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jon

@jon@gruene.social

A mix of German politics, European politics and railways #CrossBorderRail. In English and German.

Eine Mischung aus deutscher Politik, europรคischer Politik und Eisenbahnen. Auf englisch und auf deutsch.

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jon, to random
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My lecture at University of Maastricht this afternoon is about social media in EU politics

There's a first for everything - Australian site The Shovel is getting cited today ๐Ÿ™‚

https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/

SuneAuken,
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@jon

I love it.

Interestingly when I wrote a research piece about news satire and climate change one of the main finding was that when it came to the fundamentals of climate change the coverage of the subject was BETTER in news satire than in main stream journalism.

The study is here ICYMBI:

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9788395720499-007/html

ummels, to random German
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Guckt mal, ein Zug nach Colmar! ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ @gruenefraktionfreiburg @jon

jon, to random
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Trying to help a friend get from Madrid to Paris 8 June. And I want to ๐Ÿ˜ญ

โ‚ฌ122 for the best timed TGV train to Paris โ‚ฌ97 is the cheapest
Cheapest flights from โ‚ฌ43
Other flights โ‚ฌ54 - โ‚ฌ74

davidlinssen,

@jon @smveerman Iโ€™m reading this on board of one of those twice-a-day direct TGVs, on the Perpignan-Figueres high speed line, and looking at how crowded this off-season train is, I think that triple the capacity would still be profitable. Bring in the competition!

eifelkiwi, to random German
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Die ist so lost.

eifelkiwi,
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Und es wird sogar noch schlimmer...
Viel direkter kann man doch schon gar nicht mehr sagen, dass man Menschen hasst und von der geschmiert wird...

coreice, to random
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The Dutch high speed line. Where your train gets overtaken by cars on the motorway A4 next to it. Because there is a speed limit of 80 km/h due to construction errors ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿซ . And still need to pay a supplement for this service :omya_ns: .

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wrzlbrnft, to random German
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Trotz Havarie gestern auf der LGV Est gestern bislang keinerlei Anzeichen, dass mein TGV ausfรคllig werden kรถnnte. Dann wollen wir doch mal guter Dinge sein, dass die heute auf der Streckenkarte geplanten Linien in der Normandie planmรครŸig erreicht werden kรถnnen. Aktuell aber noch in einem Corail-Wagen am anderen Ende der Grande Nationโ€ฆ

wrzlbrnft,
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Der ursprรผngliche Plan war es, in CDG einen Flixbus nach Caen zu nehmen. Den hatte ich aber mit unserer Verspรคtung begraben. Stattdessen fand ich raus, dass praktischerweise der in der Nรคhe des Bahnhofs St-Lazare Endstation hat. So wurde es der
Stellte sich indes als eines der รผbelsten Bauernfรคngerangebote heraus, das ich je erlebt habe. 17 โ‚ฌ fรผr einen zugeklebten unbequemen RATP-Rumpelbus, der noch dazu kaum angeschrieben ist. (Nach "Disneyland" Ausschau halten!)

Shuttlebus ins Disneyland.
Ankommender RoissyBus am Terminal 2 des Flughafens Charles de Gaulle in Paris.

barendkobben, to random Dutch

#CrossBorderRail @jon typical local news: 1 mln euro die research into electrification #Enschede - #Gronau is great news! But no word about if #DB has any plan (or money) to do the other 60-odd km on the German side ...

Elektrificatie spoorlijn Enschede-Gronau stap dichterbij: geld voor onderzoek - https://nos.nl/r/513622

Dommse,

@jon @barendkobben LP1 (Grundlagenermittlung) & LP2 (Vorplanung) are funded, the electrification as such not yet (slide 12)

https://www.nwl-info.de/fileadmin/NWL/Projekte/S-Bahn_Muensterland/20240402_Projektstatus_S-Bahn_Muensterland_v2.5.pdf

vcdnrw, to random German
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"Die Erhรถhung betrifft sรคmtliche Passagierflรผge, die von deutschen Flughรคfen abheben. Ab 1. Mai liegen die Steuersรคtze je nach Ziel zwischen 15,53 und 70,83 Euro pro Ticket. Bislang wurden zwischen 12,48 Euro und 56,91 Euro fรคllig.

