Justin on eurostar
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Eurostar Train Manager, ale and photography fan. Posts when operational duties allow. Contact eurostar for customer support. Bon voyage! 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇪🇺
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How about a thread about a rather special train, the TMST (Trans Manche Super Train)? This was the project name for the high-speed train designed to link London, Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel when it opened in 1994.
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‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy
‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy
In Fritzi’s Footsteps tells story of a girl growing up in Leipzig who witnesses the fall of the Berlin Wall
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
‘No topic is too difficult’: children’s series on life in communist East Germany wins an Emmy
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Deansgate, Manchester, 2021, painting by Cathy Read. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Deansgate, Manchester, 2021, painting by Cathy Read. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
A Wallonian Winter Wonderland: The view from this morning's 08:40 from Amsterdam to London.
#highspeedrail
#highspeedrail
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A Wallonian Winter Wonderland: The view from this morning's 08:40 from Amsterdam to London.
#highspeedrail
#highspeedrail
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Some days at work are just special.
I was honoured to work with one of my best friends on his last day at Eurostar today, we gave him a traditional welcome into St Pancras on his last train.
Thank you to all the passengers of train 9031 today who took the time to wish him well, he was touched!
I was honoured to work with one of my best friends on his last day at Eurostar today, we gave him a traditional welcome into St Pancras on his last train.
Thank you to all the passengers of train 9031 today who took the time to wish him well, he was touched!
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Some days at work are just special.
I was honoured to work with one of my best friends on his last day at Eurostar today, we gave him a traditional welcome into St Pancras on his last train.
Thank you to all the passengers of train 9031 today who took the time to wish him well, he was touched!
I was honoured to work with one of my best friends on his last day at Eurostar today, we gave him a traditional welcome into St Pancras on his last train.
Thank you to all the passengers of train 9031 today who took the time to wish him well, he was touched!
A wet and miserable Saturday evening in London: Time for the last train to Brussels. Very different weather in Belgium, we've got a 160 kmh speed restriction due to snow between Lille and Brussels.
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A wet and miserable Saturday evening in London: Time for the last train to Brussels. Very different weather in Belgium, we've got a 160 kmh speed restriction due to snow between Lille and Brussels.
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Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News
Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW
www.energylivenews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
This is what 300 kmh on an icy evening looks like. Lots of arcing from the pantograph (current collector) as it picks up 25,000 volts to power the train.
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This is what 300 kmh on an icy evening looks like. Lots of arcing from the pantograph (current collector) as it picks up 25,000 volts to power the train.
Sunset view from the rear of the 15:31 to Paris. 31 is the magic number today as that's how many years I've now done on the railway.
#TrainLife
#TrainLife
November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sunset view from the rear of the 15:31 to Paris. 31 is the magic number today as that's how many years I've now done on the railway.
#TrainLife
#TrainLife
Bit parky out. Might need one of Uncle Joe's mint balls that I bought yesterday in Wigan.
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bit parky out. Might need one of Uncle Joe's mint balls that I bought yesterday in Wigan.
Highlight of my 2 days away? Easy! Catching up with Our Kid in Manchester for a couple of hours before the train home. He's so lucky to be studying in such a great city. 🐝
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Highlight of my 2 days away? Easy! Catching up with Our Kid in Manchester for a couple of hours before the train home. He's so lucky to be studying in such a great city. 🐝
Blue sky and brutalism.
💙🤍
💙🤍
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Blue sky and brutalism.
💙🤍
💙🤍
Confession time: The main reason for my trip wasn't to visit Blackpool. It was a pilgrimage to Preston for a visit to the brutalist bus station. It didn't disappoint.
#architecture
#architecture
November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Confession time: The main reason for my trip wasn't to visit Blackpool. It was a pilgrimage to Preston for a visit to the brutalist bus station. It didn't disappoint.
#architecture
#architecture
Happiness is a £4.50 pint of Mild in the Black Horse, Preston. Lovely pub!
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Happiness is a £4.50 pint of Mild in the Black Horse, Preston. Lovely pub!
Blackpool: It's like Paris but a bit more northern.
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Blackpool: It's like Paris but a bit more northern.
If eurostar went to Blackpool...
My lovely colleague Abdel announces the stops from Preston with a Marseille twist. Nearly 4 years later, this still makes me guffaw.
My lovely colleague Abdel announces the stops from Preston with a Marseille twist. Nearly 4 years later, this still makes me guffaw.
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
If eurostar went to Blackpool...
My lovely colleague Abdel announces the stops from Preston with a Marseille twist. Nearly 4 years later, this still makes me guffaw.
My lovely colleague Abdel announces the stops from Preston with a Marseille twist. Nearly 4 years later, this still makes me guffaw.
Today's destination: Blackpool Nord. Not by eurostar. The image was a bit of nonsense to lighten the mood in the depths of travel restrictions during the pandemic.
It was picked up by local news in Lancashire.
www.lancs.live/news/lancash...
It was picked up by local news in Lancashire.
www.lancs.live/news/lancash...
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today's destination: Blackpool Nord. Not by eurostar. The image was a bit of nonsense to lighten the mood in the depths of travel restrictions during the pandemic.
It was picked up by local news in Lancashire.
www.lancs.live/news/lancash...
It was picked up by local news in Lancashire.
www.lancs.live/news/lancash...
Concrete and culture: Photographer Don McCullin in conversation with BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen at the Barbican. Some amazing stories from his career and his reflections on covering conflict.
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Concrete and culture: Photographer Don McCullin in conversation with BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen at the Barbican. Some amazing stories from his career and his reflections on covering conflict.
Nice shoes! Back when eurostar started, there was no high-speed line between London and the Channel Tunnel so we had to use the "classic" network and the 750 volt third rail system. This limited the power and speed obviously. Heard it described as using a Ferrari to go to the corner shop...
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nice shoes! Back when eurostar started, there was no high-speed line between London and the Channel Tunnel so we had to use the "classic" network and the 750 volt third rail system. This limited the power and speed obviously. Heard it described as using a Ferrari to go to the corner shop...
A game of musical platforms at King's Cross this afternoon. Hunt the 15:12...
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A game of musical platforms at King's Cross this afternoon. Hunt the 15:12...
Happy 31st Birthday eurostar! On this day in 1994, the first commercial services started. 2 trains a day each way between London and Paris/Brussels back then.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Happy 31st Birthday eurostar! On this day in 1994, the first commercial services started. 2 trains a day each way between London and Paris/Brussels back then.
The colours didn't last long but today's sunset over the River Alde was a treat. Very glad I made the effort to go out with my camera.
#Aldeburgh
#Suffolk
#Aldeburgh
#Suffolk
November 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The colours didn't last long but today's sunset over the River Alde was a treat. Very glad I made the effort to go out with my camera.
#Aldeburgh
#Suffolk
#Aldeburgh
#Suffolk
Sacré-Coeur to Saxmundham: Today's Great European Rail Journey. Slightly excited about a weekend by the Suffolk coast...
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Sacré-Coeur to Saxmundham: Today's Great European Rail Journey. Slightly excited about a weekend by the Suffolk coast...