Stuart Thomas
@stuartthomas.bsky.social
Communications Director, LNER
Former BBC Head of Midlands, Editor of ITV London Tonight, Editor of LBC.
(Posts prior to 13/11/2024 are an archive of X posts)
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Great news for travellers between London and Leeds!
We've launched new super-low fares from just £12, with Railcard holders able to travel for as little as £8.
These fares are available Mon-Fri on the 0540 from London and 2110 from Leeds @LNER.co.uk services.
We've launched new super-low fares from just £12, with Railcard holders able to travel for as little as £8.
These fares are available Mon-Fri on the 0540 from London and 2110 from Leeds @LNER.co.uk services.
September 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Great news for travellers between London and Leeds!
We've launched new super-low fares from just £12, with Railcard holders able to travel for as little as £8.
These fares are available Mon-Fri on the 0540 from London and 2110 from Leeds @LNER.co.uk services.
We've launched new super-low fares from just £12, with Railcard holders able to travel for as little as £8.
These fares are available Mon-Fri on the 0540 from London and 2110 from Leeds @LNER.co.uk services.
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Good luck to everyone running in the Great North Run today! 🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored the @lner.co.uk team who are running for CALM www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored the @lner.co.uk team who are running for CALM www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
As we mark World Suicide Prevention Day, more than twenty LNER colleagues are gearing up for the Great North Run this weekend.
They've secured thousands of pounds in sponsor donations for CALM, contributing to the £780,000 we've raised towards their vital work since our partnership began in 2018.
They've secured thousands of pounds in sponsor donations for CALM, contributing to the £780,000 we've raised towards their vital work since our partnership began in 2018.
September 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Good luck to everyone running in the Great North Run today! 🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored the @lner.co.uk team who are running for CALM www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored the @lner.co.uk team who are running for CALM www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
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It’s World Suicide Prevention Day.
@LNER.co.uk partners with anti-suicide charity CALM - and this weekend a group of 22 colleagues are raising money for them at the Great North Run.
Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
@LNER.co.uk partners with anti-suicide charity CALM - and this weekend a group of 22 colleagues are raising money for them at the Great North Run.
Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
September 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
It’s World Suicide Prevention Day.
@LNER.co.uk partners with anti-suicide charity CALM - and this weekend a group of 22 colleagues are raising money for them at the Great North Run.
Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
@LNER.co.uk partners with anti-suicide charity CALM - and this weekend a group of 22 colleagues are raising money for them at the Great North Run.
Please help if you can: www.justgiving.com/team/lner-gr...
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In The Cab - Digital Signalling Goes Live on the East Coast Main Line
A really insightful report on the latest progress with the East Coast Digital Programme from Green Signals! Featuring @LNER.co.uk and other industry experts - well worth a watch!
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A really insightful report on the latest progress with the East Coast Digital Programme from Green Signals! Featuring @LNER.co.uk and other industry experts - well worth a watch!
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In The Cab - Digital Signalling Goes Live on the East Coast Main Line
YouTube video by Green Signals
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September 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
In The Cab - Digital Signalling Goes Live on the East Coast Main Line
A really insightful report on the latest progress with the East Coast Digital Programme from Green Signals! Featuring @LNER.co.uk and other industry experts - well worth a watch!
youtu.be/sYyrB1GXfk0?... n
A really insightful report on the latest progress with the East Coast Digital Programme from Green Signals! Featuring @LNER.co.uk and other industry experts - well worth a watch!
youtu.be/sYyrB1GXfk0?... n
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Today we’re operating 2 Newcastle-Bedford return @lner.co.uk services to provide customers with additional options as our main route is closed for engineering work - I’m pleased to share that the first service arrived into Bedford as planned, closely supervised by members of our planning team!
August 30, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Today we’re operating 2 Newcastle-Bedford return @lner.co.uk services to provide customers with additional options as our main route is closed for engineering work - I’m pleased to share that the first service arrived into Bedford as planned, closely supervised by members of our planning team!
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Out and about this morning - quick round trip from Newark to Lincoln and back on one of our @lner.co.uk direct services. Always fascinating to see some of our last remaining semaphore signals at Swinderby. Love the statue to George Boole, founder of Boolean algebra, at the front of the station.
August 12, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Out and about this morning - quick round trip from Newark to Lincoln and back on one of our @lner.co.uk direct services. Always fascinating to see some of our last remaining semaphore signals at Swinderby. Love the statue to George Boole, founder of Boolean algebra, at the front of the station.
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We’re operating two direct @lner.co.uk services between Newcastle and Bedford to make journeys to/from London easier during the upcoming engineering work closure on Sunday 30 August. They will connect at Bedford with Thameslink services.
July 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We’re operating two direct @lner.co.uk services between Newcastle and Bedford to make journeys to/from London easier during the upcoming engineering work closure on Sunday 30 August. They will connect at Bedford with Thameslink services.
Fancy a cab ride in an @lner.co.uk classic Class 91 from London to Newcastle - all while raising money for the Rail Benefit Fund?
