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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Here’s what Nuneham viaduct looks like from track level. Trains were running here on Monday morning, so it has clearly got a lot worse since then. This the Oxford-Didcot line, a national rail artery

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Paul Clifton

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1 year

Meet Bessie. @bessbbe is fab: a hugely enthusiastic @RailFreight driver who wants to encourage more women train drivers. She's a great cheerleader for rail. Oh, and she has written a lovely book for children. She's on @BBCSouthNews later too.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 months

London Waterloo this evening, with @SW_Help advising these passengers to get taxis instead, to Winchester and beyond. At the last count, 7 fallen trees were blocking various routes. #StormHenk Thanks @BrionyLeylandtv for the pic. @LondonWaterloo

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Who is the person writing responses on the @RMTunion Twitter feed? You deserve recognition and a pay rise! Every day there’s an observation or comment that brings a smile.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

That was extraordinarily close. Feel for the train driver of the Brighton to Southampton service. Toddington crossing in West Sussex.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

5 months

This is bad. It really should not happen: the potential consequences are obvious. On the Great Western east of Swindon Swindon a few days ago. And again on the Great Western near Slough overnight last night. @networkrailwest @GWRHelp

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Turning @networkrail into a 24-hour service around London, stations open all night, trains running all the time - including through a hurriedly-cancelled national strike by @RMTunion and @ASLEFunion . All fixed in a few days. It really is a bloody impressive effort.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

Arriving from China at Bournemouth Airport: a plane load of PPE for the NHS flown by European Aviation

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Here's what the Nuneham viaduct damage looks like, close up. They're low-res pictures but you get the idea: the structural cracks are really very large. This is why the line between Oxford and Didcot will be closed for weeks. @GWRHelp @CrossCountryUK @networkrailwest

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

Interesting graphic showing how cars are 63% bigger now than in the 1960s. From Zuto.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

It’s has arrived. The first “new” train for the Isle of Wight since 1989

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Whatever your view of the @RMTunion industrial action on the railway, the union’s Comms team are clearly nailing social media engagement much more effectively than Rail Delivery Group or Network Rail. That’s something new compared with previous disputes.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 months

We’re off. More than four years late, here is the first passenger-carrying @SW_Help Class 701 Arterio. A once-a-day, one-route service for four days only to Windsor

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

What a treat this was. Travelling with Adrian Shooter on his private Darjeeling Himalayan Mountain Railway earlier this year. He was already ill but entirely unsentimental about it. A very impressive man.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 months

The passenger who took this pic last night ended up getting a taxi from London to the New Forest. That’s a £300 bill for @SW_Help to reimburse. Imagine that multiplied by everyone you can see here.

Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 months

London Waterloo this evening, with @SW_Help advising these passengers to get taxis instead, to Winchester and beyond. At the last count, 7 fallen trees were blocking various routes. #StormHenk Thanks @BrionyLeylandtv for the pic. @LondonWaterloo

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

An @SW_Help person tells me they have 495 train guards on roster today. 143 have duties, leaving 352 - an astonishing 70% - being paid to sit around as “spare.” Because only 47% of the timetable is operating, trains parked idle. How can the railway function like this?

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

11 months

Nuneham railway viaduct latest: here's what the ground beneath the old unsafe abutment looks like. "Like porridge" said @stucalvert of @networkrailwest . We are heading back next week to film the new one being built on top of this stuff, now the piles are in.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Interesting HS2 map in today’s Telegraph. Note the clothing-derived station at the southern end.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

To Weymouth. Decades after the last train ran down to the harbour, and a couple of years after most track was lifted, the signal to exit the line which no longer exists still functions. Which I love for being so completely pointless.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

“The future of rail is driverless” asserts the editorial in the Sunday Telegraph. No, it isn’t. “This should be the number one priority.” I do not believe I could find even one railway professional who would make that argument.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

A flying ferry: here's how @BrittanyFerries sees the future. Portsmouth to Cherbourg in 40 mins for 150 passengers. Battery powered, zero emissions. Full story @BBCSouthNews and

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Found this in a bag. It was kindly given to me at the media launch of @SW_Help new fleet of Class 701 Arterio trains in Wimbledon depot years ago. The trains still don’t work. Yes, you’ve guessed it: the pen doesn’t work either.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Could we perhaps have a normal timetable instead, please?

