#national rail

[dreamings-free]

Survey for travel guides reveals startling ignorance about nation’s musical history

The Daily Telegraph | 8 Mar 2024 | By Anita Singh

ONE in five Britons is unaware that the Beatles came from Liverpool, according to a survey into the nation’s knowledge of music history.

Two in five do not know that Oasis hail from Manchester, and more than half have no idea that the British punk scene originated in London.

The survey of more than 2,000 adults was conducted on behalf of National Rail to mark the launch of a new set of travel guides exploring Britain’s musical heritage.

Jo Whiley, the Radio 2 presenter, narrates the stories of 30 cities and the “music gems” they contain.

They range from the well-known, such as the Cavern Club in Liverpool, to the more obscure. [..]

Doncaster gets its own guide as the home of former One Direction star Louis Tomlinson and singer Tony Christie.

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listen to Jo Whiley talk about Louis and Doncaster here:

all guides can be found here on nationalrail.co.uk

#how cute #about louis #donny boy #jo whiley #national rail #louis tomlinson #doncaster #the telegraph #08.03.24 #press #audio

[vox-anglosphere]

Since 1877 York's station has been the northern hub of British Rail

#York #Railway station #British Rail #architecture #iron arches #National Rail #1877 #Victorian era #nostalgia #Yorkshire #UK

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

South Kenton trainspotting

8 trains in 40 seconds @traingifs

#railfanning #trainspotting #south kenton #kenton #trains #railfan #youtube #train gif #Video125 #tube #national rail #wcml #London Overground #West Coast Main Line

[uomminecraftsociety]

So I want to start shipping the different train operating companies together:

Let me start off with Scotrail. I think that Scotrail is definitely Aro Ace. She is happy doing her own thing, and live in a cold hut in the middle of the snow and the heavy winds. Both LNER and Avanti keep approaching Scotrail but Scotrail is completely uninterested in their approaches and wish that they would leave her alone.

#scotrail #trains #uk trains #national rail #tocsu

[ocelotrevs]

It's never good when the train driver starts the passenger announcement with "Due to the incompetence of our control team".

#trains #national rail #UK rails #Thoughts #Personal #Text posts

[quehaylondres]

Aumentará la multa por evadir las tarifas ferroviarias en Inglaterra

Aumentará la multa por evadir las tarifas ferroviarias en Inglaterra

La sanción por evadir las tarifas ferroviarias en Inglaterra aumentará de £20 a £100 el próximo año, anunció el Gobierno. Actualmente, aquellos que viajan sin boleto son multados con £20 o el doble del precio del boleto hasta la siguiente estación a la que se detiene el tren. A partir de enero de 2023, a los evasores de tarifas se les cobrará la nueva tarifa de penalización, que se reduce a £50…

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#Departamento de Transporte #DfL #Manchester #Metrolink #Metrolink de Manchester #National Rail #Transport for London

[mjalford98]

One of the most iconic railway buildings celebrates its 170th birthday alongside the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, and having got a few photos with the intention of featuring it on my travels through London earlier this year, I completely forgot about it (as I do) until last month. Then, doing a little research, I found out that it opened on the 14th of October. "Very well, I thought, I'll wait till October then." Surprise, surprise, I forgot about it again, until today, and lo & behold, it's the 14th of October. So alongside a few feature photos of the lovely architecture and the variety of trains using the station, here's a flashback to the 170th anniversary celebrations at King's Cross over the Platinum Jubilee Weekend, featuring posters showing photos of the station as it looked in various eras, as well as performances of music from the different eras of Queen Elizabeth's reign. Built by the Great Northern Railway as the terminus for the East Coast Mainline, the station has seen some of the grandest & most famous trains in Britain at its platforms from Flying Scotsman & Mallard to the Intercity 125, Intercity 225, and more recently, the IET Azumas. It is the terminus for services on the ECML to Scotland & Northeast England as well as Great Northern Mainline services to West Anglia. Architecturally, King's Cross was a bold statement at the time of construction, but today, it's something of a reminder that classical architecture doesn't have to be all grand but not very functional. It's subtle detailing and ample glass give it a hint of modernity which also goes to show how we could design buildings that adhere to the principles of classical architecture while meeting the demands of modern society.

