European, originally a Brit, became German, moved to France. Runs #CrossBorderRail project, writes a weekly newsletter about railways. Green, lives happily without a car. Normally stuck on a train, stuck in a village, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Last Notes npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Super animation of trains in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇧🇪🇱🇺🇨🇭 https://chillchamp1.github.io/github.io/#eu A city like Marseille (France's second or third largest, depending how you define it) has so few trains you can barely see where it is https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/149/259/501/807/614/original/1a02f98f49e1b131.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Motivated by a question from @nprofile…7w6p about whether I would live track #LongestTrainEU as cyclists did in #tcr12, I had a go... and I can't get it to work as I would like So here I outline what I would like to build: https://crossborderrail.eu/how-do-i-make-a-live-mapping-system-for-the-longest-journey/ Do I know someone who could help me create that system? 🤔 Boosts most welcome! #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…g0rz I'll be posting plenty of photos for a sort of memory collection for you 😀 Although now I am meant to have only 3 mins in Boden! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I have contacted all the railways along the #LongestTrainEU to ask how/if they would like to communicate all this So far VR 🇫🇮 - trying to identify right person Norrtåg 🇸🇪 - come visit us at our office! 😎 SJ 🇸🇪 - no reply Öresundståg 🇸🇪🇩🇰 - what can we do? Let's talk! DSB 🇩🇰 - just tell us what you do DB 🇩🇪 - no reply (but am sure I will get one) SWEG 🇩🇪 - no reply SNCF 🇫🇷 - super positive, will contact people for me Renfe 🇪🇸🇫🇷 - no reply Iryo 🇪🇸 - no reply CP 🇵🇹 - I can't work out who to even reach 🤔 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth P.S. If you're going "yeah but it's Virgin, waaa waaa", really, give it a rest. Look at the shit show of the West Coast Main Line after Virgin were replaced by Avanti (and Avanti is 30% Trenitalia, one of the other Eurostar rivals, so maybe whine about Trenitalia too? If only you knew?) And - above all - Eurostar needs a great big kick, as the company is complacent. Question is just who can do it npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I researched all of this in depth last year - a LOT more background in my report: https://crosschannelrail.eu/crosschannelrail/crosschannelrail-report/ But the crux: the MOST IMPORTANT from here is who can get trains ordered, approved and ready to run through the Channel Tunnel! P.S. Gemini not mentioned here as they're less far along 8/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Redevelopment of Paris Gare du Nord is also planned, and is due to be completed by 2029 - so before either Virgin or Trenitalia can run https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/nouveau-hall-eurostar-vegetalisation-circulation-apaisee-a-paris-la-gare-du-nord-du-futur-attendue-en-2029-17-12-2025-55XASMU3LJEALHEY52ZCQ2IWSI.php 7/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Meanwhile London St Pancras Highspeed (formerly HS1 Ltd) is proceeding with the re-engineering of the check in area at St Pancras: https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/interview-hs1-ltd-on-taking-a-phased-approach-to-enlarging-st-pancras-international-capacity-06-02-2025/ So there will be capacity for at least 1 more train per hour there, at peak, and 2 more trains per hour off peak 6/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth For details of what Trenitalia ordered, see: https://railway-news.com/fs-group-orders-19-high-speed-trains-for-paris-london-channel-tunnel-service/ So Virgin is a bit ahead of Trenitalia with paths (which, given there is plenty of capacity on the infra, is quite easy) and Trenitalia is ahead of Virgin regarding the trains 5/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Trenitalia, another rival, has ✅ Maintenance capacity in 🇫🇷 (Maisons Alfortville) ✅ Order placed for Hitachi trains It doesn't have ❌ Track access for St Pancras & HS1 🇬🇧 ❌ Track access in Channel Tunnel (easy) ❌ Track access in 🇫🇷🇧🇪 (quite easy) ❌ Stabling or maintenance in 🇬🇧🇧🇪 (medium) 4/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Virgin Trains now has ✅ Maintenance capacity in 🇬🇧 (Temple Mills) ✅ Track access for St Pancras & HS1 🇬🇧 It doesn't have ❌ Track access in Channel Tunnel (easy) ❌ Track access in 🇫🇷🇧🇪 (quite easy) ❌ Stabling or maintenance in 🇫🇷🇧🇪 (medium) ❌ Order placed for Alstom trains (hard, costly, slow) 3/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Also ultimately the framing of this is off. Eurostar, even now, is not using as much capacity as it did in 2019 This is not Virgin somehow pinching track capacity from Eurostar - it is using *spare* capacity on the infra 2/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Ah here we go again "Virgin Trains gets go ahead to run services to Europe in new blow to Eurostar monopoly" says The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/17/virgin-trains-services-to-europe-eurostar This is an IMPORTANT AND EXPECTED STEP but BY NO MEANS SUFFICIENT to allow Virgin to start services! Quick #CrossChannelRail 🧵 1/8 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth A few updates to the #LongestTrainEU page today https://crossborderrail.eu/longestjourney/ - now with the complete new timetable, and answering some of the most common "but did you think about that?" sort of questions And mostly yes, I did think this through 😀 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…2dm4 it’s simply this: if you plan Kemijärvi to Lagos, there are a few trains (Kemi-Haparanda, Boden-Umeå, anything to Barcelona from France, Madrid-Badajoz, Badajoz-Entroncamento) that run so seldom they determine the schedule. I could have taken some of the trains you suggest, but they get me to my destination no faster. And I’ve spent dozens of hours checking every permutation. