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#CrossBorderRail re-starts 17 October, this time also with threads on Bluesky

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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The best #CrossBorderRail lines to visit

#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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Live blog – Extra Day 05, 2 June – Barcelona – Béziers – Nice – Ventimiglia – Pisa – Pontedera-Casciana Terme

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110473110479282665 […]

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Live blog – Extra Day 04, 31 May – Berlin – Basel – Nuits-sous-Ravières – Paris – Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg

Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route   Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110461253911531737 […]

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The plan for the #CrossBorderRail extra days in May and June 2023 is ready

It has been only a matter of days since my Germany borders project concluded, and I am off again! All of the extra journeys I am about to make are mapped here. First 26-28 May I am making a 3000km journey from Berlin via Kraslice to Klagenfurt, from Klagenfurt via […]

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The Germany borders research is done – but there are events and more trips to come!

The train journeys for the Germany borders project 2023 are now done. You can find the complete route in a Spreadsheet here, and mapped here. 67 trains, more than 60 of them using a Deutschlandticket, and more than 500km on the Birdy folding bicycle and no serious delays or mishaps. […]

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