Simon Maarfield
@simonmaarfield.bsky.social
Eisenbahner, transport planner, rail fan, environmentalist
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„Populismus, Feigheit, Überregulierung, Sparzwang: Das sind die Elemente der Sklerose, unter der ganz Deutschland seit Jahrzehnten leidet.“ #DresdnerBahn #DB #VBB #Bahn #Berlin #Lichtenrade www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
Vom Pannenprojekt zur Prestigestrecke: Dresdner Bahn startet nach drei Jahrzehnten
In 22 Minuten vom Hauptbahnhof zum Flughafen: Mehr als 30 Jahre nach Planungsstart wird die Eröffnung der jüngsten Berliner Schienenstrecke gefeiert. Ein Symbol der deutschen Misere.
www.berliner-zeitung.de
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
„Populismus, Feigheit, Überregulierung, Sparzwang: Das sind die Elemente der Sklerose, unter der ganz Deutschland seit Jahrzehnten leidet.“ #DresdnerBahn #DB #VBB #Bahn #Berlin #Lichtenrade www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
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This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
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Good news! ✨ From June 2026, #EuropeanSleeper will connect Brussels and Amsterdam with Berne, Stresa on Lago Maggiore, and Milan.
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Good news! ✨ From June 2026, #EuropeanSleeper will connect Brussels and Amsterdam with Berne, Stresa on Lago Maggiore, and Milan.
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year
👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
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Congestion pricing is working so well it has helped clear the air in all parts of NYC, according to a new study.
And other links to start your day!
hellgatenyc.com/new-yorkers-...
And other links to start your day!
hellgatenyc.com/new-yorkers-...
New Yorkers Are Literally Breathing Easier After Congestion Pricing
And other links to start your hump day.
hellgatenyc.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Congestion pricing is working so well it has helped clear the air in all parts of NYC, according to a new study.
And other links to start your day!
hellgatenyc.com/new-yorkers-...
And other links to start your day!
hellgatenyc.com/new-yorkers-...
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Why does this keep happening? Why? Why? It's getting really hard to write it off as coincidences or flawed studies now. hellgatenyc.com/new-yorkers-...
New Yorkers Are Literally Breathing Easier After Congestion Pricing
And other links to start your hump day.
hellgatenyc.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Why does this keep happening? Why? Why? It's getting really hard to write it off as coincidences or flawed studies now. hellgatenyc.com/new-yorkers-...
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„Bisher hat nur die AfD den Lückenschluss gefordert.“ #A100 #Berlin #Treptow #Elsenbrücke @bi-a100.bsky.social @ccitiesorg.bsky.social @bundberlin.bsky.social @balichtenberg.bsky.social
www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
Mega-Stau vor der Elsenbrücke in Treptow: Grüne präsentieren Plan gegen das A100-Chaos
Senatorin Bonde bekommt das Verkehrschaos rund um die neue Autobahn nicht in den Griff, kritisiert die Oppositionspartei. Doch mit ihren zentralen Forderungen beißen die Grünen auf Granit.
www.berliner-zeitung.de
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
„Bisher hat nur die AfD den Lückenschluss gefordert.“ #A100 #Berlin #Treptow #Elsenbrücke @bi-a100.bsky.social @ccitiesorg.bsky.social @bundberlin.bsky.social @balichtenberg.bsky.social
www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
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The ECHR was set up after WWII to ensure that fascism never again arose in Europe. Why do the right want to curb/limit/leave/abolish the ECHR? Because it does what it was intended to do, that's why...
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The ECHR was set up after WWII to ensure that fascism never again arose in Europe. Why do the right want to curb/limit/leave/abolish the ECHR? Because it does what it was intended to do, that's why...
Korrektur: Die Einschränkungen auf der #A100 am #ICC zeigen, wie sehr #Berlin seine Abhängigkeit zum MIV verringern soll
„Die Einschränkungen auf der #A100 am #ICC zeigen, wie sehr #Berlin ein redundantes Autobahnnetz braucht, das solche Eingriffe besser als heute verkraftet.“ #Charlottenburg #Stadtring www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...
Streit um A100 spitzt sich zu: Autobahnchef fordert Schließung des Berliner Stadtrings
Noch klafft im Osten und Norden eine Lücke. Würde sie geschlossen, könnte sich Berlin Probleme ersparen, so die Autobahn GmbH. Die Studie zur A100 nach Lichtenberg liegt Mitte 026 vor.
www.berliner-zeitung.de
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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EU politicians will decide on Wednesday whether to go ahead with the ban on words like burger and sausage for plant-based foods.
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
EU politicians will decide on Wednesday whether to go ahead with the ban on words like burger and sausage for plant-based foods.
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.
Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org
Cannot find a timetable on their site - basics, people, basics...
