signals that would be familiar England! The National Railway Museum is on the line of this first railway, in the former Bourbon loco works. Well worth a visit.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 03/10/2026
🚂🚃🚃🚃 “3 Oct 1839 begins the most revolutionary invention of the modern era - THE TRAIN” Today Naples remembers the first train on the peninsula. 7km Naples-Portici, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Built by King Ferdinand II of Bourbon & French engineer Bayard. Loco ‘Vesuvius’ from Newcastle, UK.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 02/10/2026
🚅 First booking on Italy’s open access high speed train Italo for a while. 💺 They’ve gone full Ryanair with variable price seat reservations. Single seats are more than sharing. A table for 4 will cost your group €16!
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 02/10/2026
💺😳🪳🤢🪳😨🪳 Telegraph: “Bedbugs infest commuter trains. Services cancelled and carriages sealed as drivers refuse to get in cabs after insect sightings…” 🆓⏬️ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 02/10/2026
💺😳🪳🤢🪳😨🪳 Telegraph: “Bedbugs infest commuter trains. Services cancelled and carriages sealed as drivers refuse to get in cabs after insect sightings…” 🆓⏬️ www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10...
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 02/10/2026
That's right, it's normally not accessible. Nothing to do with the subject matter, that part of Messina Marittima is not used for modern ships.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 02/10/2026
That's right. They are permanently on the island and operate trips every year. But they also make it into the ferry to the mainland, the ship is a slow but seamless part of the national railway!
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 02/10/2026
Open day at Messina Marittima, Sicily on 10 & 11 Oct. See the remarkable mosaic "Sicily Raised to the Centre of the Empire". Created the Fascist era 1937-39 with Mussolini as a centre figure.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 02/10/2026
🇮🇹 12 heritage trains on Sicily this autumn/winter... Upto 150km travel between stunning towns - just €10 a ticket. 1970s electric loco & 100 year old 'centroporte' carriages. 100+ across Italy... 🚂🚃🚃 ℹ️: www.fondazionefs.it/it/treni-sto...
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 01/10/2026
🇮🇹 Railtour unico! 🚋🚋🚋🚋 The last 1970s EMU/ALe 801, unrefurb but graffiti removed! UK equiv: 4-CIG in NSE livery last run 2010! Not FS, Trasporto Ferroviario Toscano, 1939 Gronk at Bibbiena. Sun 25 Oct Arezzo-Stia,100km, €40 ℹ️: www.hrail.it
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 29/09/2026
🚅 Arrests on Naples-Bari high speed rail construction sites. Dodgy concrete, brown envelopes of cash & undocumented Egyptians. Guardia di Finanzia intervene…
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 28/09/2026
🚇🚦"Colour-blind Tube drivers get the green light thanks to signal upgrades. An initiative to allow staff with colour blindness to drive trains has been expanded to the Northern Line as old systems are phased out." 🆓 ⏬️ www.thetimes.com/article/2aad...
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Colour-blind Tube drivers get the green light thanks to signal upgrades
An initiative to allow staff with colour blindness to drive trains has been expanded to the Northern Line as old systems are phased out
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Wasn't there a Siemens proposal for a London Tube train like that?! China copied it but made it work...
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
France, Germany and now the Netherlands, I feel in the next decade the majority of desktops in Europe will be running Linux, which is good for EU sovereignty and control. About time, too much dependence on the US is now a very poor strategic idea.
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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 27/09/2026
[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's @lbc.co.uk. This week: - Trump threatens to annihilate Iran - Republicans fear annihilation at midterms - Xi traipses to Washington and Trump shows him his renovations. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/895724...
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September 25, 2026 - "American Week": Trump threatens to annihalate Iran, dooms Republicans in midterms, then shows Xi his White House renovations
Simon's weekly chronicle of increasingly unstable events in the United States for Tom Swarbrick's Friday drivetime programme on the UK's LBC.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 26/09/2026
I must say the fake wood effect on the flooring is effective, despite the awkward seats! 💺
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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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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 24/09/2026
£400m will only get you a public enquiry in England. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 “Green light for £400m Shetland undersea tunnel project. Councillors vote to push forward with securing investment for plans that include two inter-island road tunnels and eight new ferries.” 🆓➡️ www.thetimes.com/article/f1bb...
