Man At The Station

I may have been born and bred in the land of the Devil's knitting, but my heart belongs to the juice rail.
(Not actually a man at a station any more)

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

When I hear or read 'I'm not angry at you, I'm angry at the uniform/company', that tells me that you don't see or think about the person.

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

@tntsports Hi, why isn't this weekend's V8 Supercar racing being shown?

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

@LNRailway Hi, is there any chance of 1U38 being held at Tamworth? XC 1V62 is 10L and we'll miss the connection which is only hourly.

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

@Mikeyconnor94 @woodendoor It's a byelaw offence.

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

@BBCBreakfast Playing music out loud is specifically a railway byelaw offence, so it would be very simple to update that to speaker calls. Just needs the staff to be able to enforce it...

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

I have finally started watching 'Nightsleeper'.
So many questions...

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

I'm on an XC Voyager for the first time in a long time, and the vibration while we're sat at Leeds is actually physically painful.

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

Do we have a Rail Minister yet?

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

Does this mean that we can close Welwyn North now, and eliminate the viaduct bottleneck?

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

It's happened again! Walking through St Pancras, in ordinary shirt and trousers, with no ID or anything to identify me as staff.
A Spanish gentleman asks me how to get to Canterbury.
I must have some sort of railway aura, it's very weird.

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

I'm not even allowed to travel First Class on the train for work.

[Emily Thornberry @EmilyThornberry]

I get that David Cameron may need to charter a plane when travelling to multiple countries in one week, but that does not justify spending hundreds of thousands of pounds at taxpayers' expense to hire one of the most luxurious private jets on the market. https://t.co/2Snbwhed8w

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

@GarethDennis I'd disagree that we've learnt and done nothing.
The industry have, the Government however...

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

So the DfT finally do something right, by appointing Alex Hynes who actually understands how to run a railway.
How long before they hamstring him so much that he quits?

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

Please keep your eyes peeled #RailwayFamily, especially if you are on @SouthernRailUK and let's get Lucie her quilt back!

[Verity Bell @verityebell]

Are you travelling by @SouthernRailUK this weekend? My friend Lucie desperately needs your help. She has spent nine months hand making this beautiful quilt out of disused kimono silk for her oldest friend's brand new baby:

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

Friday morning chat in the office:
Train planners do it on the Down Fast
Train planners do it with a three minute reoccupation
Train planners do it with an eight minute turnround

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

With the Elizabeth Line now open, what's the best way from Euston to Slough?
Northern to TCR, then Elizabeth Line?
Or old-skool Euston Square to Padd, and pick up a train there?

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

Popped into a couple of my old haunts from when I was still a Man At The Station.
Always nice to catch up with old mates and see how things are going.

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

@anon_opin Cool. I'll delete everything that my department does when I get in tomorrow then.
There won't be any trains running once I have, but hey, our job isn't that important, so...

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

Did my first job fair today. A long time since I needed to stand for that long!
But a lot of people interested, so here's hoping they join and go on to successful careers.

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

I got to the station to find one train left on the departure board. Luckily for me, it was terminating somewhere close to where I needed to be.
So now I'm waiting for a bus, that'll take 30 minutes to get me where I need to be.
Always check your trains, kids!

[Man At The Station @ManAtTheStation]

I have done something very stupid indeed.
I knew there was engineering work today, but also knew that it wouldn't affect my journey.
I also knew that there was a driver's strike yesterday.
What I didn't know, didn't check for, and didn't think to check for, was a strike today.