Nigel Wordsworth

Freelance editor and journalist with a particular interest in rail and the railway industry. Any views I express are my own...

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Loving the latest computerised public address announcement at @StPancrasInt #railway station:
“Please be aware that banshees operate in this area.”

Have you seen one yet?

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

bad news today - @NespressoUK is closing its boutique store at @StPancrasInt . I always dropped off #recycling in the morning and bought new pods in the evening - and there were always customers waiting. Very much a retrograde step and poor #customerservice

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

@insider_rail Great to see the #railindustry getting behind the 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 as they take on Sweden tonight in the semi-final of the European Cup.
𝗚𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀!
https://t.co/NtwRyGBSF2

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

A great poll that will have absolutely no influence on the overall result! But vote for your favourite - there are three on this poll and the other three on the second one as apparently twitter can't handle a six-option poll in one go...

[Rail Business Daily @RailDaily]

The finalists in the competition to be crowned the home of Great British Railways have been announced. Which do you think should win?
#UKrail #railways #GBR

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

I have to be impartial, so I cannot say who I voted for.... (but it is north of Watford!)

[Rail Business Daily @RailDaily]

The second three finalists

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Changed my Twitter handle today as I am now looking at all aspects of the #rail industry, not just engineering.
Keep those tweets coming!

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Looking forward to seeing you later @Clinnick1. If you are using @AMTCoffee please bring me a Chili Chocolate! Nectar...

[Richard Clinnick @Clinnick1]

My first trip in new role…off to Wakefield for inductions and to learn more about the role and business. An @EastMidRailway Cl.158 is my chariot and @AMTCoffee is my friend!

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

@taylormac77 @magicmadmark Mad!

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Not good news for the ScotRail or any other rail service. Were all 150 triple-vaccinated? It won't be long before it should be compulsory for all key workers (with the usual medical-reasons exemptions)...

[Alastair Dalton @AlastairDalton]

150 ScotRail services cancelled as more staff forced to self-isolate as Omicron variant spreads - @Beth_Murray_ https://t.co/njhe9v9dEP

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Good the see the @TheGoAheadGroup start its new service in Germany between Munich and Lindau today, showing UK operators can work in Europe just as well as European operators can work in the UK!
https://t.co/3pH1fturY5

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Well said Alex! I had my 3 - 2 Astra Zeneca and 1 Pfizer - quickly done and no after effects. What are people scared of??

[Alex Hynes @AlexHynes]

Thank you to the lovely people at @NHSTayside for my covid vaccination booster! Getting vaccinated is still the single most important thing we can do to protect each other.

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Now we are all back in masks it's difficult to sort out who's who. Does facial recognition work on eyebrows?

[RAIL Magazine @RAIL]

I went on the excellent LNER guests special by bi-mode Azuma through the Warrington dive under, to Spalding and back, on Thursday.

I was keen to photograph a couple of seasoned professionals at work.

But in the event, I had to make do with these two....

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

It's a shame when people tweet links to interesting articles and then hide them behind a paywall so we can't read them...

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

What colour are you going to paint it?

[Network Rail Scotland @NetworkRailSCOT]

🛠️We’ll strengthen and repaint Incle St railway bridge in Paisley from January until April.

🚘 Use the roads nearby? Find out more below on local lane closures. 👇

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

It's been a strange season but you've all done really well. Now for one last push today...

[Atlassian Williams F1 Team @WilliamsF1]

2021 🙌

To the team trackside and all those back home in Grove, thank you for your incredible hard work and dedication this season 💙

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

@newsbyjessica @railfanmag @Amtrak @AmtrakAlerts Thanks Jessica - I hope we may also use them here in UK?

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

A chilling reminder of how easy it is to get killed on the #railway. The bicycle wheel is actually on the running rail just before the train arrives.

[Network Rail @networkrail]

"What's the problem, surely the train driver will stop if they see someone??"

Er ...

A train travelling at 125mph takes 20 football pitches to stop. 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️

These people are beyond lucky to be alive!

#LevelCrossing #CrossWithCare #SafetySaturday @NetworkRailSE

🎥 Oct 2019.

[Network Rail @networkrail]

"What's the problem, surely the train driver will stop if they see someone??"

Er ...

A train travelling at 125mph takes 20 football pitches to stop. 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️

These people are beyond lucky to be alive!

#LevelCrossing #CrossWithCare #SafetySaturday @NetworkRailSE

🎥 Oct 2019.

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

@PortlandTMD Well @PortlandTMD you were certainly in the right place at the wrong time!
May I please use that image for a short report on @insider_rail ? With full credit of course...

[Nigel Wordsworth @nigel_rail]

Tahir Ayub of Network Rail explains strategy to improve signalling power resilience- SIG conference today in Bristol