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Cllr Brian Smyth @briansmyth99.bsky.social · 26d

Belfast City Council has agreed to partly fund a 2 year trail of a weekend night bus services beginning in November.

This will hugely benefit the night time economy and help people get out of the City Centre late at night. Delighted this is finally happening.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Sep 8

IÉ (Rhomberg Sersa) TRV EM50 departs from Bangor on the biannual survey of the NIR network (05/09/25).

#trains #NI #yellowmachines #Bangor

The yellow cheese-triangle-shaped Track Recording Vehicle leaves an almost-empty Bangor station with its swooping steel roof.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Aug 15

Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail 201 Class loco no. 217 approaches Kishoge station on the Down Fast line with a Cork service (10/05/25).

#Rivers #IrishRail #Rail #Trains #Dublin #Cork #Kishoge

A smokey 217 approaches a leafy Kishoge, with its illuminated headlights shining against a shaded yellow front end, with a green and grey livery painted across the locomotive and all eight carriages.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Aug 15

Brand-new 730234 at Crewe, which I had from Liverpool South Parkway, before the next leg onwards to Derby for The Greatest Gathering (30/07/25).

#trains #Crewe #WCML #Railway200

LNWR dark green-liveried 730234 stands at Platform 6 under the canopy at Crewe station.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Aug 14

Irish Rail 201 Class loco no. 231 thunders through Moira station on an Enterprise service from Dublin Connolly to Belfast Grand Central (06/08/25).

#trains #Moira #railway #railway200

A black and grey locomotive pulls the Enterprise under the grey footbridge at Moira station.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jul 30

074 leads the timber liner round the bend at Manulla Junction yesterday morning (28/07/25).

#Mayo #trains #Ireland #IrishRail

An Irish Rail 071 Class loco hauling a timber liner moves along a curved railway track through a grassy, rural landscape under a cloudy sky.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jul 22

NIR Class 4000 no. 4014 pulls into Antrim on the last day of Golf Week, with the 1505 ex-Portrush service through to Grand Central (20/07/25).

#trains #Antrim #TheOpen #NIR #Translink

A Class 4000 train arrives at Antrim railway station under a partly cloudy sky, with a platform, footbridge, and station sign visible.

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Gareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · Jul 10

This is what transport ambition looks like. And I'm all for it

andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social · Jul 10

GM is growing fast.

We will expand @BeeNetwork over the next decade to meet the needs of our bigger economy.

BUT

There’s a limit to what we can do on a congested surface.

It’s why I am asking TfGM to start planning for an underground for GM around a remodelled Piccadilly.

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Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission @nihrc.bsky.social · Jul 10

NIHRC condemns the recent racist acts across Northern Ireland as violations on the human rights of people within our communities.

Read the Chief Commissioner's comments at the recent Great Refugee Picnic: nihrc.org/news/detail/...

Small stage and gazebo on grass with a speaker holding a microphone, people standing in the background

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jul 9

Enterprise De Dietrich set 9002 trails behind 231 through Whiteabbey station on a much-delayed second sander test run to Templepatrick loop last Thursday (03/07/25).

#Translink #NIRailways #NIR #Enterprise #IrishRail #IarnrodEireann #IE #Whiteabbey #Belfast @translinkni.bsky.social

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The TV Room @thetvroom.com · Jun 26

🟦 CLEAN FEED | A mention for departing BBC NI continuity announcer/director David Olver at the end of tonight's BBC Newsline.

Leaving BBC NI after 47.5 years.

A special BBC One NI junction at 1.35am.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jun 20

If you've got time, make the full journey down to Bangor!

Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jun 17

The beef ragu onboard is fab!

Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jun 17

What's better than one Class 201? Two Class 201s!

228 idles in Dublin Connolly's Platform 2 ahead of the 1650 Belfast departure, whilst 206 lingers about in front of the shed (09/05/2025).

