The research phase of #CrossBorderRail 2024 is done, so now it is time to start to assess what I learned. The first conclusions will be presented in a public webinar at 19:00 CEST on 9th July. The webinar has now concluded, and you can view it here: The slides that […]
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Sunday 26 May, at about 6am, I will hop on the faithful Birdy folding bike and cycle from Ravières to Montbard – the first of about 125 stages of #CrossBorderRail. Over the 5 weeks that follow I will travel more than 13000km, and investigate 35 new railway borders, most of […]
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During my #CrossBorderRail projects in 2022 and 2023 I sent postcards throughout the trips. In 2022 European Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean even received a postcard from me every single day of the project! For #CrossBorderRail 2024 I am going to be repeating the postcards, with a slightly different format. […]
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I’m writing this blog post at my desk in Berlin, back home after the final part of my Autumn 2023 #CrossBorderRail journey. The past 10 days have taken me to Slovenia’s borders, then via Karlsruhe through France to Spain and Portugal, and then via Santiago to Compostela and Portugal again, […]
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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 media – there are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) and Bluesky (@jonworth.eu & Custom Feed) Text updates […]
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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 media – there are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) and Bluesky (@jonworth.eu & Custom Feed) Text updates […]
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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 media – there are always posts on Mastodon (@jon@gruene.social & #CrossBorderRail) and Bluesky (@jonworth.eu & Custom Feed) Text updates […]
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The #CrossBorderRail finale for 2023 starts on 17th October. I am heading first from Berlin to Slovenia, from there to Karlsruhe for the BAG Mobilität & Verkehr of the German Grüne, and then head to Spain and Portugal (to speak at the Interreg annual event in Santiago de Compostela). There […]
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This one has been long in the planning, and we’ve now only finally got everything together a week ahead, but I am happy to announce the #CrossBorderRail event at the Slovenian Railway Museum, Ljubljana, on Wednesday 18 October from 17:00 CEST (map). The event is organised together with the British […]
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#CrossBorderRail is a very political project – to push for better international railway connections between European countries. But one of the things that makes the project so fun is that it has taken me to some wonderful places amongst the 130 borders I have crossed in the past 12 months […]
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