Martin Ward

Railway professional. Orienteer. Occasional tweeter.

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@RailwayChildren Thank you for the call, and sorry you got my voicemail rather than me! Your effort to say a quick "thanks" was appreciated. 👍

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@ChargePlaceScot I just get a "503 Service Unavailable" error. 🤔

[WOC2024 @woc2024]

𝟲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗵! 🧭💥

Come and spectate the world’s best! And take part yourself too, entries for the WOC Tour are now open 👉 https://t.co/ncJUlHFf33

[Positive News @PositiveNewsUK]

Eight ways to transform a walk in the forest into a wellbeing immersion

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[Andrew Adonis @Andrew_Adonis]

My full response to Sunak & critics of HS2 who trashed Britain’s future 🧵
You would think, from Sunak & the media, that HS2 was dead & deserved its fate. But as HS2’s main architect back in 2009/10 I only wish Labour had stayed stayed in office long enough to see it through 1/

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

HS2.
From the wreckage of a world-beating example of how to foul up a giant infrastructure project, surely the winners are travellers between Birmingham and London?
Wrong. The very last thing the nation needs is a stand-alone link between these two cities.
https://t.co/Ib3ktwVyMS

[Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie]

Net-zero targets are all well and good.

But how countries get there matters a lot. It's the area under the curve that matters for warming.

Delay emissions cuts and you not only make net-zero less likely, you also make climate change worse along the way.

[The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone]

If only we were a rich, advanced country that could afford this sort of thing. Y’know, like Morocco (below) or Turkey. Maybe they could do something to help Britain. Like raise aid for us with a pop concert or something…

[Martin Adam Haynes @MartinAdam1987]

@seatsixtyone This graphic by @EngFocus demonstrates the scale of all the cuts quite well.

[Ben @kitchentowel]

The minister is either ignorant or lying
-#hs2 has NOT tripled, NOT doubled. Yes its gone up substantially, by about 40% in real terms
-Budget increased once
-Based on revised budget HS2 is on track
However seeing many variations of "budget was 32.7bn and its now over 100bn" no..

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@Clinnick1 @railindustry @AvantiWestCoast @HitachiRailENG Has @railindustry forgotten that HS2 rolling stock was ordered 623 days ago, and that is certainly for main line rolling stock! But yes, even that is a long time ago for no more orders.

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@scottish6days Another fantastic race today, at Culbin. It was race 20 in the @GBRorienteering UK Orienteering League. https://t.co/5Ken0utFIz

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@scottish6days Today was also the 19th @GBRorienteering UK Orienteering League race of the season. UKOL points have been added to the table here: https://t.co/2rjmD6E8ne

[scottish6days @scottish6days]

Also have a look out for Claire Houston who will be providing physio services in the arena today, tomorrow, and Thursday.
All profits are being donated to the Orienteering Foundation
https://t.co/cWenTp8lP2

[National Railway Museum @RailwayMuseum]

🧵 THREAD (1/6)

🛤️ In the 1990s, British Rail was dismantled into over 100 privately owned companies.

🎤 Britain’s Railways All Change is a collection of over 170 oral recordings of personal recollections of people in the privatisation process.

👇 More below!

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@clac3 @LNER We now have a driver... 😉 so I guess we'll be heading south soon.

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

Three weeks till I get to run the first leg in the biggest orienteering relay competition in the world... 🌲🏃‍♂️🌲 #bucketlist

[Jukolan viesti @JukolanViesti]

🇫🇮 Viimeinen mahdollisuus ilmoittautua mukaan maailman suurimpaan suunnistusviestiin! Jälki-ilmoittautuminen on auki 31.5 asti.

🇸🇪 Sista chansen att anmäla sig till världens största orienteringsstafett! Efteranmälan är öppen till 31.5.

📷: Jarmo Jokila

#porvooborgåjukola2023

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@neheritagelib Looking forward to our visit with @NATO_orienteers on 20th May.

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@scottish_o @STAGglasgow How about entries for the Scottish relays? @STAGglasgow website says opening by 31 March... 😉

[Martin Ward @_MartinWard]

@transportgovuk While other European countries effectively ban short-haul domestic flights because they've got an efficient high-speed rail system that is far more sustainable. 🤦