@JourneysofJames

Work: 🚂 Interests: transport, arts, Central Europe. Often found travelling an absurd distance overland

Joined April 2009
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Three years ago exactly I visited Lviv and Kyiv. I just want to share some pictures, with some wishes that the amazingly friendly and optimistic people I met get their future back one day. First, a dispatcher on the Kyiv Metro
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The Great British Seaside - sunny excitement to grim desolation in seconds, which is probably why I love it 🥰 hence our #SeasideArtWeekend 🏖️ This fine ‘Great Yarmouth Gothic’ 😉 from James @JourneysofJames showing the #GrimArtAesthetic was fully grasped by November 2020 😁🙏🏻
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An honour! I’ve never been a prolific poster but I think my time here is coming to a close. This is a nice echo of what a good place twitter was for sharing and discovering. I might give the blue place a go 🙏
Grim Art@GrimArtGroup4 Mar 2025
The Great British Seaside - sunny excitement to grim desolation in seconds, which is probably why I love it 🥰 hence our #SeasideArtWeekend 🏖️ This fine ‘Great Yarmouth Gothic’ 😉 from James @JourneysofJames showing the #GrimArtAesthetic was fully grasped by November 2020 😁🙏🏻
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Happy Halloween from Bran Castle in Transylvania - the castle very tenuously linked to Vlad the Impaler🧛. As usual my Brompton enthusiast costume had people fleeing on sight, but the entrance queue was the scariest thing I saw.
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Oh god, there are TWO and they’re gaining on us <Dies Irae plays ominously>
James@JourneysofJames26 Oct 2024
Mad Max: Fury Rail, Romania
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Mad Max: Fury Rail, Romania
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Cycled for hours today. Climbed ~600m. Exhausted. As darkness falls I reach Kovachevitsa in the Rhodope mountains. At the Inn I’m treated to a hearty stew, flan and blackcurrant wine. The smell of firewood. It could be 100 years ago. All’s well with the world for a bit.
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If you think British towns are quiet mid-week, in Gjakova, Kosovo, it’s so dead that most of the bars are closed but the casket shop is still open.
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It’s actually lovely here. Yes, quiet on a Monday but very pretty and I still found a delicious hearty meal (0.5l of wine included) for £10 🤩
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I’m in Kosovo (hope to tweet more about this as part of another one of my ridiculous no-fly Brompton bicycle trips). The Accursed Mountains is just a name right? Right?!
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I recently had a lovely chat with Alexei Sayle on his Radio 4 show @AlexeiOnATrain! We talked about how getting a job on the railway changed my life & health for the better. You should listen to every episode bc they’re great, but my bit is at 23:40 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00219…
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Scoop: HS2 cancellation will mean fares increase between London and the north to reduce travellers amid capacity problems. There will be 8% fewer seats on future trains after the high-speed line was scrapped, and prices are set to go up to reduce demand inews.co.uk/news/politics/tr…

Train passengers face price hikes and fewer seats after HS2 cancellation

Trains could be 20% over capacity for standing and seated passengers by the time HS2 is finished 

inews.co.uk
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Dune: Part Two may have been the best experience I’ve had in an IMAX cinema. You’re just completely transported there. Catch it while you can!
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Roses are red, violets are swell. Please do not leave your flowers unattended, they may be removed or destroyed by security personnel.
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Roses are red, tulips are imported, if you see something suspicious on this train remember the three Ss: See it. Say it. Sorted.
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Now this is how you do a Liverpool PNB! @JourneysofJames
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Mini Brompton adventure time! First time on a ferry for a while. Harwich -> Hook of Holland. I hope it can match the majesty of Hull -> Rotterdam. Neon, random piles of cathode ray TVs, and a Portrait of Cherie Blair - it had it all. Pure 90s pomp 👇
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Very pleasant crossing overall on the nicely refurbished ferry. Nothing too eccentric but I enjoyed the (almost certainly contravening several regulations) pile of wooden pallets and the microplastic wall. “Let’s get social!”
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We often discuss whether a place looks beautiful but rarely discuss if a place looks cool. Rotterdam looks and feels cool. It was so great to be here with my own bike!
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I've kind of stopped posting on Twitter now and haven't quite got the hang of Threads either. But making a brief comeback to post my latest pieces, which are all about trains! First of all, some travel inspo for @AFARmedia. afar.com/magazine/beautiful-…

Europe’s Most Beautiful Train Rides Roll Along the Mediterranean, Past Fjords, and Across the...

There’s no better way to travel across Europe than by train. These 10 trips are as captivating than their destinations.

afar.com
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Ok hear me out: after Labour’s rail review, “HS2” will end in Birmingham but Northern Powerhouse Rail will include a new link from Manchester to Birmingham. That’s the spin, right? RIGHT?! 😭
Jennifer Williams@JenWilliams_FT11 Jan 2024
Labour ain’t bringing HS2 to the north: manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…

Labour leader Keir Starmer says he's ruled out bringing HS2 to the North

The leader of the opposition said it would be 'impossible'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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