@pglux.bsky.social
🇲🇫 nationalist and independentist, based in 🇱🇺
Anti-🇪🇺💶, pro-🇷🇺🇵🇸
Lover of Luxembourg older city
Mobility and spatial planning issues (mainly 🇲🇫🇱🇺🇧🇪🇩🇪🇨🇭🇪🇦)
Constitutionnal and fundamental liberties (mainly 🇲🇫)
Tax issues
Anti-🇪🇺💶, pro-🇷🇺🇵🇸
Lover of Luxembourg older city
Mobility and spatial planning issues (mainly 🇲🇫🇱🇺🇧🇪🇩🇪🇨🇭🇪🇦)
Constitutionnal and fundamental liberties (mainly 🇲🇫)
Tax issues
Quick tour of SNCF Z-26700s "Oxygène" EMUs by CAF.
@jonworth.eu
@simplyrailways.bsky.social
@superalbs.bsky.social
@nonstopeurotrip.com
@intercitysimon.com
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@jonworth.eu
@simplyrailways.bsky.social
@superalbs.bsky.social
@nonstopeurotrip.com
@intercitysimon.com
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Nouvelle ère pour les trajets Clermont-Paris avec les trains “Oxygène” !
YouTube video by En Vrai
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Quick tour of SNCF Z-26700s "Oxygène" EMUs by CAF.
@jonworth.eu
@simplyrailways.bsky.social
@superalbs.bsky.social
@nonstopeurotrip.com
@intercitysimon.com
youtu.be/vuMXJ-1eX0o?...
@jonworth.eu
@simplyrailways.bsky.social
@superalbs.bsky.social
@nonstopeurotrip.com
@intercitysimon.com
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S-106F on trials in Strasbourg from 32:53:
@jonworth.eu
@tristramg.eu
@hibaiunzueta.eu
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@tristramg.eu
@hibaiunzueta.eu
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BB67400, CMR, Class66, TalgoAvril, BB26063, TGVM, TTX.. Les folles journées d'août à décembre 2025 !
YouTube video by Pixtrains
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February 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
S-106F on trials in Strasbourg from 32:53:
@jonworth.eu
@tristramg.eu
@hibaiunzueta.eu
youtu.be/3LzzVKjg010?...
@jonworth.eu
@tristramg.eu
@hibaiunzueta.eu
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Serenza, Azuma, Aurora...
None of those really sound Great British 🙄🤭
None of those really sound Great British 🙄🤭
Also… not to put too fine a point on the standard of UK modern language learning, but "-enza" is much more of an Italian suffix than a Spanish one, where the equivalent would be "-encia".
(The asterisk reads: "*The ‘Serenza’ name was chosen with help from colleagues within LNER.")
(The asterisk reads: "*The ‘Serenza’ name was chosen with help from colleagues within LNER.")
February 2, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Serenza, Azuma, Aurora...
None of those really sound Great British 🙄🤭
None of those really sound Great British 🙄🤭
Will they be any better than the Hitachi IETs?
Serenza, which LNER says is made of the word ‘Serene’ and a Spanish-style suffix ‘Enza’ that ‘evokes the feeling of peace and calm’, is a 10-strong fleet of Class 897 trains that will be built by CAF.
Sneak peek of new London North Eastern Railway ‘Serenza’ trains
London North Eastern Railway has revealed images of its new Class 897 trains, as well as confirming its new name for the fleet. Serenza, which LNER says is made of the word ‘Serene’ and a Spanish-style suffix ‘Enza’ that ‘evokes the feeling of peace and calm’, is a 10-strong fleet…
www.railadvent.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Will they be any better than the Hitachi IETs?
Reposted
21 Dijon 1965 La Gare SNCF
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
21 Dijon 1965 La Gare SNCF
Long 🧵 about the Channel Tunnel on 🇫🇷📺.
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January 31, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Long 🧵 about the Channel Tunnel on 🇫🇷📺.
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On 20 November 1975, General Francisco Franco-Bahamonde passed away.
That day, the 🇫🇷 Government gave final approval to SNCF to start procurement of LGV PSE.
EIS was due on 23 May 1982, in 1 single stage.
Works began on 7 December 1976, in Ecuisses, next to Montchanin.
www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-...
That day, the 🇫🇷 Government gave final approval to SNCF to start procurement of LGV PSE.
EIS was due on 23 May 1982, in 1 single stage.
Works began on 7 December 1976, in Ecuisses, next to Montchanin.
www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-...