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Green light for £400m Shetland tunnel project
Councillors vote to push forward with securing investment for plans that include two inter-island road tunnels and eight new ferries
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Superalbs @superalbs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FIRST LOOK at the 'Nox Suite', launching on the Hamburg-Munich route from March 2027! 👀
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 22/09/2026
🇮🇹 Free heritage trains - financed by EU 🇪🇺 - 18 trips Rome-Cassino/Viterbo Sept-Dec with 🚌 link - 🥾🥾 Cassino: Via Francigena del Sud, territory of Montecassino. - 🥾🥾Viterbo: authentic Lazio history, spiritual and scenic paths. ℹ️: www.fstrenituristici.it/it/viaggi-e-...
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today’s developments so far via my chat with @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk earlier. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc6p...
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Major TV networks boycott Trump coverage after press ban
YouTube video by LBC
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 20/09/2026
🚞🚞 Irpinia Express is back on Campania's abandoned Avellino-Rocchetta line. 🇮🇹 📍Paternopoli today maps.apple.com/place?coordi... by ALn668 DMU. It's had a crowd-sourced livery since last Sunday 🖍️ ℹ️: Still 70+ Steam, diesel, electric heritage trips across Italy. www.fondazionefs.it/en/itinerari...
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 18/09/2026
🚅🛌🛏️🛌🛏️🛌 The Times: @danielonrails.bsky.social “My night on the fastest sleeper train in the world. Ten hours, 220mph and microwaved sweet and sour chicken - what it's like in a berth on a night service from Beijing to Hong Kong.” 🆓⬇️ www.thetimes.com/article/cdd7...
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My night on the fastest sleeper train in the world
Ten hours, 220mph and microwaved sweet and sour chicken – what it’s like in a berth on a night service from Beijing to Hong Kong
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 17/09/2026
Telegraph: “🇧🇪 Brussels-Milan 🇮🇹 new sleeper train offers vintage vibes and spectacular scenery. @europeansleeper.eu's latest route has teething problems to overcome.” ‘Travel writer’ Mark Smith reports - but can’t plug the @seatsixtyone.bsky.social website?! 🆓 ⬇️ www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/916c882...
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Europe’s newest sleeper train offers vintage vibes and spectacular scenery
It’s an environmentally sustainable alternative to budget flights, but European Sleeper’s latest route has teething problems to overcome
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 15/09/2026
🇳🇱 Rail sabotage: Tubes tied to tracks in various locations; Collision near Steenwijk | NL Times. Some of the attacked railway lines include: Amersfoort – Zwolle
Zwolle – Leeuwarden Utrecht – Arnhem Arnhem – Zutphen Amersfoort–Deventer Gouda–Oudewater nltimes.nl/2026/09/15/r...
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Rail sabotage: Tubes tied to tracks in various locations; Collision near Steenwijk
The “material” saboteurs left on the railway in various parts of the Netherlands seem to be long pipes that were fastened to the tracks. A train collided with these pipes near Steenwijk in Overijssel ...
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Daniel Puddicombe @danielonrails.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was in Norway over the weekend and for reasons unknown trains display how many metres above sea level stations are?
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Superalbs @superalbs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Aboard the SOKO to Subotica, with the stylish and comfy interior of these new Chinese trains. Despite this though, I'm curious as to how the limited amenties and low-capacity of these four-car units will cope on the international services to Budapest... 👀
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 14/09/2026
🚃🏘️🏢🛤️ Railway models often look very realistic... In Italy the heritage trains look like models - with help from a drone and the Royal Palace, Caserta, near Naples. Here's Sunday's Fondazione FS train Caserta-Naples. And a Pendolino..
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OM the Rails 🇵🇸 @omtherails.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW VIDEO! Riding the STRANGE Amtrak Cascades Talgo 8 from Seattle to Vancouver! 🇺🇸 ➡️ 🇨🇦 Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXNg...
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 13/09/2026
Sunday Times: “Avanti trains cut back for Christmas, but ‘No 10 North’ line spared. To save taxpayers money Avanti, the operator of the west coast main line will axe a slew of services between December 7 and December 23, and from January 4 to 7.” www.thetimes.com/article/7a40...
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Avanti trains cut back for Christmas, but ‘No 10 North’ line spared
Passengers urged to plan ahead as cost-saving plan reduces services on the country’s busiest long-distance line
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 12/09/2026
Sunday Times: 🇬🇧🚇🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱Eurostar boss: “Were bringing in double-decker cocktail bars. Gwendoline Cazenave on facing Virgin Trains & Trenitalia competition, what really worries her - and precisely how long a journey rail passengers will accept.” 🆓 ⏬️ www.thetimes.com/article/1455...
