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A record 3million people to fly from UK this holiday.
Also, heading for the hottest year since records began.
No connection.
Millions hit UK roads, railways and airports for Christmas Eve getaway | Transport | The Guardian
#EcocidalMadness

Today's the day I tell the students about the massive improvements in southern Ontario's railways. In 1863, the trip from Union Station to Port Credit took 37 minutes. In 2026, the GO train will you get you there a whole 6 minutes faster.

Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) now also sells tickets for ÖBB 🇦🇹, SBB 🇨🇭, SNCF 🇫🇷, Eurostar 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇬🇧, Trenitalia 🇮🇹 and SJ 🇸🇪
https://www.bahn.de/angebot/international/auslandsbahnen

Auslandsbahnen: Mehr als 8.000 neue Ziele in Europa erreichen
Auslandsbahnen: Mehr als 8.000 neue Ziele in Europa erreichen. Ob nach Narvik am Polarkreis oder nach Barcelona ans Mittelmeer: Jetzt direkt über bahn.de und den DB Navigator viele Angebote europäischer Bahnen buchen – einfach und bequem, auch für den Inlandsverkehr vieler europäischer Länder.

Ukrainian Railways introduces additional security measures after deadly Russian attack on passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/28/ukrainian-railways-introduces-additional-security.html

I see that the #Łódź region railways play hard.
It says: "Turn your smartphone on. By looking someone in the eyes, you risk falling in love."

Silverstar Railways - Der große Unbekannte auf der Südbahn-Strecke #News #Nachrichten

NS Dutch Railways transfers part of its ICT from a Dutch supplier to an American-owned company, which offered a low price.

NS besteedt ict deels uit aan Amerikaanse leverancier
Strategische autonomie: Ondanks alle discussies over strategische autonomie kiest NS een Amerikaanse beheerder voor cruciale IT-diensten. „Als iedereen zo handelt als NS, bouwen we nooit eigen digitale infrastructuur.”

So I'm reading the changelog for the Polish railways' Passenger's Portal app (i.e. checking what they broke), and it turns out that the developers discovered compression.
I mean, the app's been updating "dictionaries" practically every single day for years (surely available stations change frequently), and they weren't even compressed! What's next? Discovering Last-Modified and refetching only if something actually changes?!
#rail #app

Yesterday, there were fewer trains in the Netherlands due to snow in the track switches. For today, NS Dutch Railways announced a reduced schedule.
Now, no trains are running at all, due to an IT failure in planning the reduced schedule...
https://nos.nl/l/2597127

Geen NS-treinen in heel Nederland tot zeker 10.00 uur, mede door IT-storing
Het is nog onduidelijk of er na 10.00 uur wel NS-treinen kunnen rijden. Andere treinvervoerders rijden wel.