I am twittering

[Minilad]

OK Chaps I have finally given in and am now on Twitter

XCDRichard if your interested.

Anyone want to give me some recommended tweeterers that I could follow

 

[telstarbox]

I follow @joepatr and @onthegateline who are both on the forum.

 

[Aictos]

OK Chaps I have finally given in and am now on ****ter

XCDRichard if your interested.

Anyone want to give me some recommended tweeterers that I could follow

I follow East Coast, FCC, Network Rail and Greater Anglia simply for live running information when at work.

I also follow NRE for live running information for journey enquires again at work.

As to what's going on within the railway, I'm now following Captain Deltic ie Roger Ford.

I'm @ajax103 anyway

 

[scotsman]

I hear @angus_duncan is pretty good...

 

[Tomonthetrain]

I hear @tomonthetrain is random

 

[Minilad]

I am adding you lot so you better be interesting !!

 

[AlterEgo]

Not a plug for myself, but @TheFactCompiler is a decent follow.

 

[scotsman]

Folk I enjoy (rail related)

@VTStaffordStn (self explanatory)
@Paul_XL5 ("[TOC] desk jockey")
@ipodbob (VT Driver)
@Travel_Traumas (former rail commuter, now occasional passenger)
@RPIKing (TOC RPI - retweets fare evaders, passes info to BTP)

 

[sonic2009]

@5onic2009

 

[scotsman]

Some other randoms

@AlftheMouth (SWT Guard)
@TomoftheDay (Guy I know)
@GlasgowSubway (#shoogle)
@HeelBurton (Sadistic SWT Driver)

 

[466.networkers]

I am on Twitter too - you can find me @Webbshire

I'm private cos of spammers and the like but I will approve and follow back, just DM or @ me saying you're from on here

I also have an account for my photos & videos - @PhotosByRyan

 

[Crossover]

So you gave in and joined the Twitter race then, XCDriver? :P (Facebook next? )

I'm not on there, but if someone can persuade me it can be interesting, I may have to follow suit heh

 

[O L Leigh]

You twit.

O L Leigh

 

[Lrd]

I've followed you XCDriver, mine is @lewisday

 

[Donny Dave]

You twit.

O L Leigh

Is that a case of too many twits making a tw .... erm, best not go there!

(As said by David Cameron before the general election.)

 

[Jedipickles]

Im on Twitters too - @jedipickles (:

 

[SWT_USER]

I'm @chrisbrentford - mainly football related as well as a fair bit of complaining about the District line

 

[Hydro]

I'm trying it out again. @JeSuisUnDan

 

[Minilad]

So you gave in and joined the Twitter race then, XCDriver? :P (Facebook next? )

I'm not on there, but if someone can persuade me it can be interesting, I may have to follow suit heh

Facebook never but Twitter does seem to have advantages. Try it you might like it !!

 

[Hydro]

Any recommendations for TOC feeds? They could well come in useful when travelling.

 

[Minilad]

The LM one is good I'm told

 

[Schnellzug]

i don't think there's much point. I think it's a fad that people will get bored of soon, like Bluetooth.

 

[466.networkers]

Any recommendations for TOC feeds? They could well come in useful when travelling.

The LM one is good I'm told

Yeah, @LondonMidland (backup account is @LondonMidland2) are both excellent giving real time disruption information and will answer your questions!

The NRE accounts are good too (see a list here), as well as @nationalrailenq

 

[Darandio]

i don't think there's much point. I think it's a fad that people will get bored of soon, like Bluetooth.

They said the same about Facebook as well.

To be fair, a form of social networking is completely different to a wireless technology standard.

@DPSimulation - I'll bore you to tears in no time, probably by a lack of activity.

 

[SWT_USER]

@SW_Trains feed is very good too.

 

[AlterEgo]

Any recommendations for TOC feeds? They could well come in useful when travelling.

@LondonMidland
@VirginTrains
@nationalrailenq
@SW_Trains
@SouthernRailUK

...are the better ones out there.

 

[Geezertronic]

I have an account but only so I can keep an eye on the kids Never tweeted though

 

[Mike395]

@LondonMidland
@VirginTrains
@nationalrailenq
@SW_Trains
@SouthernRailUK

...are the better ones out there.

Indeed - the person tweeting every other Sunday or so on the @virgintrains feed is probably the most energetic and funny of the lot by the way :P

My personal feed is @mdw1989, but it's not particularly railway-orientated.

 

[Hydro]

Bloody hell, between the TOCs and NRE, you should be able to stay on top of pretty much anything. A manned Twitter feed ought to be a franchise requirement. I tend to read rather than tweet, but hopefully could use it to live update any trains I'm working if anyone wanted to keep track of them.

 

[Aictos]

Any recommendations for TOC feeds? They could well come in useful when travelling.

There is always @networkrail along with @nationalrailenq which is quite useful, indeed during the recent disruption at Bletchley caused by 90046 derailing, it was the quickest way to keep up to date on the live running information and ensuring fellow colleagues and passengers were kept in the loop.

@LondonMidland
@VirginTrains
@nationalrailenq
@SW_Trains
@SouthernRailUK

...are the better ones out there.

Not forgetting @FirstCC

Bloody hell, between the TOCs and NRE, you should be able to stay on top of pretty much anything. A manned Twitter feed ought to be a franchise requirement. I tend to read rather than tweet, but hopefully could use it to live update any trains I'm working if anyone wanted to keep track of them.

That's what I tend to do but will tweet from time to time.... As to a manned Twitter feed being a franchise requirement, I totally agree.