Le conseil des ministres approuve la construction du TGV : la ligne Paris Dijon en 1981 | INA
www.ina.fr
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
On 20 November 1975, General Francisco Franco-Bahamonde passed away.
That day, the 🇫🇷 Government gave final approval to SNCF to start procurement of LGV PSE.
EIS was due on 23 May 1982, in 1 single stage.
Works began on 7 December 1976, in Ecuisses, next to Montchanin.
www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-...
That day, the 🇫🇷 Government gave final approval to SNCF to start procurement of LGV PSE.
EIS was due on 23 May 1982, in 1 single stage.
Works began on 7 December 1976, in Ecuisses, next to Montchanin.
www.ina.fr/ina-eclaire-...
2026 is Year 50 of Roissy-Rail services.
On 30 May 1976, revenue services began on the newly-built branch line Aulnay-sous-bois - Aéroport Roissy CDG (13km).
Built in just 2 years (@garethdennis.uk @chittimarco.bsky.social and @stephenjacobsmith.com shall appreciate 😊🤭) to quite good specs:
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On 30 May 1976, revenue services began on the newly-built branch line Aulnay-sous-bois - Aéroport Roissy CDG (13km).
Built in just 2 years (@garethdennis.uk @chittimarco.bsky.social and @stephenjacobsmith.com shall appreciate 😊🤭) to quite good specs:
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January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
2026 is Year 50 of Roissy-Rail services.
On 30 May 1976, revenue services began on the newly-built branch line Aulnay-sous-bois - Aéroport Roissy CDG (13km).
Built in just 2 years (@garethdennis.uk @chittimarco.bsky.social and @stephenjacobsmith.com shall appreciate 😊🤭) to quite good specs:
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On 30 May 1976, revenue services began on the newly-built branch line Aulnay-sous-bois - Aéroport Roissy CDG (13km).
Built in just 2 years (@garethdennis.uk @chittimarco.bsky.social and @stephenjacobsmith.com shall appreciate 😊🤭) to quite good specs:
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🚈 or 🚇 for Truro? 🤭
Size isn’t everything. What *is* a nation, anyway?
Could Cornwall really become the fifth nation of the UK?
Or: what is a nation, anyway?
jonn.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:24 AM
🚈 or 🚇 for Truro? 🤭
Oh yes, 🇧🇪 please make the 🇳🇱 pay 😋🥰
(And don't forget their caravans 🤭)
www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/d...
(And don't forget their caravans 🤭)
www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/d...
Dutch cabinet against Belgium’s new 100 euro toll for foreign drivers
Belgium has revealed plans for a toll of around 100 euros per year for foreign drivers. The Dutch cabinet wants to persuade Belgium to scrap the plan.
www.iamexpat.nl
January 31, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Oh yes, 🇧🇪 please make the 🇳🇱 pay 😋🥰
(And don't forget their caravans 🤭)
www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/d...
(And don't forget their caravans 🤭)
www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/d...
L'émigré de Coblence a son quai à Paris...
Before (2018) / After (2025) Quai Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, Paris 7. The protected bike lane was built in 2019. Before that, there was a painted bike lane on the roadway and a narrow cycle path along the edge of the sidewalk (the green line is a temporary marking for a running race route)
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
L'émigré de Coblence a son quai à Paris...
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Fun fact: L11 was expected to reach Chamartín at some point, so Chamartin has two tracks like this (since 2007) waiting for it.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Fun fact: L11 was expected to reach Chamartín at some point, so Chamartin has two tracks like this (since 2007) waiting for it.
@etbadaboum.bsky.social
@macsquirelera.bsky.social
@chittimarco.bsky.social
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Australia's high speed rail ambitions could be funded through an aviation fuel excise
High speed rail is synonymous with the kind of high capital cost infrastructure which seems to paralyse governments in Australia. Here's a solution.
reneweconomy.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The national coordinator of Rail Baltica in 🇱🇻 calls for project downscale.😬😬😬
🇪🇪 Might help 🇱🇻, though.
@jonworth.eu
news.err.ee/1609925834/l...
🇪🇪 Might help 🇱🇻, though.
@jonworth.eu
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Latvia's Rail Baltica section expected to be 3-5 years behind schedule
Latvia's section of the Rail Baltica project could be delayed by up to five years, the project's chairman has admitted.
news.err.ee
January 30, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The national coordinator of Rail Baltica in 🇱🇻 calls for project downscale.😬😬😬
🇪🇪 Might help 🇱🇻, though.
@jonworth.eu
news.err.ee/1609925834/l...
🇪🇪 Might help 🇱🇻, though.
@jonworth.eu
news.err.ee/1609925834/l...