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smveerman

@smveerman@zug.network

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (zij/haar). Rotterdamse, in het dagelijks leven kantoorbureaucraat, daarbuiten wandelaar (#SpoorLangsWandeling), skater (#Suuskate) en treinreiziger.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (she/her). Living in Rotterdam. My daily life consists of office bureaucracy, at other times busy hiking (#SpoorLangsWandeling), skater (#Suuskate) and traveling by train.

My native language is Dutch, and so are my toots. But don’t hesitate to reply in English or German, I can read it and write back in your language.

Profile picture and header by https://mapstodon.space/@IIVQ

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smveerman, to random
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Once the new footbridge is open in Zwolle, it will be a magnificent location to watch the performance of “Knoop Zwolle”. It is a very dense program where every half hour 10 trains are connecting to each other and the reason why Zwolle is the starting point of the Dutch train timetable.

jon, to random
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Happy Europe Day from Arles

smveerman,
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@partim @jon @patrick Is Liberec a big railway town? It is the sister city of Amersfoort :blobcatthinkingglare:

partim, to random
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Delft, half eight in the morning. Someone chartered a boat and now there is a giant bicycle traffic jam because the only bridge over the Schie had to open.

smveerman,
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@partim I love that bicycle highway, and it shows why it is needed there :blobcatgiggle:

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Some people go to public screenings of football games

When in Maastricht I’m off to a public screening of a debate with Ursula von der Leyen 🙂

https://studioeuropamaastricht.nl/2024/03/13/maastricht-debate-watch-party/

smveerman,
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@jon The NOS visited the debate festival yesterday. Turns out you missed André Rieu 😅

https://nos.nl/l/2518681

wrzlbrnft, to random German
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Die Nacht war gute 4 Stunden zu kurz, die Fähre demzufolge pünktlich. Fußpassagiere dürfen hier ungewohnterweise als erste raus. Die Passkontrolle findet im Shuttlebus zum Aufnahmegebäude statt.

Nun darf ich hier nun 2½ Stunden auf den allerersten TER nach Seaford warten.
Also… bei dieser Wartezeit muss es ja fast ein TER sein…

(Immerhin ist das Aufnahmegebäude um einiges gemütlicher und wärmer als in Dieppe)

Shuttlebus zum Ausgangsgebäude.

smveerman,
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@wrzlbrnft Sadly Newhaven Marine is no longer a thing 😅

jon, to random
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Trying to help a friend get from Madrid to Paris 8 June. And I want to 😭

€122 for the best timed TGV train to Paris €97 is the cheapest
Cheapest flights from €43
Other flights €54 - €74

smveerman,
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@jon And probably the € 4000 in fees one has to pay to run one train on the Perpignan - Figueres high speed line.

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Hat jemand von euch Erfahrung mit dem Transport von Rennrädern im ? Wird es akzeptiert die auseinandergenommen in einer Tasche mitzunehmen?

smveerman,
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@rolandweyers @BenVogel Leider keine Ahnung.

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For a couple of months now, I have been planning a new hiking series, but I couldn’t decide where to start. I did know where I wanted to finish, so time do things a little different: I do it in reverse and decide as I’m going where to finish.

And so, it is my great pleasure to welcome you to , starting at the magnificent station of Lille-Flandres. The next station is going to be Lezennes.

smveerman,
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One kilometer into the hike I’m crossing the tracks coming from Paris, Valenciennes and Tournai. A train from Belgium is arriving in Lille, with a TGV waiting after it to also enter the station

A T.G.V. Duplex on top of the high speed line waiting to be allowed into Lille.

smveerman,
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After 3,3 km from Lille-Flandres, arrived at the first station, Lezennes. I do a detour via Mont-de-Terre before going to Hellemmes station .

smveerman,
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@jon Yes, both platforms are used, mostly by MS/AM96 trains from SNCB, who by themselves already have a steep entrance.

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From the two large squares in Arras, I find the Place des Héros the most impressive, with the city hall and the in this region obligatory beffroy.

smveerman, to random
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OH “It is very crowded in this train” (looks around, empty seats everywhere) “so, until Kortrijk the first class is also available with second class tickets” :blobcatgooglyshrug:

smveerman, to random
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At the end of Friday 3 May ICM 4011, the oldest Koploper still in service at :ns_nl_b: , is leaving active service, after more than 40 years.

jon, to random
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Am I stupid? Or is SNCF Connect stupid?

I want to see departing “Grandes Lignes” at Paris Gare du Nord, and it’ll only show me departing local public transport 🤔 And no, scrolling right at the top of the second screen doesn’t work

Departures options

smveerman,
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@remi @jon weird, seeing that button on the iPhone 🫣

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Und damit sind wir wieder live: Heute mache ich eine Tagestour durch die Region und starte mit einem morgendlich vollen AGC nach Lyon Part Dieu.

smveerman,
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@Schleifleistenbruch @NymeHess @jon Aber 1,5 kV Oberleitung hat einen doppelten Fahrdraht.

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Germany following the UK and banning eScooters in trains

If your eScooters are exploding your problem is with unsafe imports FIX THAT, don't ban people transporting them!
https://mastodon.online/@bahnoev/112314123935122599

smveerman,
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@jon yeah… almost all e-scooters are banned in the Netherlands because they need a license plate by law but there isn’t a procedure to get one 🫠

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Time for another train adventure. Heading south from Zittau into Czechia. But first we have to cross a wee bit of Poland – because they forgot to consider the railways when redrawing the borders after the war.

smveerman,
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@partim And Poland also forgot to maintain that piece of track 🥲

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Saturday 20 April at 22:30 all NS trains will stop for three minutes to protest against violence against train staff. Last Saturday, a conductor was pushed off the stairs in the train and had multiple injuries.

https://nos.nl/l/2516883

smveerman, to random
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So, yesterday I read that trans persons in French still have to go to court to change their name and sex registration. Meanwhile, public transport operators in France change their name probably every 10 years 🤔

smveerman,
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One of the predecessors of Keolis had the name Transexel. I mean, isn't this almost too obvious?

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 😵‍💫

smveerman, to random
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The truck delivering this car broke down. Karma?

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Verona - Innsbruck, Innsbruck - Friedrichhafen, 11 minutes transfer duration.

Any opinions whether I should trust that I'll make the connection? (I'm still gonna book it because I have no choice, but I'd like to be emotionally prepared ...)

smveerman,
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@vicgrinberg Last year the Brenner railway line in Italy was exceptional punctual for a railway line with a large number of cargo trains

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At the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025, Grand Est Mobilités will take over 16 TER 2N NG five car double deckers from Normandy, scheduled to replace the current three car double deckers on the Luxembourg - Metz - Nancy service that have overcrowding issues. Luxembourg is paying half of the 105 million euro costs to build a new maintenance facility near Metz for these trains.

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