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…2dm4 it’s not. Only Paris is a pain. In BCN all high speed trains always serve Sants. In Berlin (where I’m not going anyway) there are RE trains between main stations so no need for a S-Bahn. Paris is the total pain (RER isn’t SERA) so that’s why I’m avoiding Paris. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…2dm4 Vladivostok wasn’t in the EU last time I checked. All explained here: https://crossborderrail.eu/longestjourney/ The world’s longest equivalent is Cascais - Woodlands (Singapore) or Lagos - Ho Chi Minh City, depending quite how you define it npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #LongestTrainEU merchandise is ready! 🎉 T-shirts & more with the new logo here: https://crossborderrail.eu/about/merchandise/ And there is also an updated version of the classic #CrossBorderRail logo as well Each purchase makes a very small financial contribution to my work, and next 2 days there's 25% off https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/100/469/935/091/133/original/bcf7c52823ba1c4a.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/100/470/770/019/746/original/0966f875e8613105.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/100/471/457/290/310/original/e43ef6d59cbe08f3.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Right! We have a NEW TIMETABLE for #LongestTrainEU https://crossborderrail.eu/longestjourney/ Norrtåg has fixed the connections in Boden, so I am not stranded there 👍 Theoretically in the future such changes are to be published 5 months and not 3 weeks ahead 🤷♂️ This means I will have time for small events in Stockholm and København - details tbc npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…wspg You're exaggerating. It makes it *very clear* that the problems of German rail (if not the lack of ETCS) are lack of political coordination and lack of investment. That essential problem analysis is *correct*. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…wspg Germany did not have the kick to do it like Belgium had, OK. But you still *have to do it*, even if that in Germany's case is more an economic rationale than a safety one. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…wspg He didn't say that. And he was right to point to the lack of competence in the ministry. Sure, he wasn't nasty to his CDU-CSU people, but he wasn't strong in defence either. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I'm a bit late to this, but I have now finally watched the ZDF film about German railways with Dunja Hayali https://www.zdf.de/play/reportagen/am-puls-100/am-puls-mit-dunja-hayali-deutsche-bahn-verspaetung-100 DB is furious about it - press reaction here, scroll down https://www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/Newsblog-12829716 But it's actually not too bad, as I see it It fairly attributes blame between politicians and DB as a company, diagnoses poor decisions well Sure, I have a few quibbles, but I have seen *much worse* films about railways than this! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth AAAGGGHHAHHAGAGHAHAGAHHAGHAH Look how many EFFING BUSES there are between Barcelona and Perpignan WHERE THERE IS A HIGH SPEED EFFING TRAIN LINE WITH 4 TRAINS A DAY EACH WAY ON THE BORDER SECTION #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/076/346/695/303/698/original/27f5fbb6c0547861.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth This is why Spain and France (and especially the border between them) make me so hopping mad. How you can spend billions and billions on new infra, and STILL not get to your destination when your trip is something a fraction more complex than Sevilla - Barcelona or Lyon - Lille I can forgive Romania being crap I cannot forgive France or Spain being crap #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth FFS Spain is such a pile of abject shit when it comes to rail timetables Sure, the trains are fast *if and when they go*, but nothing connects properly #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…43ml Right, exactly this. And that SNCF keeps *saying* you have to put a mobile number is a scandal. Name only is all you're obliged to put (which is bad enough) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…86v8 @nprofile…f0jw in UIC Merits it’s stipulated. But if I’m changing onto a non compulsory reservation train in Germany I’ll risk a short connection more than if I have to switch onto a compulsory reservation TGV in France. