@jonworth.eu
European, originally a Brit, became German, moved to France. Runs #CrossBorderRail project, writes a newsletter about railways. Green, lives happily without a car. Normally stuck on a train, stuck in a village, or escaping either on a folding bicycle.
@jonworth.euYou could. Or - in a milder version - give some price invective to board at Stratford
@jonworth.euMartin Hoffmann was kind enough to send me some images from Köln Hbf that I have added to my post about whether #CrossChannelRail trains Köln - London could use Gleis 5 there
I am not sure these additions make this option look more viable though! 😄
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@jonworth.euThe very reasons this makes sense for Burnham - geopolitical instability, economic headaches - are precisely the reason EU is in a permanent fire fighting mode And in the end that nags at me. If rejoin isn’t to be a fragile thing, it needs to be done well, carefully. And just now you can’t get that
@jonworth.euReading compelling posts from @samfr.bsky.social @robfordmancs.bsky.social & others about how a rejoin the EU pledge makes sense for Labour. I don’t disagree
And politically this is fine, EU side
But in terms of *how* to proceed, no one has a clue, EU side. No one has head space
@jonworth.euIt is from before the line opened! And that view is Serbian side
@jonworth.euSure, but then you get into a negative cycle - trust erodes still further.
@jonworth.euI have encountered one media organisation - Lonely Planet - that had a solid system to check this with their authors. More ought to do that!
@jonworth.euOb das nun böswillig ist oder nicht, kann ich nicht sagen, aber es funktioniert effektiv, weil viel zu viele Leute zu faul sind, um die Bilder, die sie verwenden, sogar nur oberflächlich zu überprüfen.
@jonworth.euThis week there have been a couple of cases of politically inappropriate stock photos of trains being used to illustrate stories
Why this matters, and the most common ones to avoid, I have explained in this article: jonworth.eu/how-to-avoid-u…
@jonworth.euI assume the “Rail Revolution” in Poland doesn’t involve the Russian Sapsan train pictured? 🤔 https://www.rapporteur.com/interview/time-for-a-rail-revolution-in-poland/
@jonworth.euWhatever you call them, every sensible place just numbers tracks. Which is what Poland is moving to do here (the right side of the legend). Their old complex silly system is the left side of the legend.
@jonworth.euThey’re counting both. And signposting both! See the picture.
@jonworth.euEh? Not from Gleis 5. And you think that given I’ve been researching every aspect of the future of the Channel Tunnel I’m unaware of what was said before?
@jonworth.euIf there were any information I could use, sure. But is there any info I could even use for such a piece? 🤔
@jonworth.euHa. Yeah. There is no shortage of space for sure! 😄
@jonworth.eu(Cont) Finger pointing this week: LEO Express blames DB for their fiasco, perhaps they ought look in the mirror A lot of fuss this week: Nothing concrete (yet) about cross border commuter services Irún - Hendaye Photo of the week: Novi Sad station Calendar: Dec launch of Budapest - Beograd trains
@jonworth.euA little late this week, but finally the newsletter is out!
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In this edition:
Bullshit Meter: Direct Köln-London trains will depart Gleis 5 Köln Hbf
Good week: Finally Poland sees sense with platform numbers
Bad week: DSB slammed by Danish audit office
@jonworth.euThe Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger piece, despite its self confident tone, is full of errors and incorrect assumptions, so I am far from sure that south-north thing makes sense there. Maybe someone said it, but I am absolutely certain the journalist did not really enquire about it.
@jonworth.euYou noticed how busy Köln Hbf is? So no, no way in the world you get a path for two platforms that long.
@jonworth.euDid you actually read the post?
