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corentin

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Stade Rennais 🔴⚫ | Handicap 🦿🦿 | Vélo 🚲 | Trains 🚄
Parfois un peu de tout ça à la fois.
Mes toots n'engagent que mes prothèses.

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🥵

starts Sunday

And today I have checked all the timetables a final time, and have done all the stats for the 66 🚆, 3 ⛴️, 19 🚌, 2 🚗, 35 🚲 stages to come

And toots for each of these have been pre-prepared, and live blogs for every day are ready to go live automatically each day

Tedious work, but necessary for good digital comms for the project!

Tomorrow: the slides for the presentations I will give en route

corentin,
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@jon Are you going through Paris on Sunday by any chance? The Convergence Vélo (Paris's Critical Mass) is on 🙂 https://convergencevelo.fr/

jon, to random
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Does passenger behaviour on platforms vary between countries I wonder?

The TER Nuits-sous-Ravières - Paris Bercy is peculiar

At all interim stations the platform entrances are at the back of the train. But at Bercy the exit is at the front

I walk to the front at Nuits so I’m near the exit at Paris, but pretty much no others do, despite SNCF Connect indicating it’s a long train

I’m pretty sure in UK or Germany more would do as I do

corentin,
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@jon Agree with you, last time I was on an ICE to Stuttgart there were some people walking down the aisle towards the front of the train and I remember thinking that nobody in France would do that. Which is weird because every Parisian knows exactly where to stand on the metro in order to be right in front of the exit.

Though to be fair nobody would want to be at Stuttgart Hbf any longer than they absolutely need to!

jon, to random French
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I am in Paris tomorrow and Saturday, and am planning my routes

8.7 of 9.9km on cycle lanes

Ahhhhh 😍

My planning in Paris is no longer “will it be OK to cycle?” which it was a few years ago, to “sure it will, just what's the best route?”

corentin,
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@jon @Lyle If you are talking about boulevard de Magenta, they are just repairing the road surface (I think what you are seeing is the separated bus lanes). The cycle lanes will stay on the pavement as they are now for a few more years.

jon, to random
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SNCF

We’re going to run trains at 300km/h on part of the route to Valenciennes 💪

We’re going to spend 15 minutes stopped. Even though there are only 2 stops 🤷‍♂️

corentin,
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@jon According to Wikipedia which cites a railway magazine, it is limited to 110 km/h due to the risk of mining subsidence (which happens a lot in this area). But the line itself would be compatible with 160 km/h as on Arras-Douai.

corentin,
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@jon The last CEO of SNCF Réseau who dared talk about budget got promptly fired for it, so... 😬

jon, to random
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Trenitalia seeking more business in France

Good trains. Sensible company. Thoughtful offer. I wish them well! And some international trains - to Genova and Madrid - are being considered, as well as operation of 16 carriage trains to Lyon

https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/trenitalia-seeks-more-business-in-france/66351.article

corentin,
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@jon The initial premise of OUIGO was not totally incorrect though, I personally know some people who take OUIGO regularly thanks to its ticket prices and would never have taken trains otherwise (modal shift is good!).
But what was wrong was when SNCF broke its promises and started replacing existing TGV services by OUIGO, breaking the network effect in many places. At least the EU directive forces them to guarantee connections now...

jon, (edited ) to random
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OK, I have seen quite some vending machines in France (baguettes, pizzas (cooked), cheeses, milk) but this is next level. Concrete vending machine! 🙂
https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/@erik/112252445799170688

EDIT: there are LOADS of them! OMG 🤯 https://www.selfbeton.fr/nos-implantations

corentin,
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@jon Indeed France has a lot of vending machines and yet my all-time favorite was at Bad Schandau station: https://proviantomat.de/?localmatView=list

The few products I tried there were really good! It just didn't accept my French ID card for the alcohol.

corentin, to random French
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fail of the day: I am currently sitting in a TGV to Mulhouse that arrives at 23:19: too late to catch the last connection to Switzerland. The last train to Basel and Zurich leaves Paris at 18:22 which was a bit too early after a workday. So overnight stop in Mulhouse it is before a long travel day to Italy tomorrow.

The worst part of it all? My TGV is operated by a Lyria trainset...

