Professional keyboard masher. I make @RealtimeTrains, fettle @RailMiles and occasionally do professional railway software stuff. @swlines@mas.to
Joined April 2008
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Hello. I don’t do this frankly disturbing app anymore unless the company I want to talk to is only here.
You can find me in other places under the same handle. Unless it’s owned by Meta, in which case it’s swlinestom.
See you on the other side.
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our new RTT apps are out, you may have spotted elsewhere online about it!
blog.realtimetrains.com/2026…
(Alas I have no access to the RTT account because X is not letting me in, so posting here rather than there)
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The excellent RTT (Real Time Trains) website now has an app! It shows how any British train performed up to 2 weeks ago, shows planned rolling stock for any given train, and shows the *planned* platform so you can be positioned ready, ahead of the scrum (includes Eurostar!)
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so I'm currently locked out of the @RealtimeTrains account because of some weird 2FA glitch (just get unexpected error, cannot login) and @X @Support apparently think I am not me despite knowing the password etc so are declining to assist.
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An innovation in this year’s @SwanRailway diesel gala was an improvement to the “loco departures” at Swanage. This year we’ve added a full working list in case the loco you want is further up the line 👍 (ideal when allocations change and the printed versions out of date!)
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I'm almost amused that @RoyalMail have failed to deliver a parcel to an address stating it was inaccessible.
The address is open 24/7.
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9 Dec 2025
What a disasterclass in comms.
@OctopusEnergy: (in summary) we're going to cap to 6 hours charge per night (and not tell you when in email)
Also Octopus, apparently, when controlling a charger: we're going to throttle the charge rate
Great way to ruin your reputation.
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Tom Cairns retweeted
15 Oct 2025
We've just launched RTT , our new subscription service that unlocks ad-free viewing and more! Just £25 a year.
We've also added extended data history (3 months, 6 months by January 2026) - helpful if you want to lookup quite how late that train was way back!
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Tom Cairns retweeted
16 Aug 2025
We've released an update to RailMiles in preparation for a series of improvements and updates to all of our products. Including display names and site titles.
More information is available on the @RealtimeTrains blog.
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2 Aug 2025
I'm on a train heading up to Derby for @greatestgather tomorrow.
I'm doing a thing at midday. Then I'll just be wandering aimlessly around for the rest of the day I expect.
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27 Jun 2025
We're clearing out some of our shelves and are discounting some of our RailMiles merchandise with hoodies starting from just £12.50 on the @RealtimeTrains shop.
You can see the selection at shop.realtimetrains.com/prod….
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3 Sep 2024
I think that has genuinely been the worst day of travel I’ve had in my *life*.
Not a single form of public transport that I’ve tried or have travelled on has operated properly.
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3 Sep 2024
I’m at Wick airport. @EasternAirways have deemed it appropriate to cancel my flight for operational reasons.
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3 Sep 2024
Trains.
ALT A ScotRail 158 at Wick station on the Far North Line.
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1 Sep 2024
Railcard discounts to reduce. Not that I have a national railcard any more (not entitled!) but not exactly a positive step.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpw8…
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19 Jul 2024
don't put all your eggs in one basket comes to mind today
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13 Jul 2024
Had a lot of @nectar points stolen the other day. They froze account, are "investigating" and have sent me another card. That hasn't arrived yet.
So right now, to shop at @sainsburys I have to spend a lot more than normal (can't use Nectar Price!). That doesn't seem right at all
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9 Jul 2024
Today I got a letter from @Avis UK with a parking charge notice charging me £90 for parking the car at ... Avis ... to drop the car off.
Bonkers.
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9 Jul 2024
And, sure enough, at 1601 - "our offices are now closed" *click*
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This is hilarious. @Avis are telling me (on DM) to contact the “Government” to appeal a *private* parking charge that was issued in *their* car park.
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