Jon Worth
@jonworth.eu
EU politics and sustainable transport, especially railways.
Brit who became German and lives in a village in France. When he's not escaping it on a train or a folding bicycle.
Teaches at College of Europe, still writes a blog, photographs with a drone.
Brit who became German and lives in a village in France. When he's not escaping it on a train or a folding bicycle.
Teaches at College of Europe, still writes a blog, photographs with a drone.
We now have the Régiolis bullshit asymmetry principle!
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We now have the Régiolis bullshit asymmetry principle!
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
"The amount of energy necessary for Jon to refute Régiolis bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than for Grand Est to produce it"
Now it's Eurobalises: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
Oh f*** off, really
Can you make up your mind please, Grand Est, what your bullshit reason is for the #CrossBorderRail Régiolis delay is?
Last week it was emergency brakes, now it's Eurobalises 🤷♂️
www.lok-report.de/news/deutsch...
Link via @tobiaswatzl.bsky.social
Can you make up your mind please, Grand Est, what your bullshit reason is for the #CrossBorderRail Régiolis delay is?
Last week it was emergency brakes, now it's Eurobalises 🤷♂️
www.lok-report.de/news/deutsch...
Link via @tobiaswatzl.bsky.social
LOK Report - Frankreich: Grenzüberschreitender Zugverkehr Régiolis Frankreich–Deutschland bald auf den Gleisen
Fotos Alstom / Frédérique Clément. Das Projekt Régiolis Transfrontalier France–Allemagne (TFA), das von der Region Grand Est und SNCF Voyageurs in Zusammenarbeit mit den Bundesländern Baden-Württ...
www.lok-report.de
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Oh f*** off, really
Can you make up your mind please, Grand Est, what your bullshit reason is for the #CrossBorderRail Régiolis delay is?
Last week it was emergency brakes, now it's Eurobalises 🤷♂️
www.lok-report.de/news/deutsch...
Link via @tobiaswatzl.bsky.social
Can you make up your mind please, Grand Est, what your bullshit reason is for the #CrossBorderRail Régiolis delay is?
Last week it was emergency brakes, now it's Eurobalises 🤷♂️
www.lok-report.de/news/deutsch...
Link via @tobiaswatzl.bsky.social
Rail hypocrite of the day: Peter Hanke, Austria's transport minister
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
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It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
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November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Rail hypocrite of the day: Peter Hanke, Austria's transport minister
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
It's about him and a bison 🦬 and a panda 🐼
(Photo credits - see ALT Text of each image)
Philipps (VP Grand Est) is talking garbage about the Régiolis problems, and France 3 is just regurgitating
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
"News" that Régiolis cross border trains cannot operate in Germany is actually nothing new - Jon Worth
The latest setback in the entry into service of the new Régiolis fleet for France-Germany cross border services: now there is a problem with the emergency brakes, Le Republicain Lorrain reported yeste...
jonworth.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Philipps (VP Grand Est) is talking garbage about the Régiolis problems, and France 3 is just regurgitating
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
Blog post update: jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
I still don't believe anything changed German side to stop Régiolis running, but Alstom (then CAF) made a manufacturing error
#CrossBorderRail
Reposted by Jon Worth
Late to the party, der neue DSB-Zug Kopenhagen-Hamburg mit *stufenlosem Einstieg*… aber was wenn ich euch sage, dass von Kopenhagen nach Hamburg an *checks notes* GENAU EINEM BAHNHOF (Hamburg Hbf) stufenloser Einstieg möglich ist und an allen anderen bis zu 50 cm (!!) Höhenunterschied?
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November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Late to the party, der neue DSB-Zug Kopenhagen-Hamburg mit *stufenlosem Einstieg*… aber was wenn ich euch sage, dass von Kopenhagen nach Hamburg an *checks notes* GENAU EINEM BAHNHOF (Hamburg Hbf) stufenloser Einstieg möglich ist und an allen anderen bis zu 50 cm (!!) Höhenunterschied?
