BusAndTrainUser @busandtrainuser.bsky.social After a long career running buses, retirement involves enjoying the delights of bus and train travel around Britain and blogging about the experiences.
Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social Global advisor on better cities, city planning, transportation & urban change. City planner + urbanist leading @ToderianUW.bsky.social. Past Chief Planner for Vancouver BC. Past/founding President of @CanUrbanism.bsky.social. International speaker & media.
Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social Transit researcher in Berlin. Lived in Tel Aviv, Singapore, the Riviera, New York, Providence, Vancouver, Stockholm, Paris. https://pedestrianobservations.com/ http://patreon.com/alonlevy alon@pedestrianobservations.com @alon@mastodon.social ↙️↙️↙️
Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social Associate Director in the public services team
@InstituteforGov. Interested in the NHS, adult social care, and local government. All views my own. He/him
Clara @pacerclara.insanity.tube She/Her | Gay but also Scottish. Thinks about transport a bit too much. Overhead wire enjoyer. | Pfp 📸 @coastwaywill.me
Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com Transport / Housing / Land Use / Politics / @urbaninstitute.bsky.social / Le progrès ne vaut que s’il est partagé par tous / yonahfreemark.com / thetransportpolitic.com
Create Streets @createstreets.bsky.social
Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social Previously: UK Labour Party Leader in EurParliament, Yorks&Humber MEP, NEC, ShadowCabinet
Currently: EM, LME, writing & lecturing
Brexit was a costly mistake.
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Tim W @tim1mw.bsky.social Walker, Hiker, Railway person, former DJ and generally bonkers...
crecyrail.bsky.social @crecyrail.bsky.social Focusing on the railway titles of one of Britain's leading special interest publishers, covering Crecy's large range of railway books including the OPC, abc and Southern Way imprints, as well as sharing occasional images from our archives. Crecy.co.uk
Talgo @talgo.com Don't mind the step
Long-Distance Intercity & Very High-Speed Passenger Trains.
South Western Circle - LSWR @lswr-swc.bsky.social The South Western Circle, formed in 1962, is a society for railway historians and enthusiasts interested in the London & South Western Railway (LSWR).
Bron Hebog & Minffordd @bronhebog.bsky.social Railway modeller based in Scotland. Best known for 009 layouts of Dduallt and Bron Hebog (Beddgelert) and our latest project Minffordd
Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Leader of @LibDems.org.uk, husband, father, carer, and MP for Kingston & Surbiton.
Promoted by Liberal Democrats, 66 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AU.
Simply Railway @simplyrailways.bsky.social I create train trip reports on YouTube every week! Here to show the great side of train travel and advocate as much as possible for more trains… for the greater good 🚆🌍🌱
https://linktr.ee/simply_railway
Modern Railways @modernrailways.keypublishing.com Updates from the team at Modern Railways magazine, which has provided news, views and analysis on the UK's railways for 60 years.
Subscribe today at shop.keypublishing.com/mrsubs
Max Sugarman @maxsugarman.bsky.social Chief Executive of ITS UK, the industry association for transport technology
Officer Wibble @officer-wibble.bsky.social Railway worker since 1994, usually found on a train somewhere between Portsmouth & Waterloo. LGBTQIA Ally. He/Him.
Chris Milner @chris-railway.bsky.social Journalist and railway photographer. Editor of Rail Express, past editor of The Railway Magazine. Leicester City🦊 supporter.
Phil Marsh @marshrail.bsky.social 53 years a railway professional. Commercial, operations, media, marketing. Hogwarts fireman and guard. Olympic torch. East West Rail Alliance photographer. Special advisor to the Railway 200 project. And Royal Train stuff since 1997...
Signal of the Day 🚦🚥🚂 @signaloftheday.bsky.social One signal, every day. 🚦 Direct Message us your submissions and we'll feature them here. #SignalOfTheDay
Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Ex-Guardian/Observer. Now co-founder brand new all-women journalist collective, www.thenerve.news. Tech justice stuff: www.the-citizens.com. Personal newsletter: www.broligarchy.substack.com
Mark D Barry (FAcSS) @swalesmetroprof.bsky.social Stuff (Physics, IT, biotech, transport) in Cardiff Manchester London EU & US. South Wales Metro since 2010 Prof Practice in Connectivity cugeogplan.bsky.social #cardiff #metro #transit #tod www.cardiffmetro.wales
www.linkedin.com/in/mark-d-b
Prof David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social #industrialstrategy Birmingham Business School, UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellow, Contemporary Social Science Editor in Chief, Editor Regional Studies, ‘activist academic’ (Gove’s 🪓man Max Caller), media commentator, Likes EVs. Baggies fan.
