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Jon Worth

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Up and running on Ghost

How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem?

Ebbsfleet or Ashford? It has to be one or the other, not both, and it needs to be Ashford

I've been wrong all these years about printed train timetables (the lessons from a Montbard - Nuits-sous-Ravières train that doesn't run)

Radical enough to see purpose in my work, sensible enough to propose something that can be done?

If you were to build a depot for Channel Tunnel passenger trains, where would you build it?

Flat rate national ticketing: public transport policymaking through shock

A creative solution to serve Köln Hbf en route from Frankfurt (Main) to London

Now we're going to get a Bruxelles and Amsterdam to Milano night train. Or are we?

A little short term subsidy for this or that route is no way to support night trains - lessons from the end of Basel-Malmö before it even started

European Rail Passengers Union: lobbying for passengers, cross border

Geo Racers: the most fun web travel game since GeoGuessr

An open letter, and an invoice for €59.94, to Alberto Mazzola, boss of Community of European Railways

An open letter, and an invoice for €59.94, to Alberto Mazzola, boss of Community of European Railways

The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules – what can be done about it?

The Avelia Horizon trains Eurostar has ordered from Alstom are not compliant with Channel Tunnel evacuation rules - what can be done about it?

#CrossChannelRail final report released, and the next steps

#CrossChannelRail final report released, and the next steps

Renfe, why should we trust a word you say about ticketing?

“News” that Régiolis cross border trains cannot operate in Germany is actually nothing new

We have no intellectual space for big but implementable ideas about railways

When a plan’s not a plan, and a revolution isn’t a revolution – European High Speed Rail

Not being allocated depot space at Temple Mills: blessing in disguise?

News stories, and social media posts for context: from Elvas to Nagykereki

All about 2 metres? The importance of the difference between a 200m and a 202m train is scarcely plausible

ORR grants Virgin Trains access to Temple Mills: the low risk option

Working out what Eurostar is going to do – based on the numbers, not what the company says

Eurostar ordering just 30 Alstom trains: pragmatism, and a lack of ambition

What train other than Alstom Avelia Horizon could Eurostar even consider?

Constraints on future Channel Tunnel operators

Why you probably should not re-gauge railways in Europe

SNCF’s half hearted effort to support international night trains in danger of hitting the buffers

Building a machine-translated railway news aggregator

Connecting the everyday user experience with the big picture politics of French railways

Green Signals podcast about rivals to Eurostar, and some further thoughts about the challengers

Does a railway operator need to know about all the legs of my journey so as to offer me passenger rights?