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   Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:43 JST Cycling on Rails

   Does SNCF Connect show AVE trains operated by Renfe on its virtual departure board? Of course not, you have to head to the "SNCF Gares & Connections" website for that! https://www.garesetconnexions.sncf/en/stations-services/lyon-part-dieu/timetables #CrossBorderRail

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:39 JST Cycling on Rails

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     The classic railway line from Málaga, as seen from the Caminito del Rey. Not a great spot for train spotting as guided tours are mandatory on this very touristic walk in a natural park, and there's little train traffic on this single-lane railway since the new high-speed line was built, but nonetheless spectacular!

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:39 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Left Málaga at dawn with the daily direct train to Barcelona (1100km according to https://signal.eu.org/osm/#locs=36.711620,-4.432360;41.379007,2.140004). With a few trains per hour the station felt deserted for a moment. #CrossBorderRail

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:40 JST Cycling on Rails

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     And that's a wrap! In the grim Barcelona Sants underground station (white neon lights everywhere 🔦). But I take good trains over good stations any time.

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:40 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Spain: let's build the longest high-speed rail network in Europe. 🚄

     Also Spain: let's all line up at the station 1h in advance. 👀

     What's the fun in getting Barcelona-Madrid down to 2h30 if people can do it in 3h30 instead? 🤔

     (There was no line anymore 20 minutes ahead, and doors closed 2 minutes in advance. The train left 5 minutes late.)

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:40 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Málaga's metro is - let's be honest - peculiar. Gigantic metro stations that you'd expect from a major city, complete with superimposed tunnels & platforms. But then the actual metro is underwhelming: just an average tram running every 10 minutes, or 7 minutes at rush hour.

     It makes one wonder whether an overground tram network wouldn't have been more efficient. The answer is that line 2 runs below a 2x2-lane boulevard. #subway #infrastructure #Malaga

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:41 JST Cycling on Rails

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     • Jon Worth

     While SNCF focuses on handing out hefty fines to passengers who forgot their luggage tags, Renfe staff just goes around handing out the tags free of charge to be put on luggage "at your convenience". 💯

     Handing out fines isn't a matter of French law, it's a matter of SNCF policy. Not sure if Renfe would skip calling anti-terrorist police for each forgotten bag on French territory, but there's anyway a clear difference in behavior & welcoming the passengers. 😊

     cc @jon

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:41 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Secret bicycle room hypothesis confirmed! Proof that it's possible to take the outdoor of a TGV and make an indoor experience that isn't crap 👌

     In 2nd class the secret room is bicycles + trash bags, in 1st class it's an (unused) executive meeting room.

     #CyclingOnRails #MonVéloDansLeTrain #BicicletaEnElTren

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:41 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Heading to the border 🇫🇷🚄🇪🇸

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:42 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Incidentally someone asked me as they were very confused that they couldn't buy a ticket for Barcelona at the (SNCF) ticket machine. No Renfe machine around. The train was anyway sold out for last-minute sales, but that must be really confusing, and they for sure got no slower alternative proposed via regional trains if they really needed to get there today or tomorrow. #CrossBorderRail #SNCF #Renfe

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:42 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Happy to report that the stupid platform check-in gates are not used by Renfe's AVE in Lyon. However they have one staff member *per door* browsing the tickets. Not even scanning them (that's done in the train), just checking passengers have a ticket. Seems a bit overkill to have so many members of staff for 1 train. 🤔

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:42 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Spotted a few #CyclingOnRails practitioners (a couple with packed bicycles & someone with an assembled mountain bike). They got sent by Renfe staff to the end of the train, and must have put the bicycles in a secret room (unless they already got off in Valence TGV 🤔) as I didn't see bicycles anywhere. #BicicletaEnElTren

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:42 JST Cycling on Rails

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     It's in fact a fully-themed #CyclingOnRails train, with an exhibition of Tour de France pictures up to the early 2000s (celebrating spanish cyclists). With the motto: "objective Paris", Renfe isn't planning to stop in Lyon (when their new trains get approved).

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:57 JST Cycling on Rails

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     Full moon, sunrise & beetroot stations - olive edition. 🫒 So far West in the central European timezone the sun only rose above the clouds at about 8:45.

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     Cycling on Rails (cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 28-Oct-2024 20:20:57 JST Cycling on Rails

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     This route gave a good overview of the spanish steppe, with the occasional greener valley. #spain #railway