New startup operator GoVolta has opened ticket sales from March 2026 for its 3-times-a-week services Amsterdam-Hamburg & Amsterdam-Berlin. govolta.nl
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Cannot find a timetable on their site - basics, people, basics...
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"We can not expect people who are poorer, already struggling to heat their homes & use their cars, we can't expect those people to be cutting their energy use. We have to expect that from the wealthy of us." @kevinclimate.bsky.social speaking at @nebriefing.bsky.social
Kevin Anderson - Professor of energy and climate change - National Emergency Briefing 2025
YouTube video by We Don't Have Time
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"We can not expect people who are poorer, already struggling to heat their homes & use their cars, we can't expect those people to be cutting their energy use. We have to expect that from the wealthy of us." @kevinclimate.bsky.social speaking at @nebriefing.bsky.social
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Another 'Twiliner' night bus review. All reviews positive. Seems to have found a niche.
Guardian: "We tested Europe’s luxurious new ‘business-class’ sleeper bus between Amsterdam and Zurich - comfort and sustainability." 🆓⏬️
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Guardian: "We tested Europe’s luxurious new ‘business-class’ sleeper bus between Amsterdam and Zurich - comfort and sustainability." 🆓⏬️
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
We tested Europe’s luxurious new ‘business-class’ sleeper bus between Amsterdam and Zurich
A new overnight bus service in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland offers comfort and sustainability
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Another 'Twiliner' night bus review. All reviews positive. Seems to have found a niche.
Guardian: "We tested Europe’s luxurious new ‘business-class’ sleeper bus between Amsterdam and Zurich - comfort and sustainability." 🆓⏬️
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Guardian: "We tested Europe’s luxurious new ‘business-class’ sleeper bus between Amsterdam and Zurich - comfort and sustainability." 🆓⏬️
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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Ah
DB and Eurostar sign some sort of agreement re #CrossChannelRail
They better get that Avelia Horizon evacuation issue fixed then 🤣
www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/pr...
DB and Eurostar sign some sort of agreement re #CrossChannelRail
They better get that Avelia Horizon evacuation issue fixed then 🤣
www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/pr...
DB und Eurostar schaffen Grundlage für eine Direktverbindung von Deutschland nach London
www.deutschebahn.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ah
DB and Eurostar sign some sort of agreement re #CrossChannelRail
They better get that Avelia Horizon evacuation issue fixed then 🤣
www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/pr...
DB and Eurostar sign some sort of agreement re #CrossChannelRail
They better get that Avelia Horizon evacuation issue fixed then 🤣
www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/pr...
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Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
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I wonder if it's time to retire the role of "political editor" altogether
Return most of the coverage to the Economics Editor, the Health Editor, the Home Affairs team & so on.
Leave the "who-said-what-to-whom" & "what-does-it-mean-for-the-polls" to others. The BBC doesn't need to foreground this.
Return most of the coverage to the Economics Editor, the Health Editor, the Home Affairs team & so on.
Leave the "who-said-what-to-whom" & "what-does-it-mean-for-the-polls" to others. The BBC doesn't need to foreground this.
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I wonder if it's time to retire the role of "political editor" altogether
Return most of the coverage to the Economics Editor, the Health Editor, the Home Affairs team & so on.
Leave the "who-said-what-to-whom" & "what-does-it-mean-for-the-polls" to others. The BBC doesn't need to foreground this.
Return most of the coverage to the Economics Editor, the Health Editor, the Home Affairs team & so on.
Leave the "who-said-what-to-whom" & "what-does-it-mean-for-the-polls" to others. The BBC doesn't need to foreground this.
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Soooo was on Amtrak 380 from Galesburg to Chicago scheduled to leave at 7:40a. Got a text from Amtrak on the way over that it’s running an hour late. Amtraker didn’t show a real time location. Verified it with the station agent. Left for breakfast, and turns out the train showed up perfectly on time
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Soooo was on Amtrak 380 from Galesburg to Chicago scheduled to leave at 7:40a. Got a text from Amtrak on the way over that it’s running an hour late. Amtraker didn’t show a real time location. Verified it with the station agent. Left for breakfast, and turns out the train showed up perfectly on time
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There were over 40 journalists there, including I believe from the BBC. I know of at least one from a major media outlet who filed a report, that was then ignored by the editor, something I find deeply disturbing.
Please sign the open letter calling for a televised briefing.
www.nebriefing.org
Please sign the open letter calling for a televised briefing.
www.nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
There were over 40 journalists there, including I believe from the BBC. I know of at least one from a major media outlet who filed a report, that was then ignored by the editor, something I find deeply disturbing.
Please sign the open letter calling for a televised briefing.
www.nebriefing.org
Please sign the open letter calling for a televised briefing.
www.nebriefing.org
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#fahrplan2026 🇸🇮 :
Oh, ich hätte eigentlich damit gerechnet, dass sich der internationale Ramschniveau-SPNV Gorizia - Nova Gorica maximal eine Fahrplanperiode lang hält. Zum Glück habe ich nichts darauf gewettet.