... Bei Europaflรผgen รผbertrifft der neue Steuersatz den historischen Tiefstand vom Jahresbeginn 2019 um mehr als das Doppelte. In der EU erheben nur 9 von 27 Mitgliedsstaaten eine Ticketsteuer. Die deutsche Abgabe gehรถrt zu den hรถchsten."

https://www.badische-zeitung.de/warum-flugtickets-und-pauschalreisen-wohl-bald-teurer-werden

jon, to random
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Welcome to today's thread - 2024 Extra Days 26 April - Valenciennes - Quiรฉvrain - Gussignies - Aulnoye-Aymeries - Paris - Nuits-sous-Raviรจres

Crossing these borders:
Blanc-Misseron ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท - Quiรฉvrain ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Bettrechies-Bellignies ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท - Mons ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช

These borders on the borders map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#12/50.3640/3.7038

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#11/50.3036/3.6839

Tomsprints2,

@jon @Peternimmo I took this photo not very far from Annecy in September 2019. Iโ€™m guessing it has become even less of a desirable place to live since then:

remi,

@jon Bercy is in a sorry state because the track layout beyond the station is utter garbage. Basically the current station has more capacity than what the station throat(s) can accommodate. Hence the decaying auto train platforms that couldn't be used for anything useful even if they were torn down.

There's a major โ‚ฌ150M+ project to improve the track layout, it's been studied for 10+ years. There are some reasons to be hopeful it'll actually happen someday ๐Ÿคž

๐Ÿ“ธ ยฉ https://www.atif.fr/au-coeur-de-la-modernisation-de-la-gare-de-bercy/

jon, to random
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Ah. Queues not only for London, but for public transport tickets too ๐Ÿ˜ก

Tip: even if youโ€™re only in Paris once in a while get a Navigo card. Machines to only recharge those have no queues!

Navigo recharge machines

K1ngdaKa88,
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@erispoe @jon works even with SNCF Connect. Probably the only pretty useful tool in this App ๐Ÿ˜…

Moritz_Kleine,
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@jon I can also recommend the Ile de France mobilitรฉs app. The installation process is a bit tedious, because you need to install an extra app to store the tickets, but once it's done it works well โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน

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jon, to random
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And thanks for all the Navigo - app tips for Paris. Iโ€™ll keep boosting them, even though I donโ€™t need them - as 99% of the time Iโ€™m on a bike here

But the crux is this:
Paris is behind other cities in that contactless credit cards or phones canโ€™t be used directly
AND
hence you need a Navigo card, but once you have it everything is quite easy

Definitely abandon paper tickets!

Arco,
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@jon Phones can be used (if compatible, for now Android but iOS should come too): https://www.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/titres-et-tarifs/detail/ticket-t-sur-passe-navigo-easy-et-sur-telephone

bahnoev, to random German
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Reaktivierung von Bahnstrecke nach Coevorden: Finanzierung steht

Die Reaktivierung der Bahnstrecke zwischen Neuenhaus (Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim) und dem niederlรคndischen Coevorden fรผr den Personenverkehr kann beginnen. Der Bund hat zugesagt, 90 Prozent der Baukosten zu tragen, teilte das niedersรคchsische Verkehrsministerium mit. Das entspreche rund 22,7 Millionen Euro. Vorab hatte bereits das Land Niedersachsen weitere 2,2 Millionen Euro bestรคtigt.

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/osnabrueck_emsland/Reaktivierung-von-Bahnstrecke-nach-Coevorden-Finanzierung-steht,aktuellosnabrueck11300.html

jon, to random
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I am tired of

  • being attacked by middle aged men
  • in newspapers read by middle aged men
  • the media is edited by middle aged men, who...
  • ... mostly drive cars, which is typical of middle aged men
  • who make Besserwisser type of arguments, about how the ticket doesn't pay for itself, an argument typical of middle aged men

When the ticket benefits all sorts of people across the whole of society, most of whom are not middle aged men

pgcd,
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@jon what drives me insane is that "paying for itself" is only applied to stuff that benefits the population at large, like education, healthcare and public transport.
Do the goverment employees salaries pay for themselves?
Does a standing army pay for itself?
Do roads pay for themselves?

