Ah 👏 SNCF and DB “en coopération” 25 June Paris - Berlin, same train, whose timetable do I believe? 19:04 or 20:21 arrival in Berlin #CrossBorderRail Found via @julienw

@jon Speaking of Strasbourg, I was sitting there after the first incoming non-TGV direct train from Metz of the day, but had to waste about 1h30 despite no delay, because despite regular Strasbourg-Mulhouse trains, few continue to Basel (on a Sunday at least) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Blick in den Zug hinein: Mein Faltrad hat im polnischen IC seinen Platz bei den anderen Fahrrädern gefunden, jedoch steht es klein zusammen gefaltet daneben. Weil es passt. Ansonsten haben die Menschen aus Polen Mountainbikes am Start und ein deutsches […] [Original post on social.tchncs.de]

Taking the ČD ComfortJet from Hamburg-Altona to København H. First time for me. Surprisingly, the train is quite full, even in First class. Wonder if some earlier disruption meant that many people missed the previous DSB train to Copenhagen? Normally […] [Original post on mementomori.social]

On va vivre quelque chose de difficilement concevable : à quelques degrés près, certaines régions de France frôlent des seuils de canicule*… en plein mois de mai. 1/7

@cycling_on_rails you can enter and exit the gates with your debit card. if you enter and exit at one station you won't be charged provided you stay for less than an hour https://www.ns.nl/en/travel-information/check-in-check-out much more civilised than france/the uk. useful for saying […]

The full range of DB tickets are available on Railfinder starting today! Sooo much work has gone into this, including a lot of improvements under the hood to enable this and future tickets/features. Feels so good to finally be able to go live and see it all work in real life!

Good morning #trainbubble #BahnBubble 👋 This week I'll be in the Netherlands, and planning to do a bit of scouting about the #cyclingonrails situation in the area (without bicycle but with the photo equipment 📸). Anything I should be aware of? Any recommendations? Benelux is one of the […]

It is nice to see that London transformed from absolute dog💩 level of bicycle infrastructure, that was IMO below Berlin of the 90s just 15 years or so ago, to come out at least a level above the Berlin of today. 🫠 I was really looking forward to a collaboration of Evan and @notjustbikes and […]

Lo-cost open-access operator GoVolta is to end it's Amsterdam-Hamburg service after only 2 months, to increase its Amsterdam-Berlin service from 3 to 6 times a week: www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/20...

Es ist glaube ich der Kern der Tragik unseres aktuellen Versagens im Klimaschutz, dass wir kein Werkzeug haben, um so ein Verhalten zu verhindern. Es ist natürlich völlig daneben 23000km zu fliegen und dabei zig Tonnen CO2 in die Luft zu blasen, nur um ein Fußballspiel zu sehen […]

Former JŽ 411-034 > HŽ 6111 024 > ŽFBH 411-034 at Sarajevo 😍

State railways this week CER (state railway trade lobby) in Brussels “Big evil US tech platforms will cream off our profits if the EU gets its way with ticketing reform!” DB Regio “Hey Google, here’s a load of data so you can sell our tickets!” […]

The EC has presented its #passengerpackage It sure does not lack in ambition to improve passenger rights and enable a fair and neutral ticketing market, and this ambition is great. Proposed implementation contain many details that won’t work in practice, however. Hopefully there will be […]

Here is the definition of media accreditation: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/press-services/media-accreditation/annual-media-accreditation-eu-institutions_en That is... rather restrictive. And also rather pre-internet era in how it is defined. #passengerpackage

Hello les Niçois ! Pour ma prochaine vidéo sur tunnel rue du Congrès , j’aurais besoin de quelques illustrations, ça rajouterait pas mal à l’immersion ! Je suis disponible en DM, et n’hésitez pas à me dire directement comment vous souhaitez être crédités !

Remember those Paris schools streets we've been pitching? Zohran has found a way to do it in NYC combined with the World Cup, making 50 closed soccer "school streets"

is it really true that the seated carriages on nightjets between Amsterdam and Zurich reservation optional? and if i were to want a reservation where would i best get one? ÖBB don't seem to offer them (i am aware that seats are worse than beds. but there are no beds available) 1/2 #bahnbubble

another lazy #bahnbubble question for you all: has anyone had success changing the destination of a blue Eurostar interrail passholder supplement? if it is possible, presumably one needs to contact customer support because their web form only lets me change the date

Calling all you #rail and #CrossBorderRail experts in the Fediverse! I am walking the Camino de Santiago, and plan to leave it at or near Leon. How do I get to France and then to Brussels? Should I aim for the Euskotren from San Sebastian to Hendaye? RailEurope wants me to go through... Madrid […]

Lots of people talking about buying solar panels. Alas if you look online there's a lot of retailers with all sorts of panels for sale, not all of which are honest. Want an easy way to check if the listed power output is plausible? Example using a 50w panel listed on Amazon. It's 370x820mm. Step […]

And for the international crowd, the first element of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel successfully immersed! https://femern.com/press/news/the-first-element-of-the-fehmarnbelt-tunnel-successfully-immersed/ #CrossBorderRail #BahnBubble

@jon @Sobex In my view the main issue with the "incumbents sell everyone's tickets (but not the other way around)" is that incumbents monopolies still control the *algorithm* presenting results. Want to prioritize operator A over B when both are available? Nope. Want longer connection times or […]

On today's hot topic in #czechia.

