Daniel Wright @danielhwright

Ex-transport planner, librarian and community rail-er. Currently writer of @BeautyOfTranspt and other things. Views my own, not employer/clients’. thebeautyoftransport.com Europe 🇪🇺 / lost in thought Joined January 2013

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

11 months ago

If you are thinking “I would quite like doing that job” then you would absolutely love it and you should apply for it without delay (take it from one who knows). Also your colleagues/manager etc will be very nice. And did I mention helping non-profits make people’s lives better?

Community Rail Network @CommunityRail

11 months ago

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

11 months ago

In Hoy, #Orkney today, and treated to the sight of some spectacular precision flying in the hills and corries by this @HMCoastguard helicopter. Not sure if it was an exercise or they were looking for someone/something but it was very impressive stuff.

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

This is helpfully filtering the otherwise confusing number of operators I could choose for my next trip south on the ECML by removing two of them.

Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2

a year ago

This is helpfully filtering the otherwise confusing number of operators I could choose for my next trip south on the ECML by removing two of them.

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doublearrow.co.uk @_doublearrow

a year ago

ICYMI last week, I’ve written a book about the British Rail symbol; there’s really something in it for everyone; students and practitioners of graphic design, art and design historians, lovers of twentieth century modernism, transport aficionados, and, of course, anoraks like me!

the modernist® @modernistmag

a year ago

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doublearrow.co.uk @_doublearrow

a year ago

And, since ‘Arrows of desire’ is really all about transport and design, who better to set the scene at the start of the book than Daniel Wright, @BeautyOfTranspt, whose introductory essay is a masterpiece… the-modernist.org/products/arrow…

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doublearrow.co.uk @_doublearrow

a year ago

Delighted that @LordPeterHendy, Minister of State for Rail, has written the foreword for my new book ‘Arrows of desire’ the-modernist.org/collections/ne…

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London Reconnections @lonrec

a year ago

The governing realities for Labour in power, & what it means for planning and transport: buff.ly/46wV1Om

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

#BikesAtPollingStations I’ve just voted at the polling station in beautiful Stromness, Orkney. This seems like a good time to share some personal news (as the expression has it) and say that as of a fortnight ago, this is where I now live.

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

This is definitely a #RailwayTwitter kind of thing. Can anyone shed any light on this or even know where there’s an original? Has a feel of Stocks Austin Sice’s work on Railtrack’s annual reports but beyond that I’m stumped…

DavidJohn @DavidJohn476136

a year ago

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

Delighted to see this surviving large weighbridge and office in the old goods yard at Alnmouth. Maybe of interest to @RailwayHeritage? For background info if nothing else; I’m not sure if this railway land these days. (Not a good photo, sorry - taken from a passing train.)

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

Seen in Bexhill yesterday - are these some of Sunak’s infamous ‘levelling up’ outdoor chess boards? It’s just my feeling but it didn’t seem like they had completely addressed the local levelling up needs…

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

I have written a thing.

The Beauty of Transport @BeautyOfTranspt

a year ago

I have written a thing.

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London Reconnections @lonrec

a year ago

Bonus Trains for Crossrail? It was reported last month that 10 new trains could be built for Crossrail. Today we look at the substance of the reports, catch up with what's been happening and speculate as to what improvements may be in the pipeline. buff.ly/4aKEMgW

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

The latest part of The Fabric of Paris’s epic history of trams in Paris is out! Tramways in Île-de-France: a history – Part 9: railway requisitions | Fabric of Paris fabricofparis.com/2024/05/28/tra… via @bchadwickfrance

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Daniel Wright @danielhwright

a year ago

Contrasts in off-road cycle networks. Left: Netherlands. Right: England.

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RailwayHeritageTrust @RailwayHeritage

a year ago

At the formal opening of new @LandmarkTrust property in Manchester this morning - The Station Agent’s House - this is the gold standard for the restoration of a Grade 1 listed building. They have achieved something very special in their first #Manchester property.