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jon, 16 hours ago

@wrzlbrnft on a non holiday there’s this at least

jon, 16 hours ago

@deivudesu and all the ones in the morning were OUIGO last I checked.

But even before you talk high speed, are they making the best of existing infrastructure here? Absolutely NOT. You can provide better in this region on the existing lines.

jon, 15 hours ago

@bovine3dom Pfff. It’s possible he’s just stupid?

jon, 15 hours ago

@BDeutelmoser WiFi. It’s a relatively new emoji.

jon, 15 hours ago

@bovine3dom @michael_h they ought to run to Peille or L’Escarene (I forget which has two tracks). But SNCF, and a branch line - sooner close the lot! (Oh and there are regions with AGCs spare - leasing a couple while the PACA ones get renovated would not be hard)

jon, 15 hours ago

@BDeutelmoser I admit I was a bit surprised at how slow the take up of these newer Emojis has been. But I’m also not keen on stopping using it as there’s no ready alternative.

jon, 14 hours ago

Also Enrico Letta - ex-PM of Italy and chair of a prestigious French think tank - made a big thing about rail in his recent Single Market report https://jonworth.eu/railways-and-the-enrico-letta-report-on-the-future-of-the-single-market/

And there’s this sign at Breil-sur-Roya - with 2 train lines to Italy - where they’re going “tough shit if you want to go to Italy”. It might almost be worth emailing Letta about this

jon, 14 hours ago

@michael_h @bovine3dom Michael, stop being logical. That would be a customer friendly solution. Not a SNCF friendly solution!

jon, 14 hours ago

@BDeutelmoser it’s been quite a day. I’ve discovered an amazing region. But I’m hopping mad about the rail companies’ inability to cooperate. This is going straight into my highest priority fixes list.

jon, 14 hours ago

@BDeutelmoser Totally. When you see the abject mess of ticketing in many European countries, #Deutschlandticket is an amazing thing.

jon, 14 hours ago

@bovine3dom @michael_h there’s sod all political will to fix this stuff though it seems… But I’ll do my bit and put this one in my priorities list and write it all up!

jon, 14 hours ago

@bovine3dom @michael_h indeed. Nowhere between Breil and Tende does it exceed 40km/h, but the design speed is 80! And yes there are a few places it’s slower still. And the French parts are worse than the Italian parts.

jon, 14 hours ago

@BDeutelmoser UK on Interrail is amazing value though. For something other than simply a return trip have you considered that? There aren’t even reservation fees, mostly. @wrzlbrnft & @NymeHess have both been posting about it recently! (And while I’m from UK I’m very seldom there these days)

jon, 14 hours ago

@bovine3dom @quixoticgeek @michael_h and by some amazing luck I still don’t understand Marseille - Nice - Ventimiglia - Genova timetables did get fixed in December (you don’t get stranded at Ventimiglia 1 hour 56 mins now). So maybe there’s a tiny hope..?

jon, 14 hours ago

@BDeutelmoser Correct. Not a single one!

jon, 14 hours ago

@KarlE then don’t even show that line then!

jon, 14 hours ago

#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 7 May Train 8 of 8
TER 81662
21:58 Toulon - La Ciotat 22:25
(It’s actually the late running 20:58, but the data is still the same)
SNCF for TER ZOU!

Train type: Alstom 2NPG EMU, 2 x 2 double deck carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (not step free, needs a lift up)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂 (spotless)

jon, 14 hours ago

TER 81662
21:58 Toulon - La Ciotat 22:25

Distance: 30.4km
Average speed: 68km/h

5 stops:
La Seyne six fours
Ollioules Sanary
Bandol
St-Cyr-les-Lecques la Cadiere
La Ciotat

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#12/43.1575/5.7812

jon, 13 hours ago

And to round off the thread, and today crossing borders 205 and 206 of my #CrossBorderRail project, here’s the summary video from a deserted TER approaching La Ciotat https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/e37KXa4LSqyEuMF1nkEVBE

jon, 13 hours ago

@KarlE no they don’t run it at all. So either it ought to not be there at all, or be there with stations. Tbh these services on these lines overlap so much they’d do well to better integrate the SNCF and Trenitalia offer. Oh and Vievola is on, and only Trenitalia trains serve that one!

jon, 2 hours ago

@kewl oh indeed. There it’s much more messy than it should be!

jon, 2 hours ago

@partim Thanks! Will check, but Limone - Olivetta is about 6 Euro

jon, 1 hour ago

@partim in short: I think I have enough info about the absurdities (and that it’s getting more absurd) to write it up adequately now 🙂

jon, 1 hour ago

@cruentapolvere @partim Cuneo - Breil, yes, buying to Olivetta would be cheaper. But Cuneo to Vievola or Tende, surely the international fare should be cheaper than to Olivetta? And I can confirm from yesterday’s bitter experience you can’t buy Limone to Vievola or Tende at a machine.

jon, 26 minutes ago

@cruentapolvere @partim I asked the train manager on the way to Limone (northbound). She told me she could only sell me a ticket to Olivetta (southbound).