Talyllyn Railway @talyllyn.co.uk The Railway With a Heart of Gold - Part of The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales UNESCO World Heritage Site - The World's First Preserved Railway.
Visit us! 👉️ https://www.talyllyn.co.uk/book
Benoit Bourdeau @benoitbourdeau.bsky.social Classically trained actor turned media strategist. Storyteller. Spokesperson for Alto, Canada's High-speed rail network.
🇨🇦 Strong and Free 🇨🇦
FR/EN/ES
European Rail Timetable @europeanrailtt.bsky.social Publishers of printed and digital rail timetables and maps for Europe & beyond. Summer 2026 edition now on sale. Please use our website to contact us: www.europeanrailtimetable.eu
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway @lyntonbarnstaple.bsky.social The official account of the L&BR, the historic narrow gauge steam railway in North Devon’s glorious Exmoor National Park.
Info., links, news, shop & tickets: https://linktr.ee/lyntonandbarnstaple
Trevor Stone @tms1967.bsky.social Rolling stock engineer in UK rail industry for years, from apprenticeship upwards. First home is Polegate. Second home is Cuba. Views are my own.
Phil Richards @philrichards.bsky.social 35 years in the railway industry, now retired. Interests are Rail travel (UK/EU & N America), Prog Rock, Craft Beer.
@russprince78.bsky.social @russprince78.bsky.social
Alex Hornby @alexhornbyrail.bsky.social Commercial & Customer Director at Northern. Passionate about the people and places we serve, and the teams who help us do it.
Darryl Meades @darrylmeades.bsky.social Former Kent lad, now living in rural Dorset. Bus and railway enthusiast, can also geek out over TV and radio. All posts are from an entirely personal viewpoint and are mine alone. I don't do religion!
Tim Gregson @tgregson.bsky.social Do I like trains or what...
Bala Lake Railway / Rheilffordd Llyn Tegid @bala-lake-railway.co.uk We offer a delightful 9 mile return journey alongside Bala Lake, through the beautiful Snowdonia National Park. Our narrow gauge steam trains give excellent views of the lake and the surrounding scenery.
Pip Dunn @pipdunn.bsky.social Freelance transport writer and journalist, author, publisher, part time trucker, dad, husband, HTFC fan, dog lover, rejoiner and old punk. All views my own.
Mick Cash @mjcash.bsky.social Former railworker and General Secretary of the RMT. Retired from job not the struggle
GWR @gwr.com We are GWR! Welcome aboard.
Follow us for news and disruption updates. This account is not monitored for customer support.
Southern Electric Group @seg3142.bsky.social The official BlueSky account for the Southern Electric Group, owners of '4 Cor' unit 3142, and publishers of Live Rail magazine. 50 years old in 2020.
Garry Keenor @25kv.mas.to.ap.brid.gy UK-based rail electrification engineer with AtkinsRéalis | Electrification Junkie, Catenary Shagger | #electrifyAllTheThings | All opinions my own; retoots not endorsement | […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mas.to/@25kV, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Kernow Model Rail Centre @kernowmodelrail.bsky.social Model Railways sold from our shops, in Camborne & Guildford, and online, direct from Cornwall!
www.kernowmodelrailcentre.com
Joe Brown @joebrownlondon.bsky.social Cartographer, author, railway historian, former train driver, current transport manager, LGBTQ+ network leader 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Visit Crecy Publishing for my titles
driverbod @driverbod.bsky.social Trains, trams, transport. #gadgetbahn fan.
Can we rewind to 2015 and try again? 🏳️🌈🌈🇪🇺, cycle commuter, ❤️🇨🇭🇯🇵🇲🇨🇮🇲. He/his. LGBwiththeT.
Garry Keenor @25kv.bsky.social UK-based rail electrification engineer with AtkinsRéalis | Electrification Junkie, Catenary Shagger | #electrifyAllTheThings | Want to know how overhead line electrification works? Get my FREE book at http://ocs4rail.com/downloads
Matt Clements @mattclements.bsky.social Head of Engagement for the railways at RSSB, Chart.PR, MCIPR, Dip CIPR, into comms, PR and trains, grew up in Loughborough, now in Essex, NFFC
Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie.org.uk One time rail- & Yorkshireman. Economic migrant 🇮🇹. Italian heritage rail traveller 🚂
🚢 Discovering cargo ships are the ultimate travel experience.