Check out the auction now - it ends next Friday!
go.eventgroovefundraising.com/auction2026/...
Check out the auction now - it ends next Friday!
go.eventgroovefundraising.com/auction2026/...
July 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Fancy a cab ride in an @lner.co.uk classic Class 91 from London to Newcastle - all while raising money for the Rail Benefit Fund?
Check out the auction now - it ends next Friday!
go.eventgroovefundraising.com/auction2026/...
Check out the auction now - it ends next Friday!
go.eventgroovefundraising.com/auction2026/...
July 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ triumph from @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social - honoured to attend the press night of ‘The Market Deeping Model Railway Club’.
Based around the destruction of the club’s 2019 exhibition, this play is brilliant - yes there are trains, but it is really about the people. Runs until 25 July.
Based around the destruction of the club’s 2019 exhibition, this play is brilliant - yes there are trains, but it is really about the people. Runs until 25 July.
July 11, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ triumph from @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social - honoured to attend the press night of ‘The Market Deeping Model Railway Club’.
Based around the destruction of the club’s 2019 exhibition, this play is brilliant - yes there are trains, but it is really about the people. Runs until 25 July.
Based around the destruction of the club’s 2019 exhibition, this play is brilliant - yes there are trains, but it is really about the people. Runs until 25 July.
🎙️Routes from @lner.co.uk is back!
Season 3 of the hit podcast kicks off with the one and only @chesneyhawkes.bsky.social in a new look studio that gives off some serious First Class Lounge vibes.
Listen on LNER by scanning the QR code at your seat or find it here:
www.lner.co.uk/destinations...
Season 3 of the hit podcast kicks off with the one and only @chesneyhawkes.bsky.social in a new look studio that gives off some serious First Class Lounge vibes.
Listen on LNER by scanning the QR code at your seat or find it here:
www.lner.co.uk/destinations...
July 7, 2026 at 7:24 AM
🎙️Routes from @lner.co.uk is back!
Season 3 of the hit podcast kicks off with the one and only @chesneyhawkes.bsky.social in a new look studio that gives off some serious First Class Lounge vibes.
Listen on LNER by scanning the QR code at your seat or find it here:
www.lner.co.uk/destinations...
Season 3 of the hit podcast kicks off with the one and only @chesneyhawkes.bsky.social in a new look studio that gives off some serious First Class Lounge vibes.
Listen on LNER by scanning the QR code at your seat or find it here:
www.lner.co.uk/destinations...
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Happy retirement to Mike, who is retiring today from his role at Newark Northgate station, after joining our railway in 2005. Mike, aged 82, has helped many of our customers over the years, most recently as part of the team who provides our passenger assistance service. Thank you, Mike! @lner.co.uk
July 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Happy retirement to Mike, who is retiring today from his role at Newark Northgate station, after joining our railway in 2005. Mike, aged 82, has helped many of our customers over the years, most recently as part of the team who provides our passenger assistance service. Thank you, Mike! @lner.co.uk
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We have implemented a reduced @LNER.co.uk train service today and tomorrow - all Lincoln-London and 50% of Leeds-London services will not run. There are also some amendments to our Hull and Middlesbrough services.
We advise do not travel today. Tickets dated today will be accepted until 30 June.
We advise do not travel today. Tickets dated today will be accepted until 30 June.
June 24, 2026 at 6:44 AM
We have implemented a reduced @LNER.co.uk train service today and tomorrow - all Lincoln-London and 50% of Leeds-London services will not run. There are also some amendments to our Hull and Middlesbrough services.
We advise do not travel today. Tickets dated today will be accepted until 30 June.
We advise do not travel today. Tickets dated today will be accepted until 30 June.
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Proud to announce that we are introducing #AskForAngela across our trains and stations - making @LNER.co.uk the first UK train operator to do so.
This is about something simple but vital: giving anyone who feels unsafe a discreet way to ask for help and know they’ll be supported.
This is about something simple but vital: giving anyone who feels unsafe a discreet way to ask for help and know they’ll be supported.
June 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Proud to announce that we are introducing #AskForAngela across our trains and stations - making @LNER.co.uk the first UK train operator to do so.
This is about something simple but vital: giving anyone who feels unsafe a discreet way to ask for help and know they’ll be supported.
This is about something simple but vital: giving anyone who feels unsafe a discreet way to ask for help and know they’ll be supported.
Here’s something you don’t see every day - an @lner.co.uk Azuma in Bedford.
It was on test last night - as we look for new ways to keep people moving when the East Coast route’s shut for engineering work.
It could mean a lot more flexibility.
Full details👉🏻 news.lner.co.uk/news/lner-az...
It was on test last night - as we look for new ways to keep people moving when the East Coast route’s shut for engineering work.
It could mean a lot more flexibility.
Full details👉🏻 news.lner.co.uk/news/lner-az...
June 4, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Here’s something you don’t see every day - an @lner.co.uk Azuma in Bedford.
It was on test last night - as we look for new ways to keep people moving when the East Coast route’s shut for engineering work.