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 months

SWR confirms it won’t be running the first long-delayed Class 701 Arterio train this side of Christmas. So a Department for Transport promise to get the four-years-late £1bn trains running “this calendar year” is unlikely to be kept.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

5 months

Looks like a bridge is collapsing over the @SW_Help railway between Woking and Brookwood. This could hardly be more dramatic. Same area as the landslip @NetworkRailWssx

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

11 months

Quite a contrast with UK policy, where flying can often be cheaper than driving or taking the train: France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions

France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions

All domestic air routes are stopped where the same journey could be made by train in under 2.5 hours.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

11 months

Nuneham viaduct latest: it has reopened! After a closure of more than two months, the first passenger train ran at breakfast time. That’s one day earlier than expected. 100 passenger services had been cancelled each day.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

25 days

Freight train derailment at West Ealing: first pic of @GBRailfreight aviation fuel train

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

It’s 60 years exactly since the Beeching Report led to the closure of many uneconomic railway lines. ⁦ @BBCSouthNews ⁩ has a week of special reports looking at Beeching’s legacy. Very rewarding to make.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

Ouch!

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

Here's the first "new" @Vivarail train arriving by @wightlinkferry this afternoon on its way to @IslandLineUK including lovely drone shot by Michael Dangerfield

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

27 days

Watch a train as it hits a tree. Why does this happen?

Bernard Kasparas

@Bkasparas

27 days

@GarethDennis @railnigel @RAIL @PaulCliftonBBC @christianwolmar @ASLEFunion @MickWhelanASLEF @RMTunion #Lineside #Foliage - this time it's a @GWRHelp #Turbo and fortunately the [small] tree disintegrated... this simply CANNOT keep going on...

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

5 months

This is quite a change. @LondonWaterloo loses its place as Britain’s busiest station. That’s the Elizabeth Line effect: Liverpool St now top, and Paddington shoots up to second place. Also daily commuters have been slower to return to SWR than other operators.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

Farewell to the oldest trains on the network. When these first carried passengers in 1938, Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister. @IslandLineUK @SW_Help

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 months

I asked @transportgovuk for cost to taxpayer of @SW_Help Class 701 Arterio trains entering service 4+ years late. How much the owner was paid for trains that don’t carry passengers, cost of keeping others trains running instead. It refused to tell me.

Cost of delayed Arterio train fleet withheld by government

Transport officials refuse to reveal the cost of trains that are more than four years overdue.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Cheery @GWRHelp guard announces near Reading: “The signal ahead is not showing any colour - green, yellow or red. As you might imagine, passing it is not a very good idea. So we have stopped.”

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

What a pity Covid has halted a grand farewell for the last day of the 1938 underground trains on @IslandLineUK - but they are being filmed for us. Very sorry I can't be there.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

25 years ago today I was on the first privatised train of the current era. The 0510 Twickenham to Waterloo. Doing a retrospective on telly. Hoping the railway has changed more than me, but not entirely sure.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

It’s worth remembering that all rail fare revenue goes straight to the Treasury. Train operators are paid to provide a service. The Government has a tighter grip on the railway reins than it has ever had before. Any strike solution must inevitably be approved by Ministers.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

11 months

Nuneham: a few of the best shots from today. The 66-day closure of a national rail artery should never have happened. But given that it did, the engineering response by @networkrailwest @stucalvert has been impressive.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

8 months

I have a new career with @LordPeterHendy - having a ridiculously good time at @ImberbusUK

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

I struggle to understand why road fuel duty has been frozen again, in the same week that rail fares have risen by more than the rate of inflation. Could someone please explain the economic and environmental rationale?

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

Take a look inside the new @Vivarail train for @IslandLineUK

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

End of the Class 442 Wessex Electrics. After £45m refurbishment @SW_Help has decided to withdraw the 90 vehicles permanently. Low demand in the pandemic is the reason given. That’s a lot of money wasted on trains that won’t ever carry passengers.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 months

Genuinely interesting plan by train maker Alstom to run services between Wrexham, Wolverhampton and Euston as an Open Access Operator. Using a freight line to sidestep congested Birmingham. No mention of what rolling stock might be used from 2025.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

No trains today then. This is a third-rail electric route through the New Forest.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Salisbury crash latest: 4 of 5 carriages removed. @NetworkRailWssx says it has to replace 1456 sleepers, 3 sets of points, 1000 yards of track, 3km of cable.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

What a lovely surprise. This car is 33 years old. It was pretty well worn when I sold it for a few quid 19 years ago. And yet here it is on Salisbury ring road today.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Railway between Oxford and Didcot will reopen 10 June, says @networkrailwest , but that is a target not a promise. Tracks on the unsafe Nuneham viaduct over the Thames have been lifted. The unstable 1909-built south abutment will be removed entirely and a new one built.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

First look: here is the new @Vivarail train heading to @IslandLineUK @SW_Help on the Isle of Wight this autumn. The line will close Jan-March for infrastructure upgrade. More on @BBCSouthNews

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

5 months

Three separate broken / cracked rails on @networkrailwest in a week. Here’s the worst - and my goodness this is a bad one, with very obvious potential implications. And here’s the railway response. More on telly tonight.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

