Today’s live text updates
And Daniel Boffey in The Guardian trying to “analyse” the sabotage of France’s rail network today… pfff I’m not linking to that. Speculation and loose insinuations are not what we need.
The dog has departed. So Josette needs to catch up on head buts missed throughout the day 🙂
Nina versucht heute, mit dem Zug von Frankreich nach Spanien zu fahren. Jeder, der meine Schimpftiraden über diese Routen gelesen hat, weiß, dass das irgendwo zwischen dumm und ärgerlich liegt. Ihr könnt die Tiraden in diesem Thread verfolgen.
https://chaos.social/@NinaRckln/112852863442857442
The only problem: you’ve gotta cross France and Spain to get to Portugal. Annoyingly 🙂 Because once you get there its trains are nice! #CrossBorderRail https://chaos.social/@NinaRckln/112852450895724260
The dog has meanwhile dragged his tail through sawdust from the DIY
Clean yourself, dog!
Or don’t drag your tail in the dirt!
Ah no, it’s not a cat 🙂
In “you never know what odd things will happen in the village” today I’ve inadvertently ended up looking after a dog. Who’s happily lazy. Which is just as well as I haven’t got a clue how to deal with dogs.
And it’s a welcome change from DIY all day every day 🙂
It’s always amusing how disconnected marketing departments are from everyday events
This morning as half of France’s long distance rail network is at a standstill… I’m getting marketing from SNCF urging me to travel! 🙂
French high speed rail lines
LGV Est
LGV Atlantique
LGV Nord
ALL hit by vandalism and cable fires *at the same time* on the *day of the opening of the Olympics*
Screenshots from SNCF Connect
I’m lost with these German rail electrification plans by now
Yes, double track and electrification Cottbus - Weißwasser - Görlitz makes sense https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/bahn-zug-ausbau-verkehr-infrastruktur-100.html
BUT I’m pretty sure there’s not a plan to double track Lübbenau - Cottbus (which is a bottleneck also for Görlitz) EDIT: via @gurubert this might get fixed by 2027
AND what about Dresden - Görlitz? That URGENTLY needs electrification… but isn’t advancing
I’m a bit tired of massive thunderstorms now. With wind blowing rain horizontally and making the roof of the house in Ravières leak.
And yes, this is going to be an ever more common occurrence 😭
When you think you’ve seen everything in French rail absurdity, Normandie tops the lot
The Région announces YESTERDAY they’re going to stop passenger trains PERMANENTLY FROM MONDAY on route Serqueux - Gisors
https://actu.fr/societe/terminus-pour-la-ligne-de-passagers-serqueux-gisors-la-region-normandie-arrete-lexploitation_61379667.html
No consultation. No time to protest
But look where this is! Gisors even has RER trains. The line to Serqueux is electrified.
But weekdays they RAN 4 TRAINS A DAY. With a 10 HOUR GAP in the timetable.
NO WONDER NO ONE USED IT! No one can use a service this crap😡
Here’s today’s summary video #CrossBorderRail
https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/rGAB5MqbxSurnXG6BGvWGH
More #CrossBorderRail in about a fortnight
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 19 July
Train 7/7
TER 17762
18:11 Montbard - Nuits-sous-Ravières 18:20
SNCF for TER Mobigo BFC
121km/h
18km
Train type: Régiolis 2 x 6 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free if station allows it - Nuits doesn’t)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂 (clean today)
Montbard
Almost home. But because this is France, not Switzerland, no one thought to coordinate the timetables. So it’s a 35 min wait, then a 9 minute trip. I will wait though - it’s about 60 mins on the bike as the only alternative.
Detail of the Réseau Duplex Tallon
Power car built 1994, carriages built 2006. It’s rare to ever have a TGV carriage just for you, but before departing Mulhouse today that’s the case
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 19 July
Train 6/7
TGV 6706
15:40 Mulhouse - Montbard 17:35
SNCF Voyageurs
143km/h
275km
Train type: TGV Réseau Duplex Tallon, 8 double deck carriages. A further 8 of a newer Duplex generation at the front
⚡️
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅ (step free, then lift down inside)
🛜: ⛔️ (installed but not working)
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 😐 (Duplex, so poor - but for now it’s empty)
🧽: 😐 (Grimy outside, impeccable inside)
And this was the last new #CrossBorderRail border earlier
Grenzach 🇩🇪 - Basel Badischer Bahnhof 🇨🇭
2 new borders yesterday, 7 today. So that makes the total now 256 borders
Waldshut - Koblenz and Grenzach - Basel obviously need improvement, but given upgrades are due to start next year I’ll let those complete before concluding anything
And yes I’ve skipped a train…
Waldshut - Basel Bad Bf was late (thanks DB!) so I missed the connection in Basel. So 🚲 to Basel SBB instead
Nice view of the Rhein though!
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 19 July
Train 5/7
TER 96266
14:51 Basel SBB - Mulhouse 15:14
SNCF for TER Fluo Grand Est
88km/h
34km
Train type: BB26000 locomotive, 8 Corail carrrages, driving control car
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (needs lift on platform)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 😐 (high steps, narrow doors - hard to get luggage up)
🧽: 😐 (ok inside, grimy outside)
And via @ummels here’s the info on the upgrade of the Hochrheinbahn I’m currently on. Complete by end of 2027 all being well… #CrossBorderRail https://www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/presse-regional/pr-stuttgart-de/aktuell/presseinformationen/168-pi_hochrheinbahn_rufv-12581124
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Today’s introduction and summary videos
All the #CrossBorderRail daily videos are on my Peertube channel
Today’s photos
Today’s background
A day of transition from north east Europe to central Europe! The daily InterCity train to Warszawa arrives too late to connect with the night train from there to Budapest, so it’s instead a coach for the cross border section, and then after a few hours in Warszawa onto the night train across 4 countries to Budapest.
Borders examined on this day:
Zebrzydowice 🇵🇱 – Bohumín 🇨🇿
Distance covered:
1407.9km
Transport modes:
🚆 1
🚌 1
Today’s route
The full zoomable and scrollable map, including today’s route, is on uMap here.