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Note: if Italo does this it’ll use Alstom Avelia Stream trains (I’d assume)
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Italo gegen ICE: Die Deutsche Bahn bekommt Konkurrenz
Italienisches Rot statt deutsches Weiß: Gleich zwei Unternehmen wollen mit eigenen Zügen gegen den ICE antreten – und dabei Milliarden investieren und Tausende Arbeitsplätze schaffen. Auch die Passagi...
www.faz.net
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Note: if Italo does this it’ll use Alstom Avelia Stream trains (I’d assume)
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Mixed news for Virgin Trains - it’ll mean someone gets this model OKed in Germany. But if Italo is ahead of Virgin Trains in the queue… 🤔
Italo looking to enter the German market:
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
This is interesting www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Italo gegen ICE: Die Deutsche Bahn bekommt Konkurrenz
Italienisches Rot statt deutsches Weiß: Gleich zwei Unternehmen wollen mit eigenen Zügen gegen den ICE antreten – und dabei Milliarden investieren und Tausende Arbeitsplätze schaffen. Auch die Passagi...
www.faz.net
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This is interesting www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Reposted by Jon Worth
København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
Med en ny investeringsplan i infrastrukturen og bedre rettigheder og oplysning til passagererne satser EU-Kommissionen på et netværk af lyntog i Europa. Blandt løfterne er lyntog fra Danmark til Tyskl...
www.information.dk
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
København-Berlin med lyntog på fire timer? Ny plan skal sikre bedre netværk på tværs af Europa
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
www.information.dk/udland/2025/...
#eudk @information.dk
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If only this were actually true 🤷♂️
EU investing €546 billion for high speed rail by 2040
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
E.g. Lisbon to Warsaw, from 38 hours today to 12 hours
Pricing to compete with low cost flights
Reduce emissions by 80%
Jokes on them, they don't have Brexit sovereignty 🤷♂️
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If only this were actually true 🤷♂️
This is working out well! 😀
28 signed up in person for Brussels (we've space for 50), 78 signed up for the web stream - for the launch of my report about the future of the Channel Tunnel on 17th November #CrossBorderRail
All welcome!
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
28 signed up in person for Brussels (we've space for 50), 78 signed up for the web stream - for the launch of my report about the future of the Channel Tunnel on 17th November #CrossBorderRail
All welcome!
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
#CrossChannelRail Report Launch - 17 November, 12:30 CET (event in Brussels, and online) - #CrossBorderRail
In the research for my #CrossChannelRail project in spring 2025 I, Jon Worth, aimed to examine the future of high speed trains through the Channel Tunnel. That would encompass all the stations in cont...
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is working out well! 😀
28 signed up in person for Brussels (we've space for 50), 78 signed up for the web stream - for the launch of my report about the future of the Channel Tunnel on 17th November #CrossBorderRail
All welcome!
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
28 signed up in person for Brussels (we've space for 50), 78 signed up for the web stream - for the launch of my report about the future of the Channel Tunnel on 17th November #CrossBorderRail
All welcome!
crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/cro...
Reposted by Jon Worth
yes, Mamdani *is* radical on immigration by the standards of most major European politicians - name the major European politicians who advocate for immigrants, especially non-white ones, as human beings and not just mere economic units. It’s a short list and we all know it is.
Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
yes, Mamdani *is* radical on immigration by the standards of most major European politicians - name the major European politicians who advocate for immigrants, especially non-white ones, as human beings and not just mere economic units. It’s a short list and we all know it is.
Sorry @renfeoperadora.bsky.social if you cannot plan a Canet de Mar (near Barcelona) to Madrid Atocha trip for me, why should we possibly trust a word you say in Brussels EU politics circles on this point?
jonworth.eu/renfe-why-sh...
jonworth.eu/renfe-why-sh...