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…p0c8 no. Because I hate buses 😀 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I am now testing #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail routes on some portals like Railfinder But this also gets interesting Take this part Railfinder leans so heavily towards direct trains it leaves you with a *very tight* connection in Hamburg But change in Lund and Copenhagen in addition, and everything is much safer... https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/071/257/827/171/651/original/1950c753147eaa49.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth So I *think* I have an answer? Kemijärvi - Lagos is 18 trains To do this with normal railway websites (i.e. DB, SJ etc.) you would need 12 bookings, and there would be 9 changes where you would lose passenger rights (the other you can just take the next train) Ticket costs Seat 2nd class €586.93 1st class and sleeper ÖBB, shared sleeper SJ €1016.31 2nd class, shared sleeper SJ, mini comp ÖBB €726.23 #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And I’ve crossed back into France Where for the first time in a month on this trip, small pieces of paper with a name on them have powers to prevent terrorism https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/070/996/839/469/099/original/cd38b22001eba836.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…2t29 Lund and Malmö work. København doesn’t. And isn’t Öresundståg classed as a local train? npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And this folks is why the first stage of a good rail trip is a good plan Somehow SJ's search makes an error, I have no way to put via stations or correct it, and so it fails. Both DB and Railfinder have, at heart, good planners - and from there can take you to make a booking npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Umeå C - København H, using the Umeå - Stockholm night train *obviously* should route you Umeå - Stockholm - Lund - København DB ✅ Railfinder @nprofile…0cxq ✅ SJ 🤯 Let's make you change in Gävle, Linköping and Malmö instead, with a much longer trip time #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/070/721/119/939/534/original/d3bae9c5b2777c93.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/070/721/556/316/041/original/af3ebe8350e96e5a.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/070/721/924/757/023/original/7d5b3f5c07100ec3.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/070/722/258/456/570/original/a70ebac8176b4e14.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…c4yj Thanks but I know that. The page mentions that that extra train runs ONLY today. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth * - just don't try to get beyond Boden or Umeå on the Swedish side in a timely manner #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Screenshot from Norrtåg's website today https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/070/606/375/463/761/original/c7d43edf3fc4c4e3.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth There are loads of ways you can participate or help out - including meeting me en route, organising events, joining me for a leg of the trip, or making a small financial contribution - all the details on the project website! https://crossborderrail.eu/longestjourney/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I am announcing all this today as this morning Haparanda 🇸🇪 - Tornio 🇫🇮 finally re-opened, connecting Finland to the EU passenger rail network again The last passenger trains ran here in 1988, before either Sweden or Finland joined the EU Yle about the launch: https://yle.fi/a/74-20240125 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And of course I am taking trains *to* Kemijärvi, and *back* from Lagos, and going to 20 more #CrossBorderRail lines on the way. All of those are mapped here: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#4/55.776573/20.170898 This also is taking me to two of my least favourite countries in this project - Sweden and Spain. This trip is going to need some strong nerves 😀 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/069/946/299/245/944/original/19462781ab969494.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth The whole thing is mapped here: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/eu-longest-train-journey_1427743#4/54.502935/9.109205 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/069/937/892/238/672/original/bb36154a43b69c37.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth The trip will start 7th Sept in Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 and end 11th Sept in Lagos 🇵🇹 Geodesic distance: 4088.33km Route distance: 6165.8km 18 trains Total trip time: 100 hours 9 minutes npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth What's the idea? This is a bit of a crazy thing to try - taking trains as fast as possible between the two places the furthest apart in the EU that can be connected by multiple trains It should show all the joys, and all the shortcomings, of Europe's railways npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Right then! Record attempt: Longest train journey in the EU is live! https://crossborderrail.eu/longestjourney/ #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/069/930/235/203/657/original/4adc86d628c0d187.