No, they don't - they're the reason taxes exists.

IngridHbn, to Trains Dutch
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1928 map of a Belgian coastal town of 's train departures, with direct to .

HolgerTDittmann, to random German
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Hat jemand Connections zum Verkehrsministerium? Ich mรถchte ein Solarauto bauen das pro 100 gefahrene Kilometer 5 Liter E-Fuel aus der Umgebungsluft synthetisiert. Im Prinzip ist alles klar, aber jetzt brรคuchte ich einen technologieoffenen Verkehrsminister der soviel Ahnung von Physik hat wie eine Auster vom Bergsteigen damit ich einen Mรผllwagen voll Geld bekomme um mit deutscher Ingenieurskunst die nรถtigen ca. 60 Hektar Solarpaneele auf AutodachgrรถรŸe zu miniaturisieren.

Loukas, to random
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In order to poison AI I need to start including deliberate mistakes in my texts.

So if you discover I was wrong about anything - I meant to say that.

waldoj, to random
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I'm trying to pay my Virginia income taxes online, and they have disabled paste in any field of consequence. Paste in a password? Nope. Your bank's routing number? You're gonna have to hand-key that. Your bank account number? You better believe you're typing that in.

If you wanted to force people to create crappy passwords and cause them to accidentally siphon money out of strangers' bank accounts, this is how you'd do it. And somebody went to extra effort to make it be like this!

waldoj,
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Browsers should refuse to respect paste-disabling. This is not something that any user wants.

sbamueller, to random German
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#Fahrraddemo von #Freiburg nach #Breisach und dann #Menschkette vom Bahnhof Breisach รผber den #Rhein mit Promis wie @ChantalKopf & @jon โ€“ alle Politiker:innen haben versprochen sich fรผr den Ausbau der #Bahnstrecke Breisach #Colmar einzusetzen. #TransRhinRail

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geomannie, to cycling
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I mainly cycle & use public transport. Today I was asked to drive a van & realised how incredibly easy it is to not cross advanced stop lines & enter the area reserved for waiting cyclists. Who knew?

Have I got special driving skills or is this something every driver can do?

jon, to random
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Finally! Cracked the SNCF Connect reductions mess, thanks to @RensBloom

It makes no sense, but bear with me

  1. Put ALL your reduction cards in your profile in SNCF Connect - itโ€™ll look like Pic 1
  2. When you search it will tell you which reduction cards it is applying - orange circle on Pic 2
  3. Leave them ALL ticked, and it will NOT give me a reduction on a TER in Bourgogne-Franche-Comtรฉ (as Pic 3)
  4. Untick all except Bourgogne-Franche-Comtรฉ (as Pic 4) and I get the reduction

Trip search screen, showing I have 4 reduction cards
All the reduction cards ticked - this gives me NO reduction
Only the BFC card ticked - this DOES give me a reduction

dugartogo,
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@jon I just cancelled my freshly renewed Carte Avantage when I realised it's only valid on connections with a Saturday in between.
plus ouigo/tgv/ter... it's like you only get a reduction during an eclipse on Wednesdays but it's all in the footnotes.

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! ๐Ÿ™‚
https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/@erik/112252445799170688

EDIT: there are LOADS of them! OMG ๐Ÿคฏ https://www.selfbeton.fr/nos-implantations

villavelius,
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@corentin @jon The Swiss have more good ideas:

jon, to random
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Building the new platform at Haparanda ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช is starting, to allow broad gauge trains from Tornio ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ to arrive there https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/item/48883-schweden-neuer-bahnsteig-in-haparanda-ermoeglicht-verkehr-aus-finnland.html

Having been to the station in 2022 I can confirm these works will be simple and quick - pretty much everything is there already

And electrification of the border bridge will start shortly as well

Good news!

m,

@jon Really happy to see work on the bridge being done already! Photos taken from the contractor's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kreateoy/?hl=en

Truck carrying support structure

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