#King's Cross #railway station #London #Great Britain #LNER #East Coast Mainline #Great Northern Railway #classical architecture #British Railways #heritage #culture #National Rail #Grand Central

[ghostychocoreal]

I’M SO SICK

They’re in love. They’re so in love. DR RATIO CLUTCHED SO HARD THIS UPDATE!!!

#honkai star rail #hsr #hsr aventurine #hsr ratio #aventio #dr ratio x aventurine #gay #THEY ARE SO GAY #hsr 2.1 spoilers #hsr 2.1 #aventurine #dr ratio #AVENTIO NATION RISE

[ksketch731]

Dan Heng discovers a national treasure hidden in plain sight

#jingheng #jing yuan #dan heng #honkai jing yuan #honkai dan heng #honkai star rail #honkai star rail fanart #honkai #honkai fanart #fanart #jing yuan is the Luofu's national treasure #protect him at all costs

[vox-anglosphere]

Sunset over England's Lake District from the comfort of British Rail

#Lake District #Cumbria #English countryside #rural britain #British Rail #London-Glasgow #Cumberland #Westmoreland #Lancashire #rural landscape #National Rail #train travel #UK

[yakuminos]

🫶 renheng the world!

#renheng #honkai star rail #hsr #dan heng #blade #danheng #my art #i enjoy these guys so bad #my contribution to renheng nation

[uomminecraftsociety]

Part 2 in me shipping different Train operating companies together. I totally see Avanti West Coast, while always trying to reach out Scotrail eventually settling down for her younger, and calmer brother Caledonian Sleeper and to be honest, they make a great couple, they share so much track.

I guess as Avanti is trying to introduce bi-mode engines I would say that Avanti is bi, but really has a really weird thing for the Scottish Rail Holdings family

#calevanti #avanti #avanti west coast #caledonian sleeper #national rail #uk trains #trains #tocsu

[riacte]

ren: hey heads up im gonna go back to south africa in late march / early april :)

life series speculation at that exact time period:

#🙏🙏 DELAY🙏🙏 DELAY IT LIKE THE NATIONAL RAIL🙏🙏 #sorry #trafficblr #ria.txt

[stone-cold-groove]

Southern Pacific Railroad travel poster. Yosemite - 1923.

#vintage illustration #vintage advertising #vintage travel posters #vintage artwork #vintage art #the 1920s #rail travel #railroads #train travel #trains #national parks #yosemite national park #yosemite #southern pacific railroad #southern pacific

[yellowymellon]

STELLE ASSERTING HER HEIGHT DOMINANCE

#getting aventurine to pay us is a delight #SUNDAY NATION #WE ARE EATING BUT NOT THAT WELL #hsr #honkai star rail #hsr sunday

[feroluce]

So I spoke somewhat about my thoughts on Emanator Sampo here, but I never really thought of it from a design point of view or what kind of powers he would have until just recently. But I actually kind of love leaning into it from a "stage hand" perspective?

Because like. Aha's body in THEIR official art is completely black, giving attention to all the fun brightly colored things around THEM. And that's so fitting for Sampo! He usually prefers to be a side character. He likes to act from the shadows. His is a much more subtle hand.

So I wonder if as an Emanator, a lot of his clothes are actually very dark? Not necessarily plain, still extravagant and needlessly detailed in things like cut and quality with lots of different fabrics and textures and ornamentation, but dark. Or maybe even his skin itself becomes blackened further down his body; his hands in particular are dark, as a sort of sleight of hand reference.

The motif of a lot of straps wrapped around him like in his canon design is still present, but they're all loose and flowing off of him like paper streamers now instead of restraining him or holding him together. He is no longer contained! Or maybe they're still a bit more rigid/heavy, but just draped more like red stage curtains!