5 months

Railway bridge collapse latest: @NetworkRailWssx will demolish the footbridge near Woking golf club overnight, and aim to reopen the line Monday morning. It is very close to an ongoing serious landslip. Two rail sources tell me the incidents are likely connected.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

The mind boggles.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

10 months

Sold for £250,000! Volunteers who ran this unique 1899 Darjeeling Himalayan Mountain Railway locomotive have bought it at auction. Formerly in the garden of late Chiltern Railways boss Adrian Shooter, they plan to use it to attract younger and more diverse people to the hobby.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Since when was it a duty of a Secretary of State for Transport to decide the content of on-train announcements? I wonder what is left for rail managers to decide for themselves.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Nuneham viaduct update: I’m hearing no trains will run until early June, after which a temporary structure will allow at least limited low speed services. After that, a permanent repair to the existing structure is proposed.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

7 months

What would a new rail link that only connects Birmingham and West London actually achieve? Who would use it, in preference to the existing line to Euston?

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

11 months

Just a train. On a bridge. But not any bridge: here’s the first one over Nuneham.

Stuart Calvert

@stucalvert

11 months

It’s been a fantastic team effort. Thanks for covering this with us. Here’s the first down train this morning. #Railways

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

7 months

Arguably the finest railway terminus

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

To Portsmouth. To see a train. On a lorry. On a ferry. Could be fun. First time they’ve done this since....1989. I’ll drive there, but board on foot, and use drone pics. I think that’s all transport bases covered in one day. @wightlinkferry @IslandLineUK

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Slip Sliding Away - fabulous drone shots of the landslip at Hook, thanks to top cameraman Trevor for @BBCSouthNews

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

I notice there is no mention of this being built as a diesel-only railway, when new diesel cars will soon be banned, and manufacturers are in a headlong rush towards electric power.

Huw Merriman MP

@HuwMerriman

1 year

Construction of East West Rail is well underway & I enjoyed seeing the ongoing work at the #Winslow site. The new railway line will connect communities between Oxford & Cambridge to jobs and education while offering a faster and more sustainable way of travelling.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

7 months

Very, very cool @ScotRail

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

How on earth did this happen? Brockenhurst level crossing this morning. Thanks @SW_Help for the pics.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

11 months

Nuneham viaduct: latest drone shots and then-and-now comparison show the work by @networkrailwest getting towards completion. The bridge gets lowered into place this weekend.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Ooh look! Someone has re-cut my little film about the wonderful @bessbbe telling us what a great job driving a train can be. Southampton female freight train driver inspiring women

'It was always my dream to work on the railway'

Bessie Matthews hopes other women will see her driving freight trains and be encouraged to join the industry.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

7 months

Cab ride to Mallaig. I can confirm this is the best view of the best train journey. And driver Marie is exceptional. ⁦ @AlexHynes ⁩

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 months

This is extraordinary. It’s about the @networkrailwest tracks used by @GWRHelp . 200 out of 365 days disrupted by points failures, 175 / 365 by broken rail, 97/365 by signal failures.

Matt Strachan

@MattAlexSt

3 months

@PaulCliftonBBC Hi Paul, I got so annoyed with this that I did a FOI request last November about delays on this line. They replied today. In a 1 year period (before Dec/Jan chaos), they had 200/365 days with points failures, 175 with broken rail, 97 with signal failures.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Nuneham viaduct over the Thames south of Oxford: @networkrailwest confirms it will be closed for weeks. First a temporary fix, then a permanent repair. This will be a huge issue for freight trains from Southampton, and for @GWRHelp @CrossCountryUK

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

7 years

Made me laugh.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

8 months

This is Trevor Adamson. You don't often see him. He doesn't do social media. For 31 years he has been the cameraman I've worked with most often. Lots of places in lots of countries. He's retiring. A modest master craftsman with quiet wisdom. Great company and a loyal friend.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

To London with @SW_Help . Full and standing from Basingstoke for a 1030 arrival. Who said passenger numbers were still down?

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 months

As I was saying earlier… Something went wrong on the Great Western on 361 of 365 days last year.

GWR

@GWRHelp

3 months

⚠️Travel Update - 16/01 ⚠️ Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between Didcot Parkway and Reading, the line is closed. Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled. Disruption is expected until the end of the day on 17/01/24.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Today I will drive into central London. First time in years. I have lovely theatre tickets. There is no viable @SW_Help train home afterwards on this Saturday night. Which is pretty jolly poor.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 months

Again??!! Passengers will surely feel this is an unacceptable level of performance from @networkrailwest

GWR

@GWRHelp

4 months

⚠️ Travel update - 07/01 ⚠️ Due to damage to the overhead electric wires between London Paddington and Reading, some lines are blocked. Train services running to and from these stations may be delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 10:45. Please check before you…

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 months

Nicola Trahan, a neighbour, has died aged 97. She was parachuted into France during WW2, aged just 17, a spy, in the Special Operations Executive. She made numerous trips to work with the French Resistance. Such stories she could tell… Extraordinary.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

Arrived at Land’s End. After 27 hours and 840 miles. Our battery is almost empty. Need sleep! Guinness World Records will now assess the data. We think we’ve done well in our double record attempt with four fab guys in support @TheAA_Patrol

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 months

Train being lifted back onto track with small hydraulic jacks following this morning’s derailment near Walton on Thames. The @SW_Help train from Basingstoke “struck an object” just after @NetworkRailWssx finished some engineering work. May reopen in the morning but not definite.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

5 years

Sometimes this job is just fab. I get to play with Flying Scotsman in Swanage live on tv and chat to the crew. What’s not to like?

