Netherlands

Live Blog – Conclusions Tour Day 12 – 2 October – Bruxelles – Gent – Eeklo – Brugge

Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Route map | Photos   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon – follow me on Mastodon @jon@gruene.socialSome updates will also be occasionally be posted on Bluesky – follow me @jonworth.eu   Jump to: Updates | Summary […]

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Live Blog – Conclusions Tour Day 11 – 29 September – Berlin – Hagen – Herzogenrath – Maastricht – Liège – Bruxelles

Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Route map | Photos   Today’s live text updates Text updates are auto-generated from Mastodon – follow me on Mastodon @jon@gruene.socialSome updates will also be occasionally be posted on Bluesky – follow me @jonworth.eu   Jump to: Updates | Summary […]

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#CrossBorderRail: what am I trying to find? And what’s the goal?

15 June 2022, and it is Day 2 of my very first #CrossBorderRail tour, and it is a gorgeous sunny morning in Nijmegen in Netherlands. I unfold the Birdy bike and cycle off towards the 6th border of the project at that stage, the dismantled line between Nijmegen and Kleve […]

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Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 12 – 28 March – Den Haag – Amsterdam – Bruxelles

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail)   Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]

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Live Blog – #CrossChannelRail Day 11 – 27 March – Mönchengladbach – Köln – Liège – Den Haag

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   The best way to follow #CrossBorderRail as the trip develops is on social mediaThere are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossChannelRail)   Today’s live text updates Link to the archive of today’s […]

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The accessibility problems with Alstom’s new TGV-M train – with implications for future Channel Tunnel operators

There is no way to sweeten this: my original conclusion that Alstom’s Avelia Horizon (known as TGV-M with SNCF) is not legal at higher station platforms outside France was incorrect. Because transparency and correcting my errors matters to me, you can read the original blog entry in full here – […]

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#CrossChannelRail is GO! The future of long distance services through the Channel Tunnel

For the past three summers, #CrossBorderRail journeys have happened every summer. So far I have been to 288 international railway lines in Europe, and – with a bit of experience now! – I know how to run these projects. But, I wondered, why not apply the same method to one […]

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#CrossBorderRail looks at the Channel Tunnel – #CrossChannelRail will be the first project for 2025

A full project page about #CrossChannelRail is now available here!   Little did I know when I wrote it! My long analysis of through trains through the Channel Tunnel written a year became an unlikely hit – it’s the most read blog entry I have ever written. However there is […]

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