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Michael YK Chung

@happymichael

aka Happy! Senior Engineer at @atkinsrealis in the #Rail industry. @imperialcollege @StudentHubs Alumni. @STEMAmbassadors. All views are mine!

 London / Hong Kong
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Joined March 2007
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Gareth Dennis@GarethDennisSep 12
Thinking about South African Airways Flight 295. Probably not a good idea to fly United if they are doing this.
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@theinterceptSep 9
Flying United? Your checked bags may have an unwelcome neighbor in the cargo hold. United has made thousands of shipments of war materiel to Israel, including parts for fighter jets and tanks — all onboard civilian passenger flights, according to a new report. interc.pt/4ilcq4u
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📣 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT @LordJohnBrowne: "Our 2024 Laureates continue to drive engineering advancement and push the boundaries of what is possible." #QEPrize2024
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Phil Sturgeon@philsturgeon12 Oct 2023
The sound of people suddenly realizing HS2 was about capacity. It was about moving fast services to dedicated lines to free up more space for everything else, including freight, and local trains, which is good for everyone. Now we'll have 0.5 million more trucks.
Jon Stone (@joncstone) profile pictureJon Stone@joncstone12 Oct 2023
Misery for motorists as Rishi Sunak’s HS2 cut set to add 500,000 lorries to traffic jams. The new line would have freed up capacity for more freight trains on the west coast mainline independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
Misery for motorists as Sunak’s HS2 cut set to add 500,000 lorries to traffic jams

Misery for motorists as Sunak’s HS2 cut set to add 500,000 lorries to traffic jams

Transport bosses say HS2 plan to shift huge quantities of freight to rail now impossible

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By cancelling the Northern leg of HS2, the Prime Minister has taken much needed rail investment and ploughed it into yet more roads... ...Our response to the Prime Minister's speech 👇bettertransport.org.uk/media…

Ragtag and bobtail transport projects will not compensate for hammer blow of cancelled Northern leg...

“This ragtag and bobtail selection of bits and pieces – some of which no doubt have merit – will not compensate for the hammer blow that has been delivered today....

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This is not long-term transport planning; it's short-term expediency. Ripping up 25 yrs of transport policies - many enacted under previous Conservative Governments - in a desperate attempt to win votes is deeply retrograde and will damage communities, the country and the planet.
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@transportgovuk2 Oct 2023
Today we’ve launched our Plan for Drivers – 30 new actions we are taking to help put motorists back in the driving seat. Read the full plan 👉 gov.uk/government/news/gover… #PlanForDrivers
Plan for drivers: Smoother journeys, easier parking, stop unfair enforcement, tackle inconsiderate driving, help switch to zero emission cars

ALT Plan for drivers: Smoother journeys, easier parking, stop unfair enforcement, tackle inconsiderate driving, help switch to zero emission cars

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Replying to @LNER
@LNER Hi! Got the alert to say HCB-GSY via KGX/LDS is available for 24/9 is now available but then it says on the journey page that the timetable is not yet finalised - think it's actually the @SouthernRailUK leg that is not confirmed yet.
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How would the advance ticket work if Southern works mean I can't make it to KGX in time for the booked train? Would I be able to cancel the round trip if that was the case? Thanks!
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NIMBY Britain in one infuriating sentence. From @s8mb’s excellent piece on the fundamental problems Britain must fix if it is to become a serious country and return to growth thetimes.co.uk/article/why-h…
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Soapbox time. busandtrainuser.com/2023/01/…
Who’s running the railway?

Who’s running the railway?

Saturday 7th January 2023 Listening to Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport and Mick Lynch, General Secretary of the RMT doing the media rounds during this week’s strikes brought home the …

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As Katharine Birbalsingh steps down as the government social mobility tsar, a thread on girls, physics & the devastating effect of stereotypes. Girls are not put off physics because of "hard maths" (girls got more top grades than boys in A level maths in 2021 & 2022). Instead,
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.@TfL FYI Mmm...
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This is Engineering@ThisIsEng2 Nov 2022
How many engineers does it take to build a moving clock cake? 👀 Turns out the answer is three! Sustainable energy champion Dr Rahul Mandal @BakewithRahul talks about working with @GiuseppeCooks and @CakeSmyth on the #NationalEngineeringDay cake!
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Happy #NationalEngineeringDay! It was so fun to take part in the official campaign video this year and meet my GBBO heroes - check out the video! @RAEngNews @ThisIsEng
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youtu.be/v6pxu7WMB8U Enjoy!
'Time to Celebrate Engineering' - A #NationalEngineeringDay celebration cake (subtitled)

'Time to Celebrate Engineering' - A #NationalEngineeringDay celebration cake (subtitled)

Three former stars of the #greatbritishbakeoff (GBBO) have teamed u...

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Simon Evans@DrSimEvans15 Aug 2022
UPDATE Labour has announced £29bn to "freeze" the UK household energy price cap for 6mths from October The money stacks up against my calculations… …but extending the "freeze" for a year would take the cost to more like £73bn carbonbrief.org/analysis-why…
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Simon Evans@DrSimEvans12 Aug 2022
My latest: Some genuinely terrifying analysis on UK energy bills… 💷bills >£5k, highest in >50y 🏡2/3 to be in fuel poverty 🏥home energy costs £193bn (>> education + defence) …& political offerings not even close to meeting scale of the crisis 1/ carbonbrief.org/analysis-why…
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The Double Arrow sign is back at my local station!
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What an email subject - where do I queue?!
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As I got off the super warm train this evening, the new #Class701 sitting in the background is quite a tease!
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