Shit show of a railway. The TER to Luxembourg didn’t wait 1 min for the incoming TER from Strasbourg.

I have a friend who is very fond of this mindmelting example of wayfinding at West Ham station. To the extent that she takes family and friends there to take selfies. So come on the internet, what other examples of mad signage are there out there?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Moritz_Kleine/116504589380474620 Hum je n'ai pas trop compris le concept. Entre barrières, zones interdites et escaliers ça m'a l'air d'être le niveau -10 de l'accessibilité à vélo dans le train! Seul point positif: pas besoin de mettre les vélos sur des crochets à […]

🖥️ Le télétravail a-t-il des effets sur notre mobilité quotidienne? Par Transitec, BMH & l'Université de Lausanne #ouvema (@PatrickRerat) ➡️ Le télétravail peut-il réduire les km & lisser les pointes (route & transports publics)? ➡️ Y a-t-il des effets rebonds? ➡️ Le télétravail peut-il rendre […]

@thibaultlapers.be @jonworth.eu @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy www.rtl.be/actu/belgiqu...

RE: https://masto.nu/@MoveTheNeedle/116487985065502837 @jon Good to know that 4-minute delays become 15 minutes at the German border because border checks are using outdated, fragmented, half-connected passport-scanning software! 🤡 /sarcasm

Here’s the “electric trains will run to the airport in 2025” airport station

It’s silently a big day for Railfinder today – after 9 months of living with a performance issue in an external system that we’re dependent on for ticketing, it. is. finally. fixed!! If you’ve tested Railfinder in the past and found prices to load too slowly, now is the time to try again. Big […]

Tirana bike lanes

Die Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) hat angesichts drohenden Kerosinmangels im Sommer ein Special "Zeit, zum Zug zu kommen" veröffentlicht, mit den "besten Reportagen, Interviews und Service-Tipps [...], die Lust machen, mit dem Zug zu verreisen" […] [Original post on zug.network]

Google's antonymous taxi company says it won't obey traffic safety laws because its customers want convenience, so screw those bicyclists who don't want to be injured or killed. https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo

OK, I have seen some silly timetables in my time, but this tops the lot Night train 94 Stockholm C - Boden C arrives Boden at 05:42 Regional train 7182 Boden C - Haparanda leaves Boden at 🥁 05:42 So you miss it And the next one is at 12:02! What were […] [Original post on gruene.social]

This is the type of thing that makes you realise how glacially slowly railways move It’ll take 18 months to be able to up the number of daily Paris - Berlin services from 1 to 2 #CrossBorderRail […]

Some train news of the week: - Velvet (open-access French high-speed operator) unveiled/received its first TGV-M, targeting 2028 launch: https://railmarket.com/news/rolling-stock/55562-velvet-unveils-first-alstom-avelia-horizon-trainset-for-french-high-speed-expansion - Nox (European night train […]

Link via @HRCH - The Guardian reports on T&E’s research about rail booking problems https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/21/almost-half-of-eus-busiest-flight-routes-are-hard-or-impossible-to-book-on-trains-report As an analysis of the problem this is ok. We need a bit more about […]

After teaching at the College of Europe for more than a decade, my course was summarily cancelled by email, ending my work there, and without a word of thanks Unlike other underlings in a passive-aggressive environment, I have a voice - my blog, and this blog post […]

if i add platform predictions to all the things does that mean i need to learn all the european languages to come up with a pun as good as On Voie Tous for each extension or do i bundle it all into one extension maybe i should make an app so once it has traction i […] [Original post on masto.ai]

URGENT : Sauvons le tunnel du Congrès ! La ville de Nice envisage de rouvrir le mini-tunnel du Congrès aux voitures. Ce serait une perte immense pour notre sécurité et la continuité cyclable vers la Promenade. 👉 Signez la pétition : agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/to...

I think my SNCF platform predictions are good enough that I'd like some initial feedback before I update the web extension version for the _grand public_ 1) install a userscript manager like tampermonkey if you don't have one already […] [Original post on masto.ai]

These Eurostar emails a day before your train are 🤦‍♂️ What is the most useful information to know? - WHEN does the train depart? - WHAT seats are reserved? - HOW do I get my ticket QR code*? Does the email contain that information? NO! The train is 09:46 […] [Original post on gruene.social]

i suspect my model is being either overly cautious or even just wrong but i am really enjoying how it thinks there's a 20% chance that the SNCF is lying when it says that the train to Grasse will leave from platform C

And I’m back on the AVE on the way home. Leaving on time, much to the surprise and fond memories of my Spanish followers. Hot take: the AVE Series 100 is the most comfortable and nicest TGV on the French network.

I am not aware of any deals made but take a hint at available safety and service companies on that line…. https://youtube.com/shorts/yVpCRxzldVA?is=9iy3b6xUUPwP5K5-

One of the hardest parts of buying a cargo bike is visualizing the actual footprint. This site lets you compare the exact dimensions of 232 different models down to the cm or inch. I highly recommend bookmarking this if you're trying to figure out what fits your life. 🔗 bikes.louiseveillard.com

Right, my new map and database of all #CrossBorderRail lines in Europe is online! This blog post explains what I am trying to do: https://crossborderrail.eu/new-borders-map-system-launched/ At the moment it is all rather provisional, so bear with me, but the idea is to have EVERY line mapped […]