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Autumn #CrossBorderRail map finally taking shape... https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/117/055/048/277/165/149/original/1279e479136b0d87.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth So as my holiday train trip nears its end (Olzstyn - Berlin tomorrow), so my thoughts turn to #CrossBorderRail in the coming months 🙂 This all starts on 9th August at Lindow (Mark), north of Berlin, where 40 photos from my projects are going to be shown in the garden of the station: https://www.plattform-paradies.de/grenzueberschreitende-bahnstrecken-europas/ COME ALONG if you live near Berlin! It's free! And at 16:00 I explain everything... npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…r98t it’s existed a whole. It sort of works. They’ll only do it if there’s space on the TGV, no re-routing is allowed, and it doesn’t cover hotel nights. But it’s better than nothing. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Interesting. I’m not at all convinced by this rush for age controls, but if you’re going to do it, do it EU wide npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…wu7v @nprofile…9jsx @nprofile…mvd2 right. At some hours on some routes it’s all there is! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth This site is super. I just wish some of the articles were more easily applicable to European consumers npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Carnoules, today 🤯 Track deformation due to heat (and I presume also poor maintenance?) could have derailed a TGV I’m on holiday, but I’ve got enough stories for two newsletters… npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth This is really good. I’d also add: a system that works for multiple cities / modes in a country helps too. Entur 🇳🇴 is exemplary in this regard. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…8k5z @nprofile…cffc so it has the same motors? And ratio of powered axles? npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…cffc that’s only 220km/h I think, so must have other things stripped out as well? npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…cffc does this version of Velaro even exist single voltage? Even ICE 407 was notionally 4 voltage. Whole 408 fleet is. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth So despite not getting the long term capacity guarantees from DB InfraGo it said it needed (although a rule change on % of paths allocated to any one operator might help), Italo has ordered 26 Velaro trains from Siemens Note: Velaro 8 carriage, the older design, not Novo with 7 longer carriages https://press.siemens.com/global/en/pressrelease/italo-orders-velaro-high-speed-trains-siemens npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…c4yj yes. It was open. Then they closed it 🤷♂️ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…yj47 My best guess is SOME trains are certain to run, so are open for sale. Other where the timetable is still being worked on are simply not available yet. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Damn what are Norrtåg doing now? 🤔 Even the extra train Haparanda - Boden on the day Tornio - Haparanda opens (10 August) is not available And every train *other than* the midday train on every subsequent day is also not available for purchase This launch is 3 weeks away, and data and ticketing are STILL a total shit show #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/951/385/438/209/290/original/09bd497a431f43ef.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…9jsx @nprofile…mvd2 I think it’s more the routes and times it opens up. Some places like Nice have only OUIGO for big chunks of days. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Another world Vy - Norwegian operator of the Göteborg - Oslo trains - will help you get a ticket if you don’t have one Imagine if SNCF did that! https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/919/350/168/130/229/original/751f7d007ccc4fae.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/919/350/666/313/742/original/5573e9c61e8a6796.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…9zyf Sure, but what do you need the ID for? Here they need to check my name matches my ticket, that is *all* WERE it for something else, then maybe your argument makes sense. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I’m in the country of putting flags on everything https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/908/207/123/956/583/original/4d4a0decd72e2b3e.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Vejle fjord https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/897/661/069/597/513/original/3afc41852d03577e.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth They took one dude off the train #Schengen npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Also the guy was genuinely surprised to get pushed. No I do not want border controls here damn it. #Schengen npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth “You just see this train” he goes on. “You don’t see what I see in 8 hours” No. You don’t see most of what happens because you don’t control every car Oh and you didn’t control my ID properly anyway, you piece of shit destroying a border free Europe on behalf of your smug piece of shit political bosses #Schengen npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And I was born in a town - Newport, South Wales - that has a transporter bridge Long live the transporter bridge alliance! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I’m on a train to 🇩🇰 and my newsletter has just gone out It’s here: https://jonworth.eu/after-years-of-frustration-suddenly-progress-with-france-spain-rail-connections/ This week: Analysis: After years of frustration, suddenly progress with France - Spain rail connections Bullshit Meter: Direct trains Trieste - Beograd Good week: A little summer holiday pause Also a good week: Electrification at Fuentes de Oñoro might be done this year npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Waving to @nprofile…jlef who I think is driving that ICE into Saarbrücken 🙂 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/894/871/452/088/925/original/29491e4aeae05c4d.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Approaching Forbach 🇫🇷 - Saarbrücken 🇩🇪 #CrossBorderRail No obvious ethnic minority passengers in my carriage so my bet is the Bundespolizei will just walk through An Indian tour group in the next carriage likely won’t be so lucky, but I can’t see them from here npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Departing Nuits on a sunny morning The birds are pooing on the SNCF sign, and the trains are keeping the bushes in check #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/893/826/249/168/735/original/fd16f4978b2a6542.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/893/826/554/959/652/original/e334fdf68f2d30bb.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/893/826/887/168/110/original/1c9e8efdcda5a7c4.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Aaaannnddd ECE 392 is a DSB rubber nose (diesel under wires the whole way), not a Talgo. Because 🤷♂️ even a year after the launch DSB and Talgo still cannot get the Talgo trains running correctly. Because Talgo builds shit. #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/890/896/315/484/158/original/fa8bd3cf524f8cb1.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth So tomorrow I am off on "holiday" (we'll see how relaxing it proves to be) And as ever, no flying Day 1 is Nuits-sous-Ravières - Skanderborg 🇩🇰 TODAY all the trains ran well enough to allow all connections to be reached. Will it be the same tomorrow? 😀 Posts will be sporadic, and tagged #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/890/864/035/086/803/original/b77314c662f7d4b2.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Being frugal for my trip starting tomorrow 😀 Only 30 rail apps on my phone! #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/888/462/778/433/040/original/36374981784a2be9.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/888/463/118/225/830/original/940065c66a5db86a.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/888/463/373/473/850/original/f8359db1bd3d01f0.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/888/463/622/960/711/original/48ccc892c2717c7a.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Glad to see the Baltic states 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 are behaving like proper 🇪🇺 states when it comes to #CrossBorderRail ticketing... i.e. they're as dysfunctional as everyone else! Tomorrow: DB shows me 2 trains Tallinn - Riga Elron 🇪🇪: shows me both trains, tickets for both trains available Vivi 🇱🇻: shows me just the later train LTG 🇱🇹: shows me just the earlier train, sold out Well done everyone! 👏 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/884/148/906/997/588/original/1d1b41143495a146.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/884/149/157/095/195/original/1a34a813dcf0c328.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/884/149/643/926/922/original/02b26c18926c3532.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/884/149/890/345/784/original/10d077ba231f50ae.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…9daa Sort of. But at Paris the only entry is right at the back. Passengers clump together there. Front of the second unit was both empty enough and a safe bet 😀 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…9daa See the earlier post. The train is extra long, too long for the platform at my station. Here I’m safe - there will be a platform at this door! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I’ve positioned myself in the middle unit of the three, safe in the knowledge that whatever happens at Nuits sous Ravières my carriage will be at a platform 😀 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth One clever thing: my train will be a triple EMU not a double But this means it’s too long for the platform at many stations That they’ve not announced 🙄 This is going to be interesting npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Oh and the IC to Clermont Ferrand (not my train) is 5 rather than 7 carriages as the trains are so poorly maintained the air con might break down so the carriages are taken out of service npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth SNCF is run by imbeciles, part 57855 It’s packed at Bercy But they put both departing trains from the same platform and won’t let anyone board until the toilet tanks are re-filled But the refilling van can’t get to the platform as the concourse is so packed 👏 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/867/063/792/769/600/original/66c218697dd3aaeb.