Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈

Freelance transport & engineering journalist and railway campaigner.

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

🚧 Latest Video 🚧 HS2; significant progress over summer, despite the challenges. Focusing on a 3.5km long section in Northamptonshire.
https://t.co/rAnTTpmMVk
#HS2 #Northamptonshire

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@EscortVehicle Missing out on the big 500 tonne move through the Port

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

https://t.co/rAnTTpnkKS

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

🚧 Latest Video 🚧 HS2; significant progress over summer, despite the challenges. Focusing on a 3.5km long section in Northamptonshire. Link 👇
#HS2 #Brackley

[HS2 Ltd @HS2ltd]

New Video 🎥 - How HS2 is shaping investment in Birmingham.

In this video, we speak to James Blakey, Planning and Engagement Director at Moda Living, a build-to-rent investor and operator that builds, manages and holds residential neighbourhoods for the long term. By the time its current plans are complete, Moda will have invested more than £1 billion in Birmingham, delivering just over 5,000 new homes across four neighbourhoods.

Watch now 👉 https://t.co/DktoJ3K4R3

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

🚧 A recent video provides details of the work taking place in #ChurchFenton to replace a key bridge
▶️ https://t.co/j4stL38smq ◀️ #NorthYorkshire

[The Transpennine Route Upgrade @theTRUpgrade]

⚠️ From Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November 2026, we are carrying out major upgrades to the railway at Church Fenton station. There will be changes to train services that run from York towards Leeds, Selby, Sheffield and Wakefield Kirkgate while these works take place, helping us deliver a faster, more reliable and more sustainable railway for the North.

🚧 Additionally, on the weekends of Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 October and Saturday 31 October & Sunday 1 November, major upgrade works will be taking place at York station, with all services that run through the station affected. 

📱 Customers are advised to plan ahead, and check before they travel at: https://t.co/FPLxe2SqXs

@northernassist @TPEassist @LNER @NetworkRail #TRU

[Every Last Station @every_station]

Anyone knows what’s happening on WCML between OXN & Penrith? Got family on a stationary train near Shap summit.

@AvantiWestCoast

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

I do have some fairly decent images of the Beluga XL, from its first trip to Broughton, but I can't find the originals 😢

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

I think it's time for a phone upgrade 🙈

[Network Rail Scotland @NetworkRailSCOT]

🛠️ We’re set to carry out £9m of upgrades and repairs on the Kyle of Lochalsh line and at Inverness station, with the railway closing between Dingwall and Kyle of Lochalsh for three weeks between 28 Nov and 18 December.

📰 https://t.co/LJh4CZ97EM

@transcotland | @ScotRail

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@kurt_ww122 It'd just be a blur with this camera 🤣

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

I think it's time for a phone upgrade 🙈

[ianVisits @ianvisits]

One last ride: Catch the last bus to run fully along Oxford Street

(link to article in reply below)

You have until Sunday evening to travel by bus all the way between Tottenham Court Road and Marble Arch along Oxford Street.

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@ReissOmari I think I'd rather get the FlixBus home 😐

[RAIL Magazine @RAIL]

Transport for Wales' Class 197e plan for Cambrian lines after units enter service
https://t.co/Cn2lc8h2Ya

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@gibraltarfx Wrong. Electricity bills are huge because unit rates are tied to the wholesale gas price which is subject to international price fluctuations no matter where is comes from.

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

"drilling for North Sea oil and gas will secure UK jobs"

#Jackdaw will secure around 27 full time jobs. Meanwhile the offshore wind industry supports over 40,000 jobs and Hinkley C is supporting 26,000 jobs. None of the pro North Sea arguments stack up.

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@jimmyg1972 27 new jobs, Gov figure

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@JCha001 Have a little cry big man

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@AllyLochs 27 new jobs, source Gov website

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@ArnoldLaynePink Wrong. Electricity bills are huge because unit rates are tied to the wholesale gas price which is subject to international price fluctuations no matter where is comes from.

[Chris Howe (Rail Focus) 🏳️‍🌈 @EngFocus]

@tullythedhog 27 new jobs is from Gov website. You go disagree with them.