@tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy'Twas the OUIGO from Paris to Hendaye, and we arrived early enough that a connection was possible with the Euskotren service to Bilbao it was scheduled to miss (OUIGO ETA 1704, Euskotren ETD 1703) rather than the next one an hour later. Feels good. 💪🏻🎉💃 #Winning #CrossBorderRail
@jonworth.euWith timetable change on the horizon 13 December, I am starting to systematically analyse what will change with #CrossBorderRail This first 🧵 is about lines that will change their status - places that had no service and will now get some passenger service Any I am missing, do tell me!
@gurubert.mastodon.gurubert.de.ap.brid.gy#unterwegs nach Hause (@ NJ 409 ➡️ Berlin Hbf) #NowTräwelling #CrossBorderRail
@jonworth.euGiven 🇩🇰 & 🇩🇪 double decker push pull trains look *very similar*, and locomotives hauling them can (e.g. Siemens Vectron) can handle multiple voltages, I was asked:
Can a DSB double deck train run Kolding 🇩🇰 - Padborg 🇩🇰 - Flensburg 🇩🇪? #CrossBorderRail
‼️ NO ‼️
Explained: jonworth.eu/how-alstoms-in…
@jonworth.euSo here’s the solution - and even a timetable! - to fix Flensburg 🇩🇪 - Padborg 🇩🇰 (- Tinglev 🇩🇰)
Aim high!
The Vectron Sandwich solution!
jonworth.eu/how-alstoms-in…
(How you can make a connection every hour, using one train, with a locomotive on either end)
#CrossBorderRail
@tundrastyle.bsky.socialIf ever there was a need for some blistering campaigning by @jonworth.eu, it surely has to be on the utterly ridiculous lack of rail connectivity between Ljubljana and Trieste.
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@mikewooldridge.bsky.socialWell worth a read for anyone with an interest in #CrossBorderRail - the reliability of the long-distance Talgo sets, with these often being booked out in the summer, forces a not insignificant amount of longer distance travellers onto these services, as well as effects on those making local trips.
@jonworth.euThat Flensburg 🇩🇪 - Padborg 🇩🇰 #CrossBorderRail would be a problem in 2027 could have been foreseen since 2024
Because DSB is incompetent, they did not act, and now propose a bus replacement for at least a year, likely much longer
How the mess arose, what to do about it 👇
jonworth.eu/how-alstoms-in…
@slothrop.chaos.social.ap.brid.gyMan kann übrigens abends um 19:59 in München Hbf in einem Nachtzug steigen; morgens gegen sechs in Bologna einen Espresso trinken; und ist dann um 10:08 in Neapel.
Falls ihr mal Urlaub braucht.
@moof.spaceOn the rails again... #Interrail #CrossBorderRail
Today, @bovine3dom, @wendy and I are going to Nice, the scenic route. If all goes to plan, there will be ~~4 6~~ 2 border crossings. (Edit: I apparently misunderstood the plan, and transcribed it incorrectly […]
@lospolar.bsky.socialIn one of your recent newsletters you were speculating about what you could do once you've crossed all the #crossborderrail borders. Maybe we can see the return of your famous Brexit flowcharts, this time as Rejoin flowcharts!
@moof.spaceOn the rails again... #Interrail #CrossBorderRail
Today, @bovine3dom, @wendy and I felt like lunch at an Italian restaurant, so we are going from Luzern to Luzern via Tirano. We’re doing the same route as the Bernina Express.
Today’s Itinerary […]
@smveerman.zug.network.ap.brid.gyBecause of construction works, from July to the end of September 2027 most ICE trains Amsterdam - Frankfurt will run Amsterdam - München and not serve Köln Hbf and Frankfurt Hbf #CrossBorderRail
@jonworth.euDid some quick experiments turning a GPX file and some photos of the Třemešná ve Slezsku - Osoblaha train ride into a mapped video animation, using the Trail Replay tool
The video is here:
peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/beB3GgEB7UgJ…
Handy to make videos of my #CrossBorderRail investigations…
@nafmo.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gySå, nå vet vi hvor raskt det er mulig å kjøre #tog fra #Stockholm til #Oslo hvis det hadde vært dobbeltspor. Kan vi plz få dobbeltspor mellom Kongsvinger og Oslo? Gjerne sånn for 15 år siden?
@simon514.bsky.socialalso TIL double-tracking the #CrossBorderRail to Venlo is for real being studied, but still very much early days, not even planning phase 1 yet
@jonworth.euAnd here is the Thalys early 2018 timetable: www.scribd.com/document/85893… Between then and 2023 there WERE changes: Bruxelles - Paris (the cash cow) was stepped up, everything else altered or reduced. #CrossBorderRail
@jonworth.euYep, better than nothing, but they’re just returning it to the same rather unimpressive standard it was before! #CrossBorderRail
@jonworth.euThis week my feeds were full of posts that San Sebastián - Irun trains would be extended to Hendaye 🇫🇷, from 17th Oct #CrossBorderRail
*So far* I can find no confirmation of this
We know it’s planned: www.diariovasco.com/gipuzkoa/trene…
But I don’t trust this: www.trainsdumidi.com/t18990-cercani…
@moof.spaceI have made it to Weil am Rhein, which, it turns out, is a stop for this train.
Now I’m trying to work out if Weil am Rhein Grenze is a stop in Germany or Switzerland.
The fun of #CrossBorderRail