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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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Welcome to Day 10. Off to Austria and Czechia today!

https://urbanists.video/w/bssxjGvWUcXKopeDCQN5R9

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@guenterhack Yep. I’ve been delayed in the past because of that. It’s really annoying.

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@wanisbunes Yes! ProBahn explained. By the end of this decade it’ll be a lot better here. Although I like it even now (although retro isn’t to everyone’s tastes!)

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The rail border approaching Passau. I’ll let you guess which way is Germany and which way is Austria…

View from a train window. No weeds and concrete masts.

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Waldkirchen. Charming old station.

Waldkirchen Station
Tracks at Waldkirchen. To the left towards Freyung. To the right now a cycle path towards Czechia.
Signs at Waldkirchen

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@guenterhack yep. Loads of countries doing it. It’s really infuriating

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Getting the bus in Passau was the first WTF moment of

I followed signs for buses from the station platform. These lead to the square in front of the station… and stop. There are buses to the left, front/below, and the right. No obvious maps what bus goes from where, no live data (the bus was 12 mins late) - but had it not been it’d have been tight

And in the bus itself no live info at all

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@elba013 it’s got good connections. But the info provided is very poor.

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Also I can’t quite articulate the sense of reassurance I have when crossing into Austria

Not everything is perfect with Austrian rail. This train is diesel and quite slow for example…

But you can rely on trains here. The stations will be in good order. The timetables well planned. That someone’s put thought into how it all fits together.

It ought to be like this everywhere, but sadly isn’t.

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Also these departure boards at Simbach (Inn) 🥰

You can even operate them yourself

Mühldorf departure sign
Platform sign

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@guenterhack let’s see. I’m on a local train to Passau, so not inevitable it gets checked. But I’m ready for it!

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@bentsukun Sure. But Czechia does better than many others - with less money…

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@hydrandt True. It’s not accessible for many. But it’s somehow charming!

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Bus 05

100
13:22 Passau Hbf - Waldkirchen Busbahnhof 14:06 (departed 12 mins late)
Prager Reisen

Distance: 27 km
Average speed: 37 km/h

Bus type: Setra S 415 LE Business
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🚲: ❓(not allowed I think)
🦽: ✅
📶: ✅ (sponsored by Land Bayern)
🧳: 🤔 (no overhead racks, some space above wheel arches)
🧽: 🙂

: ✅

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There’s so much traffic around Röhrnbach and Waldkirchen. Running regular trains Passau - Waldkirchen - Freyung would surely work?

From Waldkirchen onwards towards Czechia… I’ll be looking at that now!

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@h0m54r yeah it’s pretty much that. Transporting as many people as possible by train actually matters in Austria.

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This railbus has real retro charm. These sort of armchairs are super comfortable. It’s build by Jenbacher Werke that doesn’t even make trains any more.

And it even has - I’m pictured with with Wilhelm Mack from Pro Bahn who joined me for part of the journey

Jenbacher Werke logo
Jon and Wilhelm Mack
Railbus at Simbach

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At Neumarkt-Kallham there’s an even smaller train - belongs to the Linzer Lokalbahn (LILO)

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@lewd look at these kind of armchairs inside!

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Train 40

REX 1778
12:32 Neumarkt-Kallham - Passau Hbf 13:12
ÖBB

Distance: 51 km
Average speed: 77 km/h

Train type: locomotive (probably class 1144) pushing 5 single deck carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (needs a lift)
🛜: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

: ⛔️

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Train 39

R 5969
11:18 Simbach (Inn) - Neumarkt Kallham 12:19
ÖBB

Distance: 60 km
Average speed: 59 km/h

Train type: Jenbacher Werke Railbus, 1 carriage
⛽️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ⛔️ (Simbach station also not accessible)
🛜: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

: ⛔️

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@nblr Ha! That’s even cuter!

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@wanisbunes Sure. But you’ve still got to do it! SNCF could treat Saarbrücken as a regular SNCF station, or DB could treat Strasbourg as a DB station. But they don’t.

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Servus Österreich 🇦🇹

The station at Braunau (Inn) is impeccable - as is now the norm in Austria

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And yes of course I could get online tickets out of Germany (Simbach-Braunau) and into Germany (Neumarkt-Passau)

Because this - unlike the border Germany-France - is a place where they speak to each other either side of the border and work out things like this

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Good morning!

Welcome to the day 09 thread

Today: Karlsruhe - Konstanz - Lindau - München

https://urbanists.video/w/uTLFNrRaG3BFngB2ZoVxYr

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@sccook totally. This in Haguenau - brand new - was likewise good, in a totally different way

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