@jon

jon, to random
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New Analysis on my blog

“Yield management and compulsory reservation – how much of each should we tolerate in railways?”

Where does a price nudge from railways cross over into capacity restriction as a means to maximise profit? And why- generally - DB gets this right, and SNCF does not

https://jonworth.eu/yield-management-and-compulsory-reservation-how-much-of-each-should-we-tolerate-in-railways/

corentin,
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@jon What's funny is that the SNCF yield management somehow works better on Ouigo than TGV Inoui: Ouigo has very low prices on off-peak trains and high enough prices on peak trains that you can often find tickets at the last minute. All you would need is a Flexpreis-type ticket and you would be pretty close to DB's approach.
Meanwhile the Carte Avantage fixed prices make it so that Inoui trains often sell out before Ouigos.

jon, to random
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Damn Getlink are full of 💩

400 trains a day is not the busiest line by any means

And 400 trains a day means 200 each way each day. There are max 30 Eurostar each way each day, so 170 Shuttles. So 7 Shuttles an hour, all day? Doubt it

https://www.getlinkgroup.com/en/our-group/eurotunnel/

corentin,
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@jon Today from 05:50 to 00:50 the shared RER B/RER D tunnel between Paris Nord and Châtelet les Halles has 415 and 420 trains in each direction (so 835 total).

jon, to random
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Welcome to Autumn 2023 Day 28, 28 Oct, Ciudad Rodrigo - Salamanca - Vitoria/Gasteiz - San Sebastian - Irun

Today I’m crossing these borders
Euskotren - Irun Ficoba 🇪🇸 - Hendaye 🇫🇷

Map of today’s route
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-political-tour-autumn-2023_933893#8/41.990/-4.158

corentin,
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@jon It remains incredible that the only travel planner which includes the Euskotren is SBB's, even though it is nowhere near Switzerland!

jon, to random
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Welcome to #CrossBorderRail Autumn 2023 Day 01, 30 Aug, Nuits-sous-Ravières - Condé-sur-l'Escaut - Peruwelz - Bruxelles

Today I’m crossing these borders
Vieux-Condé 🇫🇷 - Péruwelz 🇧🇪

Map of today’s route
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-political-tour-autumn-2023_933893#9/50.5894/3.5934

Today’s Live Blog
https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/live-blog-autumn-2023-day-01/

corentin,
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@jon Very late to this but for the sake of completeness - bikes are allowed on the tram outside peak hours, so this would be a ✅

https://www.transvilles.com/voyager-en-regle/

corentin, to random French
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@jon Found on Musk's hellhole: the French government is looking for "assistance and technical consulting related to the renewal of night train rolling stock" (among a couple of other things). Maximum budget: 10 million euros. I am sure you could do it for a fraction of the price! 😉

https://www.boamp.fr/pages/avis/?q=idweb:%2223-112162%22

jon, to random
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So - thanks to a friend who works at SNCF - this is the rule I fell foul of earlier…

This is damned widely defined, in SNCF’s interests. But the max fine is only €35.

Full PDF here https://medias.sncf.com/sncfcom/pdf/tarif-voyageurs/tarifs-voyageurs-aout-2023.pdf

corentin,
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@jon Thanks for the information!
I have done ticket splitting many times on SNCF (to fulfill Carte Avantage return ticket conditions, or to use disabled person discounts which are not valid on international trains) and haven't had any issues so far...

jon, to random German
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And I know this is a strange one for people to get their heads around (especially SNCF employees)

But to maximise the number of passengers, you're inevitably going to have some trains running quite empty

A 14:00 Strasbourg-Paris TGV might be empty, but it would connect me with a 16:30 Paris-Lille that will be full. And fuller than it would be if I can take it, rather than if I can't, because there is no 14:00 Strasbourg-Paris

Maximise passenger numbers total, not passengers per train

corentin,
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@jon That said this SNCF "strategy" is largely driven by the stupidly high track access charges levied on the high speed network. SNCF is never going to order new single floor TGVs until those charges are reduced (which in the end means that the French government pays for the network instead of the passengers). That's what we should campaign for first in my opinion.