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Eurostar boss: We’re bringing in double-decker cocktail bars
Gwendoline Cazenave on facing Virgin Trains competition, what really worries her — and precisely how long a journey rail passengers will accept
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 12/09/2026
🚃🚃🚦🚗 Live level crossing league table! mindthegates.uk Which crossing is closed for most time per day? Brimsdown, Essex - 15hrs, 111 closures. Lincoln isn't in the top 100. Closed a measly 5hrs & with just 94 closures. Hours of fun.
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @railfocus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Can't believe it's been a year since I provided a TRU update 😲. Definitely planning on providing an update soon! At least there will be plenty of progress to see.
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JMZ @jmzed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/10/p... FYI: @ogilvie.org.uk
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Polish train drivers announce go-slow protest after deadly crash at rail crossing
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 11/09/2026
😲😲😲
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 09/09/2026
🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃 11 nights & £20k??! 🇸🇮🇭🇷🇧🇦🇷🇸🇧🇬 “Golden Eagle Luxury Trains’ Danube Express - An incredible rail journey across five unsung countries.” ⬇️🆓 www.thetimes.com/article/6f98...
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My incredible rail journey across five unsung countries
An 11-night trip from Venice to Istanbul is a magical way to explore the Balkans in style, with stops in curious corners including Serbia and Bulgaria along the way
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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
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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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 07/09/2026
Irish Rail fires Spanish software group
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Irish Rail fires Spanish software group
Business Digest: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Wooden towers also solve the transportation problem for remote windy sites. Utilities in Germany and Scotland have ordered pilot units. Analysts believe timber could replace steel in thirty percent of onshore towers by 2035. Source : Swedish Environmental Research Institute Lifecycle Study, 2025
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 04/09/2026
Booking your trains Brussels-Vienna-Budapest shouldn't require three different websites.🚉 We are making travel across our EU countries seamless and more reliable. For your weekend to be about the destination, not the stress of booking. How? ⬇️
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 04/09/2026
🇨🇦 “Alstom Canada gets $4.7-billion contract to build 313 new Via Rail cars in Quebec and Ontario. The passenger cars will be built in La Pocatière, with final assembly in Thunder Bay and design and engineering in St-Bruno.” montrealgazette.com/news/alstom-...
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Alstom Canada gets $4.7-billion contract to build 313 new Via Rail cars in Quebec and Ontario
The passenger cars will be built in La Pocatière, with final assembly in Thunder Bay and design and engineering in St-Bruno.
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The Defence Blog @defence-blog.com · 04/09/2026
A small plane bound for the Falkland Islands just became the first Islander aircraft built entirely in the UK in years. It flew yesterday from the Isle of Wight. Full story: defence-blog.com/britten-norm...
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Britten-Norman flies first fully UK-built Islander aircraft
Britten-Norman flew its first Islander aircraft built entirely in the UK on Thursday, marking the return of complete airframe manufacturing to Britain after years of assembling major sections built ov...
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 03/09/2026
No. None at all. Correct. Demand met elsewhere. They are no setting fire to it in the North Sea. No Rosebank will not close any petrol stations or cut flights. Building green infrastructure like zero emission power stations and electric railways will cut demand and emissions.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 03/09/2026
…but only in America. Yes it’s mad and childish. But wait until you find out what the French call the English Channel… but only in France.
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Class 507 Preservation @class507.org.uk · 01/09/2026
We have some BIG NEWS for you tomorrow at 5:07pm. Trust us, you do not want to miss this announcement!
507001 reflected in a pool of water at Litchurch Lane works.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 01/09/2026
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 01/09/2026
Stopping Rosebank will have no impact on cutting emissions, demand met elsewhere. We do need; - Reservoirs - Offshore wind infrastructure - Electric rail capacity to cut huge domestic air trips & build on 200% growth - Zero emissions power stations …all opposed by GPEW.
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk · 01/09/2026
🇫🇷 🚅 “French rail start-up Velvet gets green light to compete with SNCF on high-speed lines. Velvet has secured approval to launch high-speed trains from Paris to cities including Bordeaux, Nantes and Angers.” 🆓 ⏬️ www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...
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France’s high-speed rail network is getting a new challenger
A new French rail company has secured the first approval needed to launch high-speed services from Paris to cities including Bordeaux, Nantes and Angers, potentially bringing more choice and competiti...
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