@EngFocus

Freelance transport & engineering journalist and railway campaigner. https://xitter.cf/t.co/yQHtuluvTD [email protected]

 North West, UK
engineeringfocus.co.uk
Joined October 2010
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 retweeted
Every Last Station
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Anyone knows what’s happening on WCML between OXN & Penrith? Got family on a stationary train near Shap summit. @AvantiWestCoast
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I do have some fairly decent images of the Beluga XL, from its first trip to Broughton, but I can't find the originals 😢
Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈@EngFocusOct 23
I think it's time for a phone upgrade 🙈
Airbus Beluga XL

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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 retweeted
Network Rail Scotland@NetworkRailSCOT10h
🛠️ We’re set to carry out £9m of upgrades and repairs on the Kyle of Lochalsh line and at Inverness station, with the railway closing between Dingwall and Kyle of Lochalsh for three weeks between 28 Nov and 18 December. 📰 networkrailmediacentre.co.uk… @transcotland | @ScotRail
Aerial view of a coastal railway terminus in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland. The image shows train tracks leading to the station at the end of a pier, surrounded by water. Buildings, roads, and small houses are visible in the surrounding area.

ALT Aerial view of a coastal railway terminus in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland. The image shows train tracks leading to the station at the end of a pier, surrounded by water. Buildings, roads, and small houses are visible in the surrounding area.

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I think it's time for a phone upgrade 🙈
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 retweeted
ianVisits@ianvisitsOct 23
One last ride: Catch the last bus to run fully along Oxford Street (link to article in reply below) You have until Sunday evening to travel by bus all the way between Tottenham Court Road and Marble Arch along Oxford Street.
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 retweeted
RAIL Magazine@RAILOct 22
Transport for Wales' Class 197e plan for Cambrian lines after units enter service eu1.hubs.ly/H0zk4Q30
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Crikey my post about Jackdaw brought out all the most charming people 👀.
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Talks of a new Menai bridge, a crossing which carries only 13,000 vehicles a day, talking about a new South Wales M4 relief road, yet they're dithering over a like for like replacement of a bridge which carries 70,000 vehicles per day and is in a very bad state of repair! Why?
DEESIDE.com
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Work on the replacement A494 River Dee Bridge is now not expected to start until the end of 2027, after the timetable was changed to give the new Welsh Government time to consider the scheme f.mtr.cool/fhm8bjp3x0

Replacement A494 River Dee Bridge put back to give new Welsh Government time to consider scheme

Work on the replacement A494 River Dee Bridge is now not expected to start until the end of 2027, after the timetable was changed to give the new Welsh Government time to consider the scheme. In...

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"drilling for North Sea oil and gas will secure UK jobs" #Jackdaw will secure around 27 full time jobs. Meanwhile the offshore wind industry supports over 40,000 jobs and Hinkley C is supporting 26,000 jobs. None of the pro North Sea arguments stack up.
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A pivot away from #Jackdaw will reduce energy bills (which was a lie), to it's more environmentally friendly to pump it domestically wasn't on this year's bing card 😅
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 retweeted
RAIL Magazine@RAILOct 21
LNER Managing Director David Horne to take up new integrated role eu1.hubs.ly/H0zh7lQ0
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I wonder, when the energy price cap goes up, will the penny drop for #drillbaydrill morons, or will they a) blame something / someone else b) just stay silent and pretend they never claimed drilling for North sea oil/gas would reduce bills? #Jackdaw
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In terms of art deco buildings in #Chester can anyone think of any good examples? Obviously there's Story House and Nero on Love St, also Tanner's on Christleton Rd. But any others?
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Have the plans for a through station been cancelled before they ever got off the ground? The previous St James plan has been canned and they don't even know if it'll be a through station! An absolutely pointless announcement. 🤦 thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/n…

New viaducts could be needed to make Interchange a through station - Minister reveals

NEW viaducts may need to be built in Bradford if the planned new rail station at Bradford Interchange is to be a through station, according to the Secretary of State for Transport.

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Day 3 of my TRU tour. Can anyone tell me where I am today?
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FFS 🤦 watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2…
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 retweeted
Mark Philip Rennie@ESlibrarianOct 19
The Truth Behind Those STONEHENGE Photos youtu.be/yMRFEIYhTUA?si=rKCr… via @YouTube via @PaulWhitewick

The Truth Behind Those STONEHENGE Photos

Almost every day i will see a comment suggesting Stonehenge was bui...

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🚨 Latest Video 🚨 West Yorkshire's new and upgraded stations. Looking at White Rose and Batley stations. ▶️ youtu.be/a7cNRLUU5H4 ◀️ #WhiteRose #Cottingley #TRU
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Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 retweeted
RAIL Magazine@RAILOct 19
Non-ROSCO funding possible for Northern order amid diesel concerns eu1.hubs.ly/H0zbpDr0
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🚨 Latest Video 🚨 West Yorkshire's new and upgraded stations. Looking at White Rose and Batley stations. ▶️ youtu.be/a7cNRLUU5H4 ◀️ #WestYorkshire #Batley

White Rose and Batley | Transpennine Route Upgrade

Captions (sub-titles) are always up-to-date and accurate if you pre...

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