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   Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:10 JST Jon Worth

   Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days Baltic Circuit - Warszawa - Białystok - Ełk - Raczki

   Crossing these borders:
   None today - only getting close to Lithuania but not crossing!

   Today's routes on the routes map:
   https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#7/53.357/22.159

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:47:52 JST Jon Worth

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     Raczki

     And the B&B is an old manor house with bike infrastructure funded by the EU 🎉

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:47:53 JST Jon Worth

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     An e-Horse? 🤔

     (Is this what would have happened if FDP had controlled agriculture policy instead of transport?)

     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: repeated this.
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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:47:54 JST Jon Worth

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     It’s pretty empty and grey here. But the road is quiet and flat, so it’s easy cycling

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:47:56 JST Jon Worth

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     Augustów

     Pierogi in town. Then 20km to Raczki and that’s all for today

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:47:57 JST Jon Worth

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     Ah. There’s the transshipment terminal. Some broad gauge wagons for petrochemicals and coal in the distance. Sokółka 🇵🇱

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:47:58 JST Jon Worth

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     Grodno 🇧🇾

     Borders, geopolitics and railways, eh? So near and yet so far

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:47:59 JST Jon Worth

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     Ok, I’m glad there *is* a daily Warszawa - Vilnius connection

     But honestly it’s quite painful

     We were +50 into Białystok, and now they’ve taken more than 20 mins for the locomotive change (and 31 min is timetabled!)

     A further 27 min is timetabled for the direction change in Suwałki. 35 min for the train switch in Mockava

     This isn’t businesslike

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:01 JST Jon Worth

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     Białystok station renovations almost done. It’s a neat job, I like it.

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:02 JST Jon Worth

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     It’s hard to say if this is PKP IC being bad at handling disruption, but today and yesterday, and on my first #CrossBorderRail 2 years ago when I was delayed 5 hours, it seems that when things go wrong no one knows what is happening, and no one thinks to announce anything

     Yesterday and today friendly passengers translated for me, but the info even they had in Polish told us little

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:03 JST Jon Worth

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     Damn, I have to skip Ełk

     No way to do it by public transport now, or safely in daylight with the bike

     So instead I will go to Augustów and cycle to Raczki from there (20km), and tomorrow Raczki to Suwałki and back onto the planned route

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:04 JST Jon Worth

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     BUT there was a track problem… so we were stuck almost an hour in Małkinia

     My connection in Bialystok is long gone

     What do I do now? 🤔

     Go to Suwałki instead, cycle to Raczki? Or