Neu kann man in der Gegend auch wieder nach Ajdovščina fahren, halt nur an Schultagen...
Oh, ich hätte eigentlich damit gerechnet, dass sich der internationale Ramschniveau-SPNV Gorizia - Nova Gorica maximal eine Fahrplanperiode lang hält. Zum Glück habe ich nichts darauf gewettet.
Neu kann man in der Gegend auch wieder nach Ajdovščina fahren, halt nur an Schultagen...
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
#fahrplan2026 🇸🇮 :
Oh, ich hätte eigentlich damit gerechnet, dass sich der internationale Ramschniveau-SPNV Gorizia - Nova Gorica maximal eine Fahrplanperiode lang hält. Zum Glück habe ich nichts darauf gewettet.
Neu kann man in der Gegend auch wieder nach Ajdovščina fahren, halt nur an Schultagen...
Oh, ich hätte eigentlich damit gerechnet, dass sich der internationale Ramschniveau-SPNV Gorizia - Nova Gorica maximal eine Fahrplanperiode lang hält. Zum Glück habe ich nichts darauf gewettet.
Neu kann man in der Gegend auch wieder nach Ajdovščina fahren, halt nur an Schultagen...
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This is why I'm skeptical about BiH Transport Minister Forto announcing the restoration of Sarajevo - Zagreb trains in 2026/2027. To run these trains they have to use ŽRS infrastructure and I don't see how that happens if ŽRS is all but shutting down passenger transport.
Forto najavio dobre vijesti iz Željeznica FBiH: Nove putničke linije, digitalne karte...
Konačno dobre vijesti iz željeznica, objavio je ovo ministar komunikacija i prometa Bosne i Hercegovine Edin Forto.
Naime, nakon uvođenja vikend-linije Sarajevo–Ploče–Sarajevo, Forto ističe da slijedi...
radiosarajevo.ba
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is why I'm skeptical about BiH Transport Minister Forto announcing the restoration of Sarajevo - Zagreb trains in 2026/2027. To run these trains they have to use ŽRS infrastructure and I don't see how that happens if ŽRS is all but shutting down passenger transport.
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Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“The choice is between deep, rapid fair decarbonisation of modern society, and an organised-ish technical and social revolution;
or ongoing rhetoric and delay as temperatures [rise].
And then we’ll have a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent.” @kevinclimate.bsky.social
or ongoing rhetoric and delay as temperatures [rise].
And then we’ll have a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent.” @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“The choice is between deep, rapid fair decarbonisation of modern society, and an organised-ish technical and social revolution;
or ongoing rhetoric and delay as temperatures [rise].
And then we’ll have a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent.” @kevinclimate.bsky.social
or ongoing rhetoric and delay as temperatures [rise].
And then we’ll have a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent.” @kevinclimate.bsky.social
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👉 Mehr Infos: https://www.vcd.org/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/schwaechere-co2-vorgaben-vcd-kritisiert-rolle-rueckwaerts-beim-klimaschutz
#Klima #VerbrennerAus #EAuto [3/3]
#Klima #VerbrennerAus #EAuto [3/3]
Schwächere CO2-Vorgaben - VCD kritisiert Rolle rückwärts beim Klimaschutz
Union und SPD haben sich heute Nacht auf eine Schwächung des Klimaschutzes im Verkehr geeinigt: Die Bundesregierung will sich in Brüssel dafür einsetzen, die CO2-Vorgaben ab 2035 abzuschwächen. Damit legt die Bundesregierung die Axt an den Klimaschutz im Verkehr und bremst die E-Mobilität aus, kritisiert der ökologische Verkehrsclub VCD.
www.vcd.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Climate scientist @kevinclimate.bsky.social says “we need to eliminate fossil fuels”.
Societal and ecological collapse at 3-4C warming.
For <2C, the UK has 7 years of current CO2 emissions.
Drax and CCS are delay tech.
Heat pumps, good public transport, and deep cuts of aviation are essential.
Societal and ecological collapse at 3-4C warming.
For <2C, the UK has 7 years of current CO2 emissions.
Drax and CCS are delay tech.
Heat pumps, good public transport, and deep cuts of aviation are essential.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Climate scientist @kevinclimate.bsky.social says “we need to eliminate fossil fuels”.
Societal and ecological collapse at 3-4C warming.
For <2C, the UK has 7 years of current CO2 emissions.
Drax and CCS are delay tech.
Heat pumps, good public transport, and deep cuts of aviation are essential.
Societal and ecological collapse at 3-4C warming.
For <2C, the UK has 7 years of current CO2 emissions.
Drax and CCS are delay tech.
Heat pumps, good public transport, and deep cuts of aviation are essential.