Hunderttausend Höllenhunde! Wer plant so einen Schwachsinn?! 📐💣
Auf der #ToDoListe stand: Instektengitter bestellen. Eigentlich easy. Nur hats da vor dem Fenster einen «Rausfall-Schutz» in Form einer Metallstange (im Erdgeschoss, versteht sich!), der so nahe an der Scheibe verläuft, dass die noch einigermassen bezahlbaren Insektengitter-Standardprodukte nicht dazwischen passen. Grmbl.
@partim
Hab ein Produkt gefunden, das passt. Braucht allerdings auch eine Metallsäge, um den Rahmen auf die Fenstergrösse zuzuschneiden.
Hmm, da ich nun eh ein Metall-Sägeblatt brauche, welches ist da nun die bessere Strategie? 🤔😁
Hi! Es ist wieder einmal an der Zeit, über Fahrpläne zu reden. 🗓️
Für einmal aber nicht über das verkehrliche Angebot, sondern über ihre grafische Darstellung. 🎨
➡️ Situation: Ich kann mir die Fahrpläne meiner Tram- und Buslinien nicht merken. Also möchte ich die Fahrpläne ausdrucken und neben der Tür aufhängen.
🚨 Problem: Die Aushangfahrpläne tun zwar ihren Job, aber sie sind hässlich. Würdest du dir so etwas offen in die Wohnung hängen wollen? Eben! 🤐
So, das ist mein neuer «Fahrplan für Zürich». Wird er jemals in den Haltestellenkästen der Stadt hängen? Vermutlich nicht, weil die Automatisierung schwieriger ist und das Format nicht zu den hochformatigen Aushangkästen passt. Hängt er aber in meiner Wohnung und erfreut mich jedes Mal, wenn ich zur Tür raus gehe: Ja. 😊
Hello from Lindau-Insel 🇩🇪 and welcome to the popular game «Cheapest way to Switzerland». Today: Lindau 🇩🇪 – St.Margrethen 🇨🇭 via Bregenz 🇦🇹.
Place your bets! 🎰🎰🎰
🇩🇪🖥️ DB ticket machine: EUR 24.00 (Bodensee day pass)
🇩🇪📱 DB app: EUR 10.10 (Normalpreis Europa)
🇨🇭📱 SBB app: CHF 8.00 (OTV-VVV combi ticket)
🇦🇹 🖥️ ÖBB ticket machine: EUR 5.80 (VVV single ticket)
🇦🇹📱 ÖBB app: EUR 5.80 (VVV single ticket)
Do you know that feeling, when something which is progressing gradually for years suddenly reaches a tipping point?
In Zurich 🇨🇭, this is currently happening with trams - the trusty old Tram 2000 is becoming increasingly rare. They are being replaced by «Flexity» on more and more lines.
During the last weeks, it has changed from occasional «Oh, look, a new one! 😐» to «Oh, look, an old one! 🥰» for me.
On the busy lines 2, 4, 11 and 14, Tram 2000 are already a rare sight. It must be weeks since I last saw one on the 11. On the 3, Cobras are taking over, on 8 and 15 «Sänften» are replacing the classic «T2000». 17 ist getting flexibilised quickly and 13 also already got a fair share of the new ones. I'm now at the point where I actively take a detour, if I have time and the camera with me, when I spot a T2000 on one of the "big" lines. 📷
Arrival in Le Puy-en-Velay with its impressive skyline. As in many small town stations in France, the station was recently moderniesed. The station building got a fresh layer of paint and all platforms were raised to 55cm. #FranceFérié
Professional and less professional passenger information at Latour-de-Carol. At least, I know now, that the only possibility to buy a ticket for the Renfe train is on the train itself — no problem.
That the train cancellations on the Train Jaune are only communicated by an A4 note but not in the online timetable is, however, outrageous. Imagine travelling here three hours from Toulouse just to see this sheet of paper. 🤬 #FranceFérié
This last week has shown, that doing a business trip to the badly connected very North of Europe is possible by train and ferry. Is it something for everyone? Maybe not - but it's also not something only for nerds. If you like travelling, if you can work remote and if you're willing to invest some of your own time and money (or working for a company that covers all costs), then this is a wonderful way to see new things, widen your horizon and travel comfortably and sustainably. #OperationOslo
The discussions in Oslo and elsewhere show that better international rail connections in Europe aren't just an unrealistic dream of rail nerds. It is doable, but what we need is a strong support for international rail travel on European and national level, in the society and among policy makers - a real shift of priorities. #OperationOslo
Ja, es ist nur ein langweiliger zweiter Wahlgang. Aber bitte, liebe Mit-Zürcher:innen, nutzt das graue Wochenende, fischt das Couvert aus dem Poststapel, schreibt Tiana Moser auf den Zettel und spaziert zum nächsten Briefkasten.
Ihr wählt nicht grünliberal? Ich sonst auch nicht, aber die Alternative ist ein rechtsbürgerlicher SVPler, nominiert von einem seltsamen rechts-neoliberalen Boys Club und findet seine Geschäfte wichtiger als öffentliche Debatten für die Wählenden.
To travel from Germany 🇩🇪 to Switzerland 🇨🇭 you could for the hundredth time take a cramped, unloved and most certainly delayed ICE 4 along the Rheintalbahn. Or...
I'm the last passenger to leave the bistro. I'd love to just stay and sail back and forth over the lake on this quiet night. But I'm also very tired, so I gather on the car deck with the other passengers and enter Switzerland only moments after.
On Wednesday, I took the #Bruxelles–#Luxembourg line. I got the impression, that this could be a great route for passengers from Belgium to Switzerland, the German Rhine valley and Strasbourg. But it isn't quite, yet.
I think, we have a little 🚨 #CrossBorderRail problem here. Let me explain my thoughts.
⬇️🧵Thread 🧵⬇️
First of all: Do we need to care?
To answer that, let's look at the alternatives: You can travel from Bruxelles to Strasbourg and Basel via Paris 🟦, via Frankfurt 🟥 or via Luxembourg ⬛.
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Let's look at it:
✅ Bruxelles–Luxembourg is a decent hourly IC service, which will become even 20mins faster, once Infrabel's line upgrade is finished.
✅ Strasbourg–Basel is a half hourly fast TER200 with Intercity character.
❎ But between Luxembourg and Strasbourg, badly or not timed connections result in long waiting times, the trains are only semi-fast TER, you have to change trains twice and the Metz–Strasbourg line has huge timetable gaps up to four hours. ⛔
I used this as a test on Bluesky, but am not happy at all how threads are handled there. So I'll probably post it only here, for the time being. #NorthernNostalgia
Some last shots of the station. If only they had put in warm light LED instead of the cold, white ones...
The station now was completely deserted. After a few last photos, I had the urgent need for a warm blanket and a hot tea and therefore retreated to my nearby B&B. #NorthernNostalgia