And this is like. Fully self-indulgent, but I love inhuman designs, and there's nothing in canon to say I can't do this, so screw it! Go for broke!! Maybe it's not visible to normal people, but Sampo having a second set of arms would be really cool, as further sleight of hand reference. One set is almost normal looking, but his hands are a bright, attention-drawing white, and the other is dark, set almost in the shadows of the first arms, to act less noticeably.

He also has something of a broken heart design to him in canon (the front of his black shirt with its jagged shape down the middle; his coat looks like a full heart shape in the back), and I actually like him keeping that element as an Emanator, because I think it suits him. Sampo says his taste in aesthetics and views on Elation involve human dignity,

and the story he helps create in Belobog involves the long and winding road of resistance and survival and eventual triumph in the face of some very adverse, oppressing odds. (I'm pretty sure I heard he once called Wildfire "artless" though, plus the man acts like he thinks Shame is some kind of dessert, so like ndkdjzjskkd) But the point being!!

I think Sampo is someone who can appreciate heartbreak and angst and tragedy in a story, because it makes the victory at the end all the sweeter. And this would be another thing he shares with Aha, because I think THEY did bless the Mourning Actors partly just to be a little shit, but also because Aha does recognize tragedy as part of THEIR Path, too, and you can see it in some of the game. So a broken heart motif can still suit him, and I like him having elements of both comedy and tragedy. Like his clothing having a happy sun/sad moon (like the moon in Aha's art) or him having both of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks in his design.

And as Emanator, Sampo can maybe play with the stage settings environment, too. Like lights sometimes behave strangely around him, appearing blindingly bright to someone or dramatically dark. Sampo wills it and suddenly there seems to be a metaphorical spotlight right where he wants everyone to look. And when he doesn't want to be noticed, his face seems to be cast in shadow, he seemingly just fades into the background, no one notices or recognizes him and he sneaks away easily. He can create smoke or fog literally out of thin air without his bombs now, too, the air will just suddenly thicken until his stage is obscured, and Sampo can set the scene as he pleases or disappear without a trace.

And in line with being a stage hand, Sampo can direct attention like no other. He was already extremely good at this as a normal mortal, and becoming an Emanator only took it up to 11, past human limits. Sampo points, and all present feel compelled to follow his fingertip. He looks away, and they all follow his gaze. He can even affect the mood of an audience; he can influence everyone to be calm and placid or he can whip them into a feverish frenzy. Sometimes a crowd will start to become unsettled, agitation stirring until it boils over, until it incites a full on violent mob.

And in the middle of all that chaos will stand one perfectly calm figure, face cast in shadow, until they quietly slip away out of sight.

#sampo koski #hsr sampo #emanator sampo #hsr sampo koski #honkai star rail #hsr #they were talking about Emanator Sampo designs in the Sampard Nation server one night and somehow THAT was what got my mind going fjkdaljfk #there was also talk of him making monsters explode in confetti or making their heads pop off like a jack-in-the-box (my contribution hehe) #which is hilarious but just wasn't super relevant here jfklasdj #(I miss bouncing around ideas like that...if anyone knows another sampard server or even just a sampo-dedicated one hit me up!) #(i would love to join and would probably even have friends to bring!!) #but anyway yes I love Emanator Sampo being stage hand themed haha it's very fun with him #I have a lot of screenshots so I wanna try to use them for things like this more! #I think its in SU where it says Aha isn't as powerful an aeon as some of the others like Qlipoth or Lan or Nanook #so I like Sampo's powers being less direct and not just pure destructive power like a lot of the Destruction Emanators #it lets you get real creative with it <3 #maybe next I'll bring over my thoughts on his mask design? Ooh but I wanna talk about Geppie too... #Geppie protecting his soldiers from Cocolia or the actions he could have taken or his very sweet relationship with Bronya- #-or him being inspired by Serval or his HILARIOUS relationship with Pela... #Decisions decisions...