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…h8e3 Someone told me it's because it's a Kortrijk crew who are Dutch speaking, and as Mouscron is bi lingual and for France you need French they sooner just announce and do nothing at all. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth In the Kortrijk - Lille #CrossBorderRail train SNCB is generally good with on board information, *except* here Every time it’s lousy No announcements, screens off You get the impression they care less about this one than they do about their other trains https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/865/949/179/769/738/original/4794854015b8a634.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…p0c8 Even still that looks expensive. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Tourists are so lazy While the centre of Brugge is packed, towards the north and east of Zand it’s deserted. And charming https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/862/665/791/357/116/original/b46793662d7f852e.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/862/666/351/457/145/original/b361d89758bffce2.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/862/666/822/457/536/original/27e337a3b4174142.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth The driver of this one didn’t get the message though #CarBloat https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/860/172/030/860/886/original/c44954d9799ab2ce.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Good morning! https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/860/143/250/169/721/original/3d366a68e8179fc0.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/860/143/580/429/541/original/83db742f94dfb9dc.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth If your station doesn’t have space for ticket barriers… maybe don’t install ticket barriers? Because if you do you get a stupid mess Today‘s amazing public transport consultancy brought to you direct and free on Mastodon npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth It’s your ****ing job to get us to our destination I don’t give a **** if you check tickets on the platform or not. Do it on board, it’s simpler And then your station doesn’t clog up with people! https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/856/035/850/895/656/original/dfa6ff5fd0ebe318.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Damn this railway is run by jerks Boarding passengers delay disembarking ones https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/856/014/747/366/034/original/a003af4eb6a974da.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Train manager looks at me as if I’m from some other planet when I explain Dude, really There are trains OTHER THAN TGVs in this country, and DESTINATIONS OTHER THAN PARIS npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth My TER hit a deer en route to Paris this morning So I missed my TGV to Lille But I’m now standing in the bar Paris - Lille as every seat is sold out Because this is the timetable on a Friday between France’s 1st and 5th cities 🤷♂️ https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/855/727/299/166/227/original/3e36376e8231c430.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…acn0 @nprofile…y9mx Ich benötige zwei Gedenksteine, jeweils ca. 30 x 15 cm, wahrscheinlich aus Granit (muss hart und langlebig sein), die an Außenwänden von Bahnhöfen angebracht werden sollen. Auf jeden Stein müssen eine recht detaillierte Karte und ein Text eingraviert werden. Da die Steine jedoch klein sind, wird die Schriftgröße entsprechend klein ausfallen. Ich gehe davon aus, dass dies mit einer Lasergravur möglich wäre. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Bit of an odd question, but do I have any followers here who are specialists in digital laser engraving of stone? For a project this autumn I am going to possibly need two small stones engraved - kind of plaques, each c. 30 x 15 cm or so, but with quite detailed engraving And to be produced either in France, Germany, the Baltics or Finland (for collection) @nprofile…0xjm do you know anyone perhaps? #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth First: Berlin - Bruxelles re planned because DB changed its timetable because of works Second: route to Aachen re-planned because National Express cancelled a train Third: route to Duisburg to get the re-planned train re-planned because of a DB signal box problem npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth In the end I can’t deny I enjoy the challenge of this. There are so many permutations, so many trains, so many problems to overcome. And I’ll get there. Were this mess in France it’d be „next train in three hours, just wait“ - and that’s dull 😀 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth This is basically „how far can you take the definition of Zugbindung aufgehoben?“ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Essen I‘d not planned to be here Long story… 🙄 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/827/128/574/897/516/original/a2635fa4fdc7773a.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Of course DB can mess it up for reasons *other than* the heatwave 🙂 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/827/061/732/414/828/original/cad3982bb8eb5de1.png