Renfe, why should we trust a word you say about ticketing? - Jon Worth
A post popped up in my Bluesky feed from Renfe: 🚄 Renfe se suma a la declaración conjunta @cer-railways.bsky.social y @eurocities.eu para ✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050✅ Conectar todas las capitales...
jonworth.eu
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Sorry @renfeoperadora.bsky.social if you cannot plan a Canet de Mar (near Barcelona) to Madrid Atocha trip for me, why should we possibly trust a word you say in Brussels EU politics circles on this point?
jonworth.eu/renfe-why-sh...
jonworth.eu/renfe-why-sh...
Now having finally got hold of this press release , the Deepl translation has this gem:
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
🚄 Renfe se suma a la declaración conjunta @cer-railways.bsky.social y @eurocities.eu para
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Now having finally got hold of this press release , the Deepl translation has this gem:
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
"that Europe's cities must remain at the heart of the ARSE transformation"
Bloody hell, forget getting a timetable fixed. @renfeoperadora.bsky.social you don't even have a functional website to read your press release, as you see I have a French IP address and immediately default to French, meaning I cannot even *read* your bla bla. 😡
🚄 Renfe se suma a la declaración conjunta @cer-railways.bsky.social y @eurocities.eu para
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Bloody hell, forget getting a timetable fixed. @renfeoperadora.bsky.social you don't even have a functional website to read your press release, as you see I have a French IP address and immediately default to French, meaning I cannot even *read* your bla bla. 😡
And when will we even get all Renfe-run trains in one simple to search online timetable tool? 🤔
🚄 Renfe se suma a la declaración conjunta @cer-railways.bsky.social y @eurocities.eu para
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
✅ Triplicar el tráfico para 2050
✅ Conectar todas las capitales y grandes ciudades
✅ Billetes integrados y financiación sostenible
¡Una Europa más conectada y verde! 🌍
🔗 renfe.com/es/es/grupo-...
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
And when will we even get all Renfe-run trains in one simple to search online timetable tool? 🤔
I had this by @chrisdillow.bsky.social open in a tab, after @pauliewaulie.bsky.social had mentioned it, and now I finally read it. It's from 2018, but as true now as when it was written:
chrisdillow.substack.com/p/against-de...
chrisdillow.substack.com/p/against-de...
Against debate
Debating our opponents is pointless, and often dangerous.
chrisdillow.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I had this by @chrisdillow.bsky.social open in a tab, after @pauliewaulie.bsky.social had mentioned it, and now I finally read it. It's from 2018, but as true now as when it was written:
chrisdillow.substack.com/p/against-de...
chrisdillow.substack.com/p/against-de...
Reposted by Jon Worth
Haha, the talgo 22 with axle motorisation would be the ultimate train.
Maybe bring back pendular suspension (and not so wide bodies) and being able to regulate between 55 and 76 platforms, like a Citroën DS
Maybe bring back pendular suspension (and not so wide bodies) and being able to regulate between 55 and 76 platforms, like a Citroën DS
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Haha, the talgo 22 with axle motorisation would be the ultimate train.
Maybe bring back pendular suspension (and not so wide bodies) and being able to regulate between 55 and 76 platforms, like a Citroën DS
Maybe bring back pendular suspension (and not so wide bodies) and being able to regulate between 55 and 76 platforms, like a Citroën DS
And reading it I barely raised an eyebrow. Sadly.
Stunning investigation by Reuters reveals income from ads for scams and banned goods on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp may have amounted to 10% of Meta global revenue in 2024, with 15 billion (!) scam ads being shown to users daily - based on company's own figures.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
And reading it I barely raised an eyebrow. Sadly.
Reposted by Jon Worth
Stunning investigation by Reuters reveals income from ads for scams and banned goods on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp may have amounted to 10% of Meta global revenue in 2024, with 15 billion (!) scam ads being shown to users daily - based on company's own figures.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Stunning investigation by Reuters reveals income from ads for scams and banned goods on Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp may have amounted to 10% of Meta global revenue in 2024, with 15 billion (!) scam ads being shown to users daily - based on company's own figures.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
And here's the latest episode in the Régiolis #CrossBorderRail 🇩🇪🇫🇷 saga
It's not CAF (the manufacturer) but SNCF that is type authorisation holder for Régiolis
And who has the LOWEST incentive to fix the problems?
