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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, europäischer Politik und Eisenbahnen. Auf englisch und auf deutsch.

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bennileemhuis, to random Dutch
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smveerman, to random
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The :sncb: S63 trains that do not continue to Maubeuge but have a 50 minute turnaround in Erquelinnes are operated by diesel trains. They also keep their engines running at all times 😵‍💫

jon, to random
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Sweden is having a very typical Swedish argument about their railways - how European do they want to be?

Should the carriages they want to order for trains to northern Sweden and Norway be built to the larger Swedish, or the smaller European loading gauge? https://jarnvagar.nu/politiker-vill-ha-bredare-sovvagnar/

And probably in the end they’ll end up ordering none or either (sorry for the scepticism)

stefanlindbohm,
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@jon Very accurate on the Swedishness of this debate 😅

What’s strange to me is that we’re seeing our own SJ struggling so hard with the night train of the/our future, the new Euronight, and yet when we seemingly have a chance to take matters into our own hands we’re about to miss it for some almost philosophical reason. Can’t see why we wouldn’t just have ”long enough beds, please” as a requirement rather than ”carriages need to be this exact width”.

jon, (edited ) to random
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Ich weiß, Bescheidenheit ist nicht dein Ding, BaWü. Aber in Schleswig Holstein fahren bereits batterieelektrische* Züge. Sorry, die aus dem Norden sind dir zuvorgekommen. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/suedbaden/ortenaukreis-erster-batterie-zug-startet-betrieb-100.html

    • wir sollen lieber Akkuzüge statt Batteriezüge sagen, weil die natürlich wieder aufladbar sind
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@jon „premiere“

jon, to random
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What would be useful to receive in an email confirming an online order for a train ticket?
Departure date and time - ✅ (SNCF Connect tells you)
Arrival time - ❌ (not included)
Carriage and seat number - ❌ (not included)

What is superfluous information I am never going to seek in a confirmation email for a rail ticket?
❌ How to hire a car - but it is included
❓ How to get extra luggage delivered - is included
❓ How to download SNCF apps - is included
❌ SNCF’s exact address - is included

SNCF Connect Email Confirmation Part 2 - shows how to hire a car
SNCF Connect Email Confirmation Part 3 - shows very detailed payment information

alan,
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@julienw
@jon No prizes for guessing which neighbouring rail operator finds a way to make the SNCF approach just that little bit worse. By displaying the departure date and time in black text on the dark purple background of its corporate colours. Of course the corporate logo on the same purple background is in highly visible white text.

Also: publicity for Lion King - the musical.

jon, to random
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Right

Now the map is ready as well! 💪

Now over 470 towers mapped

Full zoomable map
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/eiffel-towers-derivatives-and-replicas_1006050#3/22.35/11.87

Can you help me confirm the status of the ones with the ? icons? Can you send me a picture to use for the ones without one? Any towers I am missing?

Next: update the blog post about this (not today!)

jon, to random
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I’ve been working on this on and off for months now, but I think my research listing the world's is for the moment complete

467 towers in my list (of which status unknown 31, and destroyed or never built 42)

Of the rest, 268 are to be found in Google Street View, 126 are not

And of the towers still likely standing today, 358 are replicas, 25 resemblances, 11 derivatives

Many but not all mapped here https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/eiffel-towers-derivatives-and-replicas_1006050#4/52.11/16.13

Next: complete the map 🙂

aloxe,
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@jon You have another one in preparation for an olympic festival that will be in Most. https://www.idnes.cz/usti/zpravy/jezero-eiffelova-vez-3d-tisk-odpad-olympijsky-festival.A240402_145151_usti-zpravy_grr They are currently 3dprinting bits of this future tower that should stand near the Most lake https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3856373

alan, to random
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A bit of personal nostalgia: 20 years ago today, I bought a ticket for the following morning's train from Belgrade to Kolašin - my first trip on the Belgrade to Bar railway.

At that time "Serbia and Montenegro" was still notionally a single country, but already felt like two separate states. The name "Yugoslavia" had been dropped by then, but survived for a little longer in tickets like these, issued in the name of "Jugoslovenské železnice" (Yugoslav Railways).

/ctd

vcdnrw, to random German
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"Die hat die Unterlagen zum Ausbau des Kölner Hauptbahnhofs beim Eisenbahnbundesamt eingereicht. Damit beginnt das Planfeststellungsverfahren."

https://www.ksta.de/koeln/koeln-bahn-gibt-startschuss-zum-ausbau-des-hauptbahnhofs-769656

jon, to random
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2nd day at talking “urban nodes” (aka cities) and their connections to the EU Trans European Networks. It’s a jargon soup at the start.

knud,
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@jon

There was probably the need to distribute 1000 flyers that day, so they can write "communication with 1000 high-profile stakeholders at European mobility conference" into their 2024 EU funding grant report.