corentin,
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@jon Sure, of course I agree with that. Call me pessimistic though but I don't see our current government being capable of that, and I don't think the next one is going to be any better... So strategically it would be better to aim for specific actions (in my opinion)

jon, to random German
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“Let's let state incumbent railway collaborate on international ticketing, and all will be OK!” - so say CER, the state owned railway company lobbyists in Brussels

State owned railways... 🤷‍♂️

Hegyeshalom 🇭🇺 - München Hbf 🇩🇪, 6th October
MÁV - €30,00
DB - €79,90
ÖBB - €115,90
*** ON THE SAME TRAIN, SAME CLASS ***

ÖBB Screenshot, shows €115,90
MÁV Screenshot, shows €30

corentin,
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@jon Even worse: SNCF, €138.30 😂

jon, to random German
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Trying to help a friend resident in Belgium book a Bruxelles - London - Glasgow train trip in mid September

Because of engineering works between London and Glasgow there are fewer trains. Meaning more demand on those running... so no cheap tickets

But there is Interrail!

Interrail 4 day global pass, plus Eurostar reservations, and free seat reservations in the UK from GWR site means total is €50 cheaper than the regular return fare... and includes 2 “free" extra days of travel somewhere 🙂

corentin,
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@jon Last time I went to Glasgow I got Glasgow-Edinburgh-London in 1st class with LNER for cheaper than 2nd class on the direct train. Getting basically paid to avoid Avanti, it doesn't get much better than that 😁

jon, to random German
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Excellent find by @slasherfun

It looks like SNCF together with SNCB are considering organising some new services between Paris Nord and Bruxelles from December 2024

Trip time: just under 3 hours, using no high speed infrastructure. But still quicker than a bus, and hopefully a lot cheaper than Thalys!

And if they use SNCB I11 carriages these will be decent trains as well…

Full document - PDF
https://www.autorite-transports.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-003_paris-bruxelles_vnc.pdf

corentin,
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@jon @slasherfun Brussels was mentioned last year as a possible expension for Ouigo Train Classique so it is not entirely surprising: https://www.capital.fr/auto/la-sncf-veut-etendre-son-offre-de-train-low-cost-a-petit-prix-pour-concurrencer-la-voiture-1453087

And SNCF was probably frightened by the Flixtrain proposal and wants to undercut any possible competition before it even starts...

corentin, to random French
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@jon New Eiffel Tower replica alert! (do private gardens count?)
https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/la-guerche-de-bretagne-35130/ce-retraite-breton-a-construit-une-tour-eiffel-dans-son-jardin-aa3d5222-1f35-11ee-9c25-dc587bebec82

jon, to random German
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So @corentin took me on a huge tour of northern Paris by bike this afternoon. It was great! Pic 1 is me with him. We saw the good and the less good.

The new cycle lanes (pic 2, Av de la Republique 11eme) are awesome. Many older lanes are separated by curbs, but are rather narrow (pic 3). In some places side roads are blocked (Pic 4) to stop through traffic - these are great.

Less good: it’s often impossible to know which lane to take (bad signposting), and more street paint would help too.

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corentin,
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@jon Thanks a lot Jon, I had a great time! It was nice of you not to mention my miserable failure to climb rue Lepic 😭

And if you want to keep transforming Paris into a bike-friendly city, please support Paris en Selle for just 5 euros: https://parisenselle.fr/adherer/ 🚲

jon, to random German
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Tomorrow: day trip to Paris

Lobbying work for #CrossBorderRail mostly

And then actually - rather surprisingly - some free time in Paris

I’ll have the Birdy folding bike with me, so I think I’ll do some exploring…

corentin,
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@jon Hah, I was planning to test out the final circuit of the Olympic cycling race tomorrow after work... Montmartre on a Birdy may not be the best definition of free time though 😅

corentin,
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@jon 18 kilometers

corentin,
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@jon (but I can also do this at a later time and have a nice little stroll in the non-hilly areas of Paris 😉)

jon, to random
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Oh this is a new rail headache via @janstraka

TER trains in PACA in France that do convey bikes… don’t show as such in international timetables like DB Reiseauskunft. But TER trains in other French regions (like BFC) do show correctly. How is this happening?

TER in PACA on SNCF Connect
Example in BFC

corentin,
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@jon @janstraka And it's a real problem when you are trying to book a TGV-TER connection in one transaction in order to have passenger rights...

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