ThibaultLapers

ThibaultLapers, 4 days ago to random French

Rainfall, poor ground conditions, and supply problems of materials, the Wunderline reopening between Bad Nieuweschans (NL) and Leer (DE) is postponed till Summer 2025.

https://www.rtvnoord.nl/verkeer/1166863/pas-in-zomer-2025-weer-treinen-naar-duitsland-bouw-spoor-vertraagd

jon, 14 days ago to random

From 22 May, SNCF in ticket offices or through SNCF Connect can no longer sell you tickets for at least these neighbouring railways (this list might not be complete)

NS 🇳🇱
SNCB 🇧🇪
SBB* 🇨🇭
Renfe 🇪🇸
Trenitalia 🇮🇹
DB** 🇩🇪
ÖBB 🇦🇹

The scale of this absurd decision is amazing. And it plays right into the hands of the likes of Trainline

• • except Lyria
    ** - except cross border FR-DE TGVs and ICEs

ThibaultLapers, 1 month ago to random French

@jon Hungary and Slovakia to reactivate at least 2 crossborder lines : https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/hungary-and-slovakia-reopen-several-border-lines/

jon, 1 month ago to random

I can confirm the Wunderline chocolate bar from #ConnectingEuropeDays tastes sweeter than the #CrossBorderRail it is promoting!

Map of Wunderline on the chocolate bar

jon, 1 month ago to random

Why are 🚆 routes like
Paris - Bruxelles 🇧🇪
Paris - Zürich 🇨🇭
Paris - Barcelona 🇪🇸
so damned expensive?

It is NOT (in the main) because of track access charges

It is because supply is too low, and there is neither the public accountability / state owned railway ethos to increase capacity, and NOR is there a rival to the state incumbent to compete

Paris - Lille uses most of same track as to Bruxelles, but is much cheaper - because national accountability
Paris - Milano better because competition

jon, 4 months ago to random

Soon (maybe next week) I’m going to write a huge explainer - an answer to all these bullshit stories about services through the Channel Tunnel, and what will or will not happen

In the bullshit world of railway industry PR and “journalism”, stories about the tunnel are the worst of all

ThibaultLapers, 4 months ago to random French

https://centraleuropeantimes.com/2024/01/fast-rail-link-to-romanias-busiest-airport-to-open-in-march/

@jon

ThibaultLapers, 5 months ago to random French

@jon NS concession is now signed for 2025-2033 : https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/150736944/ns-blijft-ook-de-komende-tien-jaar-alleenheerser-op-belangrijkste-treintrajecten

ThibaultLapers, 5 months ago to random French

https://news.gtp.gr/2023/12/11/athens-thessaloniki-railway-link-passenger-trains-from-december-16/ cc @jon

ThibaultLapers, 5 months ago to random French

cc @jon

jon, 6 months ago to random

Sod. Main Alpine rail route France-Italy likely to be closed all of next summer 😭 Link via @ThibaultLapers https://www.railtech.com/infrastructure/2023/11/07/france-italy-frejus-railway-closure-extended-until-end-of-2024/?gdpr=accept

Could France and Italy maybe work on an alternative InterCity service via Ventimiglia? Or is that more than these two would be capable of doing? #CrossBorderRail

jon, 6 months ago to random

Either SNCB’s app is striking in solidarity with the railway workers. Or - more likely - so many people are trying to work out if their train is running the systems are overloaded and not working for all…

jon, 6 months ago to random

🎉 Train strike tomorrow in Belgium

SNCB website says ICE10 Frankfurt-Bruxelles is cancelled

DB still has it running, and even with high load

(I am trying to go to Bruxelles tomorrow, but using a regional train from Aachen - no idea currently if that one will run)

ICE10 running according to DB

jon, 6 months ago to random

#CrossBorderRail Vilnius 🇱🇹 - Riga 🇱🇻 train to run “next year”, via Šiauliai

And a route via Turmantas, Daugavpils also under discussion

https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/eismas/7/2105191/nauja-kryptis-keleivinis-traukinys-vilnius-ryga-riedes-nuo-kitu-metu

I’ve heard similar ideas before - only for it to not happen. Dare I hope this will work?

Link via @nordkommission

jon, 6 months ago to random

Interesting #CrossBorderRail news via @bvlg

The Germanophone parliament of Belgium is keen to re-activate the Eupen-Stolberg line - see this news story https://lpost.be/2023/10/26/la-communaute-germanophone-veut-une-meilleure-connexion-ferroviaire-et-relancer-la-ligne-eupen-stolberg/

Germany is already working to re-open Stolberg Altstadt - Breinig, but there would need to be some work at the viaduct beyond Breinig that is in a bad state (my drone picture of it here)

But it's good there is some movement Belgian side of the border!

jon, 8 months ago to random

Errr, this is a peculiar one

Chinese workers have been withdrawn from the rebuilding of the Budapest - Belgrade railway line, and the project is on hold... because the Chinese apparently don't know how to fit the ETCS signalling system

That Chinese money was being used for this was an odd geopolitical decision anyway, but why was the signalling not subcontracted to a firm that actually knows how to do that?

Link via @wrzlbrnft
https://orf.at/stories/3332138/

jon, 9 months ago to random German

TGV timetables 🤬

3 hour gap with no trains in the middle of the day between Strasbourg and Paris. Damn why can France not do Takt / clock-face timetables?

This would not happen on ANY ICE LINE ANYWHERE IN GERMANY

EU_Commission, 9 months ago to random

If you are reading this, you enjoy the openness and decentralisation of Web 3.0.

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Web 4.0 will blend virtual and real environments while boosting innovation, rich content and industrial applications.

To ensure everyone benefits from it, we will:

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How? ➡ https://europa.eu/!hJrNc4