#Rivers #IrishRail #Rail #Trains #Enterprise @dsh43.bsky.social‬

A grey Class 201 locomotive numbered 228 with a purple and maroon swooping livery stands in the platform across from me, under overhead line electric wires, while another identical Class 201 numbered 206 stands about 100 away in front of an old red brick railway shed, all under a bright blue sky.

Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jun 16

Are you heading up to Norn Iron Railways metals this time, Will?

Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jun 16

NI Railways Class 3000 no. 3001 standing in Platform 3 at Lanyon Place. The line between here and Belfast Grand Central had not yet reopened to passenger rail traffic yet (09/10/2024).

#Translink #NIRailways #NIR #trains #rail @translinkni.bsky.social‬

A blue and grey Class 3000 with a circular yellow front standing in Platform 3 at Lanyon Place, with a multistorey office block and a blue yet cloudy sky composing the backdrop.

Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jun 15

Iarnród Éireann 201 Class loco no. 228, with the down road set, prepares to climb out of a damp and dark Dundalk towards Newry with the 1650 ex-Connolly, on Valentine's Day (14/02/2025).

#translink #dundalk #trains #railway #nir #irishrail #ireland #ie #enterprise #rail #201

An Enterprise liveried IÉ Class 201 locomotive number 228, with a semi-circular yellow front below a pair of black-bordered front cab windows, with a red, black, and violet striped livery on top of a grey body. The sky is dark with a little light remaining, with warm lighting from the green GNR(I) platform canopy.

Loco 228 looks ahead towards a green-lit signal down the platform.

Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Jun 14

NIR Class 3000 no. 3010 idling ahead of the crew turn around at Newry Train Station. 3010 operated into Platform with the 1530 ex-Belfast Grand Central service, before returning to Portadown (14/02/2025).

#translink #newry #trains #railway #nir

A grey train with a yellow oval and red taillights idling in Newry's Platform 2. There are only two platforms, which are covered by grey canopies under an equally grey overcast sky. On the far platform is a blue-bordered sign with bold blue writing reading 'Newry', with a further sign below reading "for Bessbrook".

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OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · May 23

NEW BLOG POST!

Guest author @chris56cornell.bsky.social shares his Grandfather Charlie Cornell's life story.

A really significant story & so needing to be told in #Railway200 - a #Portsmouth railway worker of colour, c.1913-1966.

#CommunityRailWeek

www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/charlie-corn...

Man in coat and flat cap stands smiling to someone off-camera; an electric train and platform is behind him. Courtesy Chris Cornell.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · May 12

Oh, wow!

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Apr 28

York Street Train Station opened to the public on this day one year ago - where does the time go?

Here are some photos of mine from opening day and over the past year.

@translinkni.bsky.social @infrastructure-ni.gov.uk #trains #railways #northernireland #ni #translink #yorkstreet #belfast

Platform sign with text reads: "York Street - Platform 2. This platform for trains to Larne and Derry~Londonderry. For Ulster University, Belfast Campus."

Scan of the front and back of a commemorative ticket issued to the public following the official opening of York Street station by the then-Minister of Infrastructure John O'Dowd.

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Wakeful @wakefulmadedis.bsky.social · Apr 18

4008 having been turned around in Belfast Grand Central Platform 1, ahead of departing on the 20:35 to Bangor (15/04/25).

#translink #nir #nirailways #trains #railway #Bangor

A blue and grey NI Railways Class 4000 train stands brightly illuminated below a well-lit platform canopy and stunning blue and pink sky, reflected in the metal cladding of Belfast Grand Central Station's walls.

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Rail Users Ireland @railusersie.bsky.social · Apr 14

Platform 6 has now opened at Cork Kent station

Be sure to check information displays as platform allocations may change from today onwards

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Angus Duncan @angusduncan.me · Apr 8

Portlaoise, seven years apart.Same spot, shame angle, same type of train, same overgrown bush. Even the exact same loco. Only differences are the weather and 220’s paint job.

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