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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.

from my link log —
The secrets of the shinkansen.
https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/the-secret-behind-japans-railways
saved 2026-04-14

The secrets of the shinkansen
Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.

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

random thought....
remembering that time I was at a trade-conference and I walked by a CP Rail booth, looked at a couple of their brochures and then turned to a lady behind the table and said.
"my preference would be that the government run the railways”
and then walked away.
The look on her face. lol
#Rail #canada

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.”

Exceptional rains in Spain, roads, railways cut.
MAPA | Qué carreteras estšn afectadas por la borrasca Leonardo: consulta el mapa de la DGT en directo

MAPA | Qué carreteras están afectadas por la borrasca Leonardo: consulta el mapa de la DGT en directo
Hay más de un centenar de carreteras cortadas por inundaciones y desprendimientos, la mayoría localizadas en Andalucía

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