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisOgilvie
Crayonista 🚇🗺🖍📚🏳️🌈 @crayonista92.bsky.social Subterranean tubular railway enthusiast & expert procrastinator. I also rescue books and maps from charity shops. 33/YIMBY/Ace/Queer/ND
https://www.instagram.com/crayonista92/profilecard/?igsh=eWN4eXlvd3dsaTZq
Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com Palliative care doctor 👩🏻⚕ Author 📚 Winner: 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 🫀 Founder: Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝
www.drrachelclarke.com
James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @taras-grescoe.com Author of Straphanger, Shanghai Grand, Lost Supper
Words: NYTimes NatGeo Smithsonian
⬇️ Train travel + politics of transit ⬇️
https://www.highspeed.blog
Talks: https://taras-grescoe.com/contact
IG: https://www.instagram.com/taras.rides.trains/
London North Eastern Railway @lner.co.uk Freedom all the way 🚆
Visit us at www.lner.co.uk
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Brunel (Isambear K) @trackteddy.bsky.social The fun and frolics of a track teddy, the alter-ego of Dan the rail man. All views my own and subject to change. Was @trackteddy on twitter.
@gavinsinclair.bsky.social @gavinsinclair.bsky.social
Tom Cairns @swlines.bsky.social Professional keyboard masher. I make Realtime Trains and occasionally do professional railway software stuff.
Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social Railway Route Controller, trying to run a patch of railway across the North and North East. Sometimes I succeed.
Likes trains, which is probably just as well.
Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk 🗳️ Mapping UK Elections & Collating Polling Data
nowcast / posters / much more @ electionmaps.uk
support my work @ https://ko-fi.com/electionmapsuk
Dom @domcovkid.bsky.social Trans-European Transport man; Massive Jenson Button and motorsport fan; Partial to moules-frites and a pint; Filled with magic blood thanks to a transfusion.
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
Ian Dinmore @tarkaman.bsky.social Semi-professional railman, into humour, rural railways, community rail, otters, cake and coffee. A passing photographer, Scripophillist, Graphologist, Calligraphist and aged likes a good whine.
David Horne @davidhorne.bsky.social Managing Director of London North Eastern Railway • LNER • Follow the official LNER account on Bluesky at: @lner.co.uk
Andy Bowes-Roden @andyroden.bsky.social Husband and dad first and foremost. Also Deputy Editor of Modern Railways, sub-editor of Hornby Magazine, general railway hack, author and director of Tavistock Okehampton Reopening Scheme. All views my own, natch. Cornwall, UK
Markonthemaps (Mark Ovenden) @markonthemaps.bsky.social 🌈 Author, broadcaster and lecturer in design, cartography, typography and architecture around public transport. Partner of ND 🌈♾️ person. Pro-Transit 🚆 🚃 🚋 🚟🚌 and ‘in transit’ from X as @markovenden.
The Model Railway Club @modelrailwayclub.bsky.social The original model railway club - Established 1910. Based at King’s Cross, London, we welcome new members.
TheModelRailwayClub.org
@richardclinnick.bsky.social @richardclinnick.bsky.social Editor, Modern Railways. Journalist. Coffee fiend. Paris enthusiast. Lover of Italy. #MentalHealth champion. Views are my own.
richard.clinnick@keypublishing.com
OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, collaboratively researching British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Posts by Mike Esbester.
#RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Stuart Barber 🏳️🌈🏴 @barberstig.bsky.social Train Manager, based in Edinburgh.
Let’s go on an adventure!
All views are my own.
#railways #photography #travel
Pete the OBM @guardpete.bsky.social On-Board Manager with Hull Trains. Heading between Hull and London. Oh and the occasional cat pic. RMT member and workers rights appreciator. For any customer service queries please contact Hull Trains directly.
Matt Harrison @mattpharrison.bsky.social I do communications, design and marketing for bus and train operators and authorities, and the occasional bit of writing. Proud Mancunian. European. 🇪🇺
Consultancy 👉 transportdesigned.com
Follow 👉 @transportdesigned.com
Andrew Washington @faberoony90.bsky.social 🏳️🌈
Executive Times and stats manager with The Independent Brigg Line Rail Group.
Transport enthusiast.
Notts County supporter.
YouTube: faberoony90
Lee Render @leerender.co.uk Publications Manager for the railway. My personal account and all views are my own and do not reflect the operators worked for. Also freelance info designer
leerender.co.uk | leerender on twitter | leerender1980 on insta/threads
Peter Hicks @poggs.com Director of OpenTrainTimes, vaccinator, phlebotomist, vegan, considerate cyclist, Open Data advocate, Dad-joke teller, cat and Italian Greyhound lap provider. Probably contains Java.
As seen on TV. Also not a goose. Or pipe smoker.