It could mean a lot more flexibility.
Full details👉🏻 news.lner.co.uk/news/lner-az...
It was on test last night - as we look for new ways to keep people moving when the East Coast route’s shut for engineering work.
It could mean a lot more flexibility.
Full details👉🏻 news.lner.co.uk/news/lner-az...
Great meeting teams from various local Community Rail Partnerships today.
@communityrail.bsky.social do a fantastic job promoting rail & today they’re at York station - along with the
@lner.co.uk community team - as part of Community Rail Week.
Do have a chat with them if you’re passing through!
@communityrail.bsky.social do a fantastic job promoting rail & today they’re at York station - along with the
@lner.co.uk community team - as part of Community Rail Week.
Do have a chat with them if you’re passing through!
June 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Great meeting teams from various local Community Rail Partnerships today.
@communityrail.bsky.social do a fantastic job promoting rail & today they’re at York station - along with the
@lner.co.uk community team - as part of Community Rail Week.
Do have a chat with them if you’re passing through!
@communityrail.bsky.social do a fantastic job promoting rail & today they’re at York station - along with the
@lner.co.uk community team - as part of Community Rail Week.
Do have a chat with them if you’re passing through!
The iconic Flying Scotsman service is back in its original 1000 departure slot today from Edinburgh to London 🚄
The service is now back running both ways, with the Scotland-bound train leaving London at 1030.
Classic timings. Legendary journeys. And @lner.co.uk’s famous customer service.
The service is now back running both ways, with the Scotland-bound train leaving London at 1030.
Classic timings. Legendary journeys. And @lner.co.uk’s famous customer service.
May 18, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The iconic Flying Scotsman service is back in its original 1000 departure slot today from Edinburgh to London 🚄
The service is now back running both ways, with the Scotland-bound train leaving London at 1030.
Classic timings. Legendary journeys. And @lner.co.uk’s famous customer service.
The service is now back running both ways, with the Scotland-bound train leaving London at 1030.
Classic timings. Legendary journeys. And @lner.co.uk’s famous customer service.
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The ‘Flying Scotsman’ is back! This morning, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers will mark the return of the iconic ‘Flying Scotsman’ name on the express @lner.co.uk services 10.00 from Edinburgh Waverley and 10.30 from London King’s Cross - scheduled to take just 4h09min capital-to-capital.
May 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM
The ‘Flying Scotsman’ is back! This morning, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers will mark the return of the iconic ‘Flying Scotsman’ name on the express @lner.co.uk services 10.00 from Edinburgh Waverley and 10.30 from London King’s Cross - scheduled to take just 4h09min capital-to-capital.
High speed trains spin wind turbines to generate power in first UK trial
@lner.co.uk
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High speed trains spin wind turbines to generate power in first UK trial
Generating electricity from passing trains could help make rail travel 'even greener choice'
www.independent.co.uk
May 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
High speed trains spin wind turbines to generate power in first UK trial
@lner.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
@lner.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The iconic Flying Scotsman train service is coming back to London
@lner.co.uk
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
@lner.co.uk
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
The iconic Flying Scotsman train service is coming back to London
Expect haggis, neeps and tatties to celebrate.
www.timeout.com
April 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The iconic Flying Scotsman train service is coming back to London
@lner.co.uk
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
@lner.co.uk
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
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Sign up for the Railway Lottery - a great new way to support the important work of the Railway Benefit Fund! Plus you can win one of the weekly prizes! Sign up link below 👇
April 25, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Sign up for the Railway Lottery - a great new way to support the important work of the Railway Benefit Fund! Plus you can win one of the weekly prizes! Sign up link below 👇
Inside the fancy first class lounge at one of the UK’s best train stations – with private booths and free food & drink
www.thesun.co.uk/travel/38675...
@lner.co.uk
www.thesun.co.uk/travel/38675...
@lner.co.uk
Inside the fancy first class lounge at top UK train station with private booths
THE LNER first class lounge at London King’s Cross Station will reopen tomorrow after a plush makeover. It’s the perfect place to relax with plenty of seating, private booths and compli…
www.thesun.co.uk
March 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Inside the fancy first class lounge at one of the UK’s best train stations – with private booths and free food & drink
www.thesun.co.uk/travel/38675...
@lner.co.uk
www.thesun.co.uk/travel/38675...
@lner.co.uk
Bradford - say hello to @lner.co.uk Beryl Bikes 🚲
March 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Bradford - say hello to @lner.co.uk Beryl Bikes 🚲
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Have you seen our “Hollywood walk of fame” stars celebrating notable railway women at London King’s Cross and York stations?
You can read more about the women featured on our @lner.co.uk website (link below)
#IWD26
You can read more about the women featured on our @lner.co.uk website (link below)
#IWD26
March 8, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Have you seen our “Hollywood walk of fame” stars celebrating notable railway women at London King’s Cross and York stations?
You can read more about the women featured on our @lner.co.uk website (link below)
#IWD26
You can read more about the women featured on our @lner.co.uk website (link below)
#IWD26