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

10 months

Good news: @SW_Help Ryde Pier reopening to trains today after a 9-month closure, months longer than planned. Bad news: after the summer it will have to close for many more months. The work is barely half finished.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Watch this. Ten seconds. You will smile. Just lovely.

Stourfield Junior

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2 years

It's not every day The Flying Scotsman rushes past! Especially whilst Year 6 are studying The Industrial Revolution and Year 4 are studying the State of Matter! Glimpsing the past, so relevant to our future. #GreaterHumility

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

9 months

It’s @ImberbusUK this weekend! I’m definitely going. A magnificently bonkers day.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

That’s a surprise. Chancellor halves air passenger duty on domestic flights from 2023. Ahead of COP26, he’s effectively cutting the cost of the most polluting form of transport.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 months

Derailment of a @SW_Help train on Monday: @NetworkRailWssx safety bulletin states the train struck scrap rail left on track following engineering work. It was the first train on that line since reopening. Caused day-long chaos and could have been so much worse

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

@doctordunlop That’s the key question

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Latest from Nuneham viaduct. A piling machine will go onto the barge. Temp structure in Thames will hold up bridge deck as the abutment and much of embankment are removed from this view. New one built, deck lowered, river structure removed. Pic from @networkrailwest

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

Well this is a great location for live telly! The railway along Ryde Pier will close for about 5 months for £30m of repairs

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

5 months

Is this happening most days at the moment, or just more days than not?

GWR

@GWRHelp

5 months

⚠ Travel Update - 15/12 ⚠ Due to a fault with the signalling system between London Paddington and Reading, all lines are blocked. Train services running to and from these stations will be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until 11:00

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

2 years

You know how cruise ships have live webcams on the bridge to entice future passengers with lovely ocean views? Wouldn’t it be just great if we could have that on the railway?

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

Well here’s a rail journey I’ve never made before. Not many people have.....normal passenger services ended 54 years ago

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 months

Expressed another way, less than 3% a year. I understand the target figure was 95%, until HS2 Phase 2 was cut.

Huw Merriman MP

@HuwMerriman

4 months

Today, as part of this Government’s ambitious rail reform agenda, we’ve set a target to grow freight by at least 75% by 2050. We want more freight to travel by rail and the industry plays a huge role in growing the economy, reducing emissions and cutting congestion on our roads.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

This isn’t elegant. It just isn’t.

Port of Dover

@Port_of_Dover

4 years

Sorry for the @VirginVoyages spam today, but we just can't help ourselves. She's such a beauty! 💕

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

4 years

Well that’s a first for me. Quite excited.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 months

In a nice warm studio tonight! Talking about why there was disruption or delay affecting passengers between Reading and London on @GWRHelp on 363 of 365 days last year. An investigation into @networkrailwest infrastructure is under way by @railandroad

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

Confirmed: Guinness World Record holders in a Ford Mach-E. Here it is at Goodwood Festival of Speed. We are live on @BBCSouthNews later. 6.5 miles per kWh over 840 miles John O’Groats to Land’s End. We charged for a total of 45 minutes. @TheAA_Patrol @forduk

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

3 years

A second @SW_Help @Vivarail train starting its journey from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight. Each of two vehicles on a separate @wightlinkferry @Richard_rail says it is 484004. Thanks @kwjourno for the pic.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 month

Blimey. I had forgotten that day: the last slam-door train at Waterloo. Thanks for finding it - not seen this in a couple of decades! @DriverPotter - one for you!

Peter Spokes

@realPeterSpokes

1 month

Another lost gem from BBC News thanks to Berwyn Thomas.

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

1 year

Services on @SW_Help West of England line under restricted emergency timetable "until further notice" because biodiesel is clogging fuel pipes and filters on most of the Class 158/9 trains at Salisbury depot. Engineering director Neil Drury explains:

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Paul Clifton

@PaulCliftonBBC

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The MD of Scotland’s railway, @AlexHynes , is to move to London as the new Director General, Rail Services at @transportgovuk . Scotland’s loss: Alex has overseen a programme of electrification, the fastest UK passenger growth, dropping of peak fares and more.

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