Dave McCormick @railwaydave.insanity.tube Consultant at WSP, lapsed mathematician, transport connoisseur. Been on almost every UK rail line. Knows too much about postcodes. All opinions my own. He/him.
Every Last Station @everylaststation.bsky.social Visited Every Last Station in the UK & Ireland! Not as dull as it sounds!
http://ko-fi.com/everylaststation
GLovesTrains @glovestrains.bsky.social Train enthusiast and railway vlogger. 🚞🏳️🌈
Ben Jones @flywheelmedia.bsky.social Freelance rail/travel journalist for UK rail magazines and CNN Travel, Euro rail explorer, Wednesdayite #swfc Sheffielder, Yorkshireman, European, cat butler.
Down On The Stour (DOTS) @downonthestour.bsky.social Rail Enthusiast 🚂 | Opinions are strictly my Personal views ✋ | PEP Connoisseur 😏| Work in the Rail Industry 😎| OGs know the original acronym 🫡|
Bessie @bessbbe.bsky.social I’m just here to keep an eye on my dad 👁️👁️
@arlosadventures.bsky.social
💕 Joanna 💕 @joannecrompton.bsky.social Small Business Owner
Heritage Railway Volunteer & Steam Locomotive Fireman
Sometimes a bit sweary
All views are my own
Reposts do not equal agreement
Community Rail Network @communityrail.bsky.social Championing the community rail movement 🙌
Connecting people and their railways 🫂
Creating inclusive, empowered, sustainable, healthy communities 🌍💚
linktr.ee/communityrailnetwork
ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk London's history, architecture, public transport -- and offbeat events to enjoy.
Steve Pilfold @whereinsussex.bsky.social FCIRO, former signaller, current railway controller, degree in Rail Ops Mgt, bellringer 🔔, Hailsham FM presenter🎙
Sussex bonfire 🔥, F1 🏎, twin dad 👬. My views etc
Gareth @gawuffy.co.uk Senior creative within rail. Design nerd. Posts about trains a lot. Harmless with it though. Often sad. This is my personal account. He/Him 🏳️🌈
Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️🌈 @railfocus.bsky.social Freelance transport & engineering journalist, railway campaigner and self proclaimed engineering nerd.
http://Youtube.com/@Rail_Focus they/them 🏳️🌈
Emily Pettitt @emilyp.me
Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk Transport and urban planning stuff. I run sustainable transport and environmental justice non-profits: @transportgood.org @transportfornewhomes.org.uk
Can also be found:
Ⓜ️ mastodon.cloud/@respros
📸 pixelfed.social/respros
🍴 beliapp.co/app/respros
Conor @ernekid.bsky.social Irishman in Maryland.
https://boxd.it/5ozfJ
Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social Financial journalist, broadcaster, and speaker. Seek the truth, find the truth, tell the truth. Unequivocally for free speech & press. Wilkie Collins expert too
Railmaps @railmaps.com.au Publisher of rail maps & public transport timetables. Photographer, public transport advocate, enjoyer of irony and life’s little incongruities.
Ethics matter.
#PantosUp
Semaphoria @semaphoria.co.uk Just posting my photos of old signals in the modern world. I put more detailed descriptions in the alt text.
TM Blake - Eurostar @tmblakeeurostar.bsky.social International Train Manager for Eurostar based in London. Here to share my adventures and stories from the UK, France and Belgium.
Tube Mapper- Luke Agbaimoni @tubemapper.bsky.social Author & photographer Luke Agbaimoni's project capturing stations & stops on the London Underground tube map.
2027 CALENDAR OUT NOW
Tubemapper.com
💰 Book,Prints & Calendars
✉ luke@tubemapper.com
DM for info
Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social ‘The view from the column is ever distant’
The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social Mark Smith, the Man in Seat 61, the chap who runs that train travel site http://seat61.com. YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/seat61.
Keith Barrow @keithbarrow80.bsky.social Editor of Today's Railways Europe, amateur photographer, occasional railway and aircraft modeller. Views expressed here are my own.
Simon Kendler @simonzev.bsky.social Rail Freight Manager & sustainable transport advocate
Travel, rail, transport & languages enthusiast. Mainly here for the trains... He/him
Views my own 🌈🛤🚲🕎
Ross Clark @1701-a-starship.bsky.social Train Driver, Star Trek fan, Miami Dolphins fan.
Railway enthusiast/ Preservationist.
Richard Sims @simsre.bsky.social Railway and Industrial Historian, especially the sailcloth, twine and netting industry of S Somerset and W Dorset.
Chime Whistle Publishing @chimewhistle.bsky.social Journalist, author and photojournalist
@williambarter.bsky.social @williambarter.bsky.social