Yeah, you guess it...
Blog post updated 👇
jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
It's not CAF (the manufacturer) but SNCF that is type authorisation holder for Régiolis
And who has the LOWEST incentive to fix the problems?
Yeah, you guess it...
Blog post updated 👇
jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
"News" that Régiolis cross border trains cannot operate in Germany is actually nothing new - Jon Worth
The latest setback in the entry into service of the new Régiolis fleet for France-Germany cross border services: now there is a problem with the emergency brakes, Le Republicain Lorrain reported yeste...
jonworth.eu
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
And here's the latest episode in the Régiolis #CrossBorderRail 🇩🇪🇫🇷 saga
It's not CAF (the manufacturer) but SNCF that is type authorisation holder for Régiolis
And who has the LOWEST incentive to fix the problems?
Yeah, you guess it...
Blog post updated 👇
jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
It's not CAF (the manufacturer) but SNCF that is type authorisation holder for Régiolis
And who has the LOWEST incentive to fix the problems?
Yeah, you guess it...
Blog post updated 👇
jonworth.eu/news-that-re...
Reposted by Jon Worth
Passengers on a high-speed train between Poland's two largest cities were taken by surprise when a sheep wearing a nappy began wandering through the carriages.
Sheep in nappy spotted on Polish high-speed train
notesfrompoland.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Passengers on a high-speed train between Poland's two largest cities were taken by surprise when a sheep wearing a nappy began wandering through the carriages.
Odd electricity question
In Ravières we're suffering from short power outages, each lasting 10-30 seconds. Neighbours are suffering the same. It's been going on for months - one a week or so
Is a Linky smart meter going to provide Enedis data on this? en.selectra.info/energy-franc...
In Ravières we're suffering from short power outages, each lasting 10-30 seconds. Neighbours are suffering the same. It's been going on for months - one a week or so
Is a Linky smart meter going to provide Enedis data on this? en.selectra.info/energy-franc...
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Odd electricity question
In Ravières we're suffering from short power outages, each lasting 10-30 seconds. Neighbours are suffering the same. It's been going on for months - one a week or so
Is a Linky smart meter going to provide Enedis data on this? en.selectra.info/energy-franc...
In Ravières we're suffering from short power outages, each lasting 10-30 seconds. Neighbours are suffering the same. It's been going on for months - one a week or so
Is a Linky smart meter going to provide Enedis data on this? en.selectra.info/energy-franc...
Reposted by Jon Worth
There is a round of annual public meetings of Région Grand Est coming soon ("comités de ligne"), about annual state of railways services, where questions could be asked.
Today in Metz, 17 November in Mulhouse, 1st December in Strasbourg, 3rd December in Forbach.
www.grandest.fr/actualites/e...
Today in Metz, 17 November in Mulhouse, 1st December in Strasbourg, 3rd December in Forbach.
www.grandest.fr/actualites/e...
Echangez sur la vie du réseau régional !
www.grandest.fr
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
There is a round of annual public meetings of Région Grand Est coming soon ("comités de ligne"), about annual state of railways services, where questions could be asked.
Today in Metz, 17 November in Mulhouse, 1st December in Strasbourg, 3rd December in Forbach.
www.grandest.fr/actualites/e...
Today in Metz, 17 November in Mulhouse, 1st December in Strasbourg, 3rd December in Forbach.
www.grandest.fr/actualites/e...
Reposted by Jon Worth
Going to "yes and" this by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social and say there's also a GenX turn to the left - ppl who once thought themselves centrist seeing things they took for granted disappear. Eg last night's Hopeful Technologists meet-up had a distinct GenX flavour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile | Gaby Hinsliff
Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Going to "yes and" this by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social and say there's also a GenX turn to the left - ppl who once thought themselves centrist seeing things they took for granted disappear. Eg last night's Hopeful Technologists meet-up had a distinct GenX flavour www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...