jon, to random
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Departing Montbard for Paris this morning. Then onwards to Bruxelles. Not a regular thread today - I’m going to - I’ll post using that tag

elba013,
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@jon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPSpxgv8uTM

tipjip,
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@jon Waiting with DAC until all problems with ETCS are solved reminded me of https://xkcd.com/1232.

smveerman, to random
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Apparently GoVolta/FlyWise is having a fight with Train Charter Services, delaying the start of GoVolta budget trains from the Netherlands. And Paris deemed very difficult, so Germany is their first focus now.

jamesglave, to random
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“When drivers fail to yield for pedestrians, it’s not because they can’t see them, it’s because they don’t care.” Kudos to @VisionZeroYVR for this brilliant intervention. https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bricks-vancouver-crosswalk-pedestrian-safety

threecoloured, to random German
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Andreas Scheuer ist zurück getreten.
Die Lücke, die er hinterlassen wird, ersetzt ihn vollkommen.

aebahn, to random German
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Wir freuen uns, die neue Marke für unser Joint-Venture präsentieren zu können, unter der wir in Zukunft geschlossen auftreten werden.

Und so werden in Zukunft unsere rundum erneuerten Züge aussehen:

Adrian_Towy, to random Spanish
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The same old story. The SNCF causing problems for night trains… Everything is very suspicious; the ÖBB will not be able to do Barcelona-Zürich; the Talgo Avril with many homologation problems. Have you seen this article @jon https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20240331/9584353/francia-pone-problemas-trenes-nocturnos-lleguen-barcelona.html

wrzlbrnft, to random German
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Himmel, ist das wieder ein Himmelfahrtskommando, um heimzukommen. Alles nur wegen eines verspäteten TER von Cercy nach Dijon, der den letzten TGV nach Zürich verpasst hat. 🙄 Aber immerhin waren noch 4 andere betroffen. Mit etwas SNCF-Bahnhofspersonal Zuquatschen wird uns jetzt gnädigerweise, obwohl nicht bei allen ein durchgehendes Ticket vorhanden (hatte schon das AJC-Reglement vorbereitet) ein Taxi von Mulhouse nach Basel organisiert. Sollen uns in Mulhouse beim Infostand melden.

wrzlbrnft,
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Disclaimer: Ich erwarte von Bahnhofspersonal in Dijon keine detaillierten Fahrplankenntnisse zum -Verkehr Frankreich <> Schweiz, aber die Vehemenz wie ich hier alle Hebel selber in Bewegung setzen musste, um etwas zu erreichen, finde ich schon unterirdisch. Und ich bin nun selber nicht der durchsetzungsfähigste Typ, erst recht nicht in Fremdsprachen.

andreaswiedenhoff, to Switzerland
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weekend in 🇨🇭🐑🐑🐑🐑. (Practicing mountaineering starts at a very young age here.)

EU_Commission, to random
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RT by @EU_Commission: Today, Bulgaria and Romania join the Schengen family.

I welcome the lifting of internal air and sea border checks.

This is a great success for the people of both countries.

It also benefits millions of EU citizens across Europe.

Making the Schengen area even stronger.

[2024-03-31 06:56 UTC]

markmccaughrean, to Astronomy
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End of an era 🕰️

After 15 years, yesterday was my last at as an ESA staff member*, & as is my longstanding habit, it ended with me cycling home late at night 🌖🚴‍♂️

Well, I am an astronomer, after all 🔭🤷‍♂️🙂

It has been a privilege, & there is much & there are many I will miss 🙇‍♂️

But I’m not retiring: next, a move to Germany 🇳🇱➡️🇩🇪, science with , talks & tours, writing a book, & many Space Rocks events & projects in development 🖖🤘

lewd, to random
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Arrived in 🇭🇺 Záhony. Last stop in Schengen area, now 1.5 h for locomotive change and passport control.

This is one of the relations where it's seriously faster to walk across the border to 🇺🇦 Čop than waiting for the train to head on. Still remaining in the train because it's always fun to have the system change and coupling at borders 🥰.

An MÁV class 431 electric locomotive in a small station at night time.

K1ngdaKa88, to random German
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*beginnt 3 Wochen vorher die Heimfahrt zu planen

Wieso sind 95% der TGV's auf der LGV Atlantique schon 3 Wochen vorher ausverkauft?!
Merkt die SNCF nicht dass es sich da lohnen könnte mehr und längere Züge fahren zu lassen?!?! :omya_sncf: :omya_reservierungspflicht:

herbert_tiemens, to cycling
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Received some questions about my travel reimbursement for a meeting in Brussels a few weeks ago. Train ticket and hotel were accepted, but the €40 for the return trip? When I explained I cycled back to the Netherlands, everything was clear. 😁

It was a good bike day.

Selfie in front of the Royal Palace in Brussels
Picture of a Dutch windmill by night, illuminated and lighting clouds in the background.

Zuggucker, to random German
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Wenn der Zug es sagt, wird es wohl stimmen. 😏

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