Simon Kendler

From sunset to sunset, the #RailFreight keeps rolling. GBRf’s 4L68 accelerates through Walthamstow Queens Road on the last leg towards London Gateway. #Freight #London

Paging @noeldolphin.bsky.social and @25kv.bsky.social on impact of this standard change?

Apparently some people are triggered by the idea that something they feel strongly about might have historical connections that are problematic. This film is insightful, interesting & above all factual. If you don’t like it, that’s a you problem. youtu.be/hY-y_41gl3Q?...

And just like that, having ridden Class 455s all my life, this really is the last time in revenue earning service. End of an era & another childhood fleet of mine gone… #Class455 #NetworkSouthEast❤️💙🤍

West Midlands to Crewe line may be needed sooner than planned.

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com

The report says “could” and ignores factors like a reduction in hyper local car use due to the LTN and the fact that maybe people could do more journeys not by a car (67% of journeys in inner London are less than 2 miles).

Well as we hurtle rapidly towards WWIII, at least I’ve got a nice view this morning thanks to SNCF/TER Normandie on this Alstom bi-mode unit from Rouen to Dieppe. The late winter sunrise highlighting last night’s dusting of snow. Magnifique 👌 🇫🇷 #TrainTravel

Israel approves plan for 126 settler homes in West Bank - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-approves-plan-126-settler-homes-west-bank

Having a fab day working Train 1 of SWR’s #Class455 Farewell Charter Another fleet from my #NetworkSouthEast❤️💙🤍 childhood coming to an end so a privilege to working it today

Controversy as I don’t hate the new proposed GBR brand and livery. I think it needs some tweaks (don’t think it works on the intermediate vehicles) but it’s not bad & will no doubt evolve over time and improve. Happy #GBRDay everyone… #GBR

Nothing like a bit of ‘Inspiration’ in the morning and little can inspire more than the legend of Karen Harrison. Puts me in the right frame of mind for the last day of my 4-day training course in good ol’ Swindon #Inspiration #KarenHarrison #Rail200 #GBRDay

Unrelatedly, I’m currently reading Last Call at Hotel Imperial, and I’ve just reached the point where Dorothy Thompson is kicked out of Nazi Germany for having written unflattering things about Hitler www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. Just the start. Common sense.

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent. Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income. We can’t afford to NOT do it.

An apt metaphor for the #Flotilla Israel have used piracy to defend their #GazaGenocide It’s unacceptable, it must be called out & they must release those they’ve kidnapped. Their treatment of them is abhorrent and an affront to international law #Gaza #Palestine 🇵🇸

My friend, the activist Ewa Jasiewicz was onboard the Gaza Peace Flotilla and is now in Israeli detention, we're asking the UK government to use its influence to guarantee her safe return. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

A constituent's son, part of the flotilla, has been detained by the Israeli navy. I have written to the Foreign Secretary to ask how the Govt is supporting those detained, who bravely risked everything to oppose the collective punishment of Gazans and this illegal blockade.

A senseless, disgusting & unfathomable incident.

Forza ✊

Israeli forces stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, flotilla organizers said, but 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, according to the flotilla's tracking system reut.rs/487C9bv

Oh look, a policy worked… NO2 has reduced to the legal limit for the 1st time ever, something that wasn’t seen as feasible as little as 6 years ago. bbc.in/4o4ymAx #ULEZ #Pollution #CleanerAir

Happy birthday to trains! Who would’ve thought, 200 years on, that this fine contraption could help me run an errand, on a dual-electric mode sleek urban train that goes underground & overground. Here’s to the next 200, we’re gonna need more trains… 🎂2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ 🛤️ 🚂 #Railway200

🚨URGENT🚨 We’ve sent a letter to the Foreign Office, Yvette Cooper & MPs' Will Stone and Tonia Antoniazzi to act now to protect British nationals/their constituents on the Gaza flotilla @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social @willstonemp.bsky.social @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social

@lner.co.uk doing the heavy lifting shifting thousands of people today on all sorts of journeys, including ours to family in Durham. Good smooth journey, uneventful, just how it should be #TrainTravel #BankHoliday