Edinburgh Uni Rail Society

The University of Edinburgh's RailSoc provides social events and trips for all students who love all things train and railway-related. 🚝🚂

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[Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway @bonessrailway]

Help our Model Railway team raise much needed funds after a devastating act of vandalism last weekend.

Donate today: https://t.co/6Ww0Ha5nZv

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@callumLtfc You know what? Actually I think it might only be one. I think they reversed the footage.

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Fun fact: this is the only scene in Doctor Who to feature two Class 170 Turbostar DMUs operated by Central Trains.

[Safe Space Who @SafeSpaceDrWho]

19 years ago, we witnessed the best Doctor Who scene

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@LNER Hi, ah that's a pity - I always used to get a can, now it's a First Class exclusive? Bit of a shame.

Hope it returns to the onboard shop soon!

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Was travelling on @LNER yesterday and it seemed like you could no longer buy tins of Hop On Board ale from the buffet - does anyone know if this is permanent?

[Edinburgh Justice for Palestine @eu_jps]

GET ORGANISED FOR GRADUATION. TAKE A STAND NOW. 🎓

All of us at Edinburgh have a duty to Palestine - we are not saviours, but perpetrators of war crimes and genocide. It is our tuition fees that fund the israeli war machine, and as students, we have the responsibility to say NO.

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

On railway pioneer George Stephenson's birthday, we are announcing the UK’s favourite railway artwork! 🚂

The winner is ‘Train Landscape’ by Eric Ravilious @AbdnArtMuseums 🎉

This work topped the @railway200 public vote! See the top 20 👉 https://t.co/RskJ2EYVn7

#Railway200

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To be clear: the only option @ScotRail have now is to remove the 'Iona' voice from their trains.

Pay a human voice actor to provide a thorough library of announcements, instead.

‘Stop using my voice' - ScotRail's new announcer is my AI clone - BBC News
https://t.co/SRP8DjNVAA

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@ScotRail @GodMurr It's terrible. We want to get on a train and hear an actual, real, human announcer, not an uncanny AI.

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@hamooshska Oopsy!! Crossed wires. I meant Siobhan Redmond, who played Shona Spurtle...

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Our treasurer was bored and decided to imagine a fictional rail operator. What if after privatisation, the Scottish network had been broken up into different TOCs? Introducing "Highland Railways", who operated rural routes from 1997 until 2004 with a fleet of Class 156s and 158s.

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The logo's very GWT Merlin, isn't it?

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The font here is Seaford, which was commissioned for Word in 2021 and therefore about 22 years too 'young'.

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@MrMappy There's now an hourly Edinburgh-Cowdenbeath-Leven service, so the Fife Circle can be full thickness past Glenrothes :)

[Doug Paulley @Doug_Paulley]

The last ever direct train from Aberdeen to Penzance.
@CrossCountryUK please can I compliment and congratulate your onboard staff member Stuart?
He went out of his way for lots of people,
me and my companion so he can sit with me,
Has printed off leaflets
A lovely man.

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How about an even longer Wick-Penzance? Who's with me?

[BBC North East Scot @BBCNorthEast]

The end of the line: The last train to run the longest UK direct route - Aberdeen to Penzance - sets off this morning on the 775-mile journey @CrossCountryUK @ScotRail @BBCScotlandNews