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Eurostar Train Manager, ale and photography fan. Posts when operational duties allow. Contact eurostar for customer support. Bon voyage! 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇧🇪🇳🇱🇪🇺

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · Oct 22

How about a thread about a rather special train, the TMST (Trans Manche Super Train)? This was the project name for the high-speed train designed to link London, Paris and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel when it opened in 1994.

A eurostar class 373 train in original livery at St Pancras in London.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 2h

Leaves on the lane: An autumnal ride before work.
🍂 🚲
#cycling
#EastAnglia

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 16h

The end of another shift.
#TrainsNotPlanes

St Pancras station at night. I want my time with you in pink neon under the clock.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 16h

Ooh, exciting! Where are you heading?

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 17h

Research needed! And a trip on the Caledonian Sleeper...

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 18h

😆

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 19h

Haven't heard any comments so far. It's being phased in gradually, so not everyone is doing it yet.

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 19h

Tuesday on the iron road: Paris with just about enough time for a boulangerie visit before prepping the 20:08 back to London.

A baguette, 2 pains aux raisins in a paper bag, and a Train Manager's cap on a table.

A eurostar e320 train at a platform at dusk.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 23h

Sorry, I need to be more consistent with that!

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 1d

Got distracted while getting ready for work. The combination of a fox and autumn colours in our garden was irresistible. Started with my phone but then had to grab my proper camera.
#autumn

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 1d

Thought it might be. Enjoy the rest of your time away and have a good trip back.

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 1d

9140/67 again for me tomorrow.

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 1d

How it started today and how it's going...
#TrainLife

A pair of Manchester trams seen from above a street near Piccadilly.

Platform 3 in Brussels Midi/Zuid: e* 9167 from Amsterdam to London.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 1d

No I didn't.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 2d

A flying visit to visit our kid in Manchester and take him out for a belated 21st birthday dinner. Lovely sunny Saturday afternoon mooch around the Northern Quarter. And now a foggy journey back south.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 2d

Also, the 8 that are left are not compatible with the classic rail network north of London. The 7 shorter ones that were built for the cancelled "regional" e* have been scrapped.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 3d

I spy a Badger at Crewe.
#TrainGeek

A line of electric locos at Crewe. Second from left is the unique 89001. It was a 1980s prototype that's been restored and recently did a test run on the mainline. It was nicknamed the Badger by rail enthusiasts.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 3d

And relax. Told you it'd be alright! Bon voyage.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 3d

Bad luck. Don't worry. See staff at check-in and explain when you arrive. They'll help you get on the next available train. They're used to it.

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 3d

Waving from platform 10. 🍻

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 3d

Despite everything else going on, France last night honoured Robert Badinter, the former justice minister who ended the death penalty in 🇫🇷 in 1981. He entered the Panthéon in a moving moment of national tribute that the French do so well

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 3d

Inside the beast: The sound of one of our class 373 power cars while at rest at St Pancras.
#TMST

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 4d

A good explainer on the EES border system being phased in from Sunday...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What is the EU's new border system EES - and how does it work?

The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 6d

Tonight's tipple: Guava, Apricot & Mango Smoothie Sour by Vault City. Thick and fruity! How many of your 5-a-day?

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Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 6d

Just back from another ride!

Justin on eurostar @eurostarjustin.bsky.social · 7d

Couldn't tell you off the top of my head. Especially after a long week! Thanks for the offer though.