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jon, 1 month ago to random

Totally logical. Not.

My trip Nuits-sous-Ravières to Berlin Südkreuz on Monday is all e-tickets except Strasbourg to Kehl, the #CrossBorderRail section. Just collected the paper ticket at Lyon while passing here.

And yeah, I have a ticket split in Kehl because that’s the only way to get the best price for this connection. Which is also totally logical. Not.

jon, 30 days ago to random

Not spot the 🐸

But listen to toads, Ravières edition

A video of the canal de Bourgogne - turn on sound!

jon, 1 month ago to random

To everyone pointing out #CrossBorderRail trains aren’t good enough (latest today @jmovs & @Sustainable2050 examples), the question is: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

Trains from France to Spain are crap. We know.

Does SNCF care? No
Renfe? No
French Government? Of course not
Spanish Government? No
EU? Very vaguely

I know what to fix. But the people who could fix it have weak or no motivation.

jon, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

🤔 Hmm. Is this the Marseille police lining migrants up in the baking sun?

It’s here https://maps.app.goo.gl/3FNZowWLpnKsDQw98?g_st=ic

And I’m at Mucem on the other side - this is at the limit of my zoom

Edit: NO IT’S NOT. @MartinJBreen reckons it’s this https://mpgastronomie.fr/evenements/les-dejeuners-de-la-flamme/ and that would fit. It would also explain staff restricting entry.

jon, 1 month ago to random

I know “le train train” can mean something monotonous in French. But most French actually need to quit “la voiture voiture”

jon, 1 month ago to random

Happy Europe Day from Arles

jon, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Spot the toads 🐸, Arles edition

I’ll post how many I can find in a later toot 🙂

Edit: helping you a bit… There are at least 10

jon, 1 month ago to random

I’m on the Railcoo… ah no, they went bust

I’m on a TER ZOU ! X TER (the DMU Railcoop wanted to use) today serving Miramas - Marseille ligne de la Côte Bleue

Alstom builder plate - 1999
Interior ex 1st class
Retro lighting unit

jon, 1 month ago to random

Not #CrossBorderRail today, but a little trip La Ciotat - Marseille - Arles then back along the ligne de la Côte Bleue https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligne_de_Miramas_%C3%A0_l'Estaque?wprov=sfti1# €25 for 2 people for all TER trains for a day in Bouches-du-Rhône is pretty good

A TGV passes La Ciotat while awaiting the first TER here

jon, 1 month ago to random

4x4s

1980s vs 2020s

jon, 1 month ago to random

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days 7 May - La Ciotat - Nice - Ventimiglia - Limone - Breil-sur-Roya - Nice - La Ciotat

Crossing these borders:
Cap d'Ail 🇫🇷 - Monte Carlo 🇲🇨
Monte Carlo Country Club 🇫🇷 - Monte Carlo 🇲🇨
Ventimiglia 🇮🇹 - Menton Garavan 🇫🇷
Olivetta-S. Michele 🇮🇹 - Breil-sur-Roya 🇫🇷
Limone 🇮🇹 - Vievola 🇫🇷

These borders on the borders map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#10/43.9647/7.5998

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#9/43.7562/7.0367

jon, 1 month ago to random

“Croatia will welcome Europe’s first Centre for Sustainable Tourism”

ROFL 🤣

Your tourism is only sustainable if people can get to places without flying or driving. Given Croatia’s generally awful rail network and poor rail links to many of its neighbours they’ve got a lot of #CrossBorderRail work to do https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/05/05/could-croatia-be-the-most-sustainable-travel-destination-in-europe-its-tourism-minister-ho

jon, 1 month ago to random

Tomorrow is a #CrossBorderRail extra day

5 borders
Cap d'Ail 🇫🇷 - Monte Carlo 🇲🇨 (last there June 2023)
Monte Carlo Country Club 🇫🇷 - Monte Carlo 🇲🇨 (also June 2023)
Ventimiglia 🇮🇹 - Menton Garavan 🇫🇷 (also June 2023)
Olivetta-S. Michele 🇮🇹 - Breil-sur-Roya 🇫🇷 (never been)
Limone 🇮🇹 - Vievola 🇫🇷 (last December 2001 and it was dark)

First problem: tickets

You can’t get a price for the Italian train on the French section 😡

Trenitalia app also showing no prices

jon, 1 month ago to random

And what’s going on here?

DB proposes 06:03 La Ciotat - Toulon 06:30, depart there 06:43 for Nice Ville, onwards to Ventimiglia

Smallish station in Toulon, 13 min change should be fine

SNCF Connect confirms each train runs but won’t show me the connection. Is it erroneously insisting I need more than 13 mins to change?

SNCF shows correct La Ciotat departure
SNCF Connect Shows correct departure from Toulon
This is what it proposes for La Ciotat - Ventimiglia - going later

jon, 1 month ago to random

Your tourism industry is not sustainable if no one can get to your country in a sustainable way

Looking at you Croatia, Norway, Portugal in particular

jon, 1 month ago to random

Ah

Integrated public transport, don’t you just love it

I need to take a train at 06:03 from La Ciotat to Toulon tomorrow

First bus from town to the station: arrives 06:27, which also misses the train to Marseille as well by 2 minutes 👏

Google Maps bus timetables showing first bus to station arriving 06:27
Departures tomorrow morning from La Ciotat

jon, 1 month ago to random

Sure, the problems in some ex-Bombardier now Alstom works are well known. But it’s not that the manufacturer is really short of orders. Short of orders for these works perhaps?
https://mastodon.online/@bahnoev/112394827052699337

jon, 1 month ago to random

Today’s outing

Supporting A.O.C.S.C (St Chinian Cruzy rugby) at their away match against G.R.E.P. (Gémenos Rugby Est Provence)

I used to play pétanque as a teenager against St Chinian’s coach, Frédérique

jon, 1 month ago to random

Ah no. The bus to Aubagne isn’t €2,10 flat rate. There are 2 different apps for the tickets. And I’ve no idea if I need Proximité or not, and I can’t work out if the app can tell me.

And despite Sunday being tourist day in La Ciotat due to the market, the bus station office is closed 👏 Pfff. Vive le Deutschlandticket that eliminates crap like this!

€3,50 reduced fare
€5,50 full fare

jon, 1 month ago to random

Trying to work out how to get from La Ciotat to a rugby match at Gémenos (edge of Aubagne) (long story why I’m going there!)

So I check buses

Good news: there is a bus
Also good news: it’s just €2.10

Less good: Région Sud (PACA) has more than 3x as many school bus lines as regular lines!

It often feels like this in France: the only people taking regional public transport are school kids

jon, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

This is like the SUV of yachts.

Large. Ugly. Expensive. Uses too much energy. And probably massages some fragile male ego.

Edit: @guardeddon identified it as Obsidian https://www.superyachtfan.com/yacht/obsidian/ Feadship, 2023, supposed to be owned by a Czech billionaire

jon, 1 month ago to random

FFS. Matthias Ecke MEP (SPD) beaten up while campaigning. The atmosphere in German politics is getting really ugly just now.

I’ve met Matthias - a calm person with a young family. This is really grim news.
https://mastodon.social/@Gleisplan/112382727964437276

jon, 1 month ago to random

Why is it
gaufre de Liège
(Given the town is Liège - note the accent)

But
gaufre liégeoise

And not
gaufre liègeoise
?

jon, 1 month ago to random

When SNCF says thanks for having taken the greenest mode of transport for your trip, I assume this is what they mean? 🤔

Marseille St Charles

jon, 1 month ago to random

Ha

If only my knowledge of EU law had the desired impact this fast every time 🙂

My father wanted to pay a EDF French electricity bill from a Belgian bank account, and was told that this was not possible because the bank was outside France

I formulated a stern email to EDF for him, in French, stipulating this was not allowed as a reason within the Single European Payment Area (SEPA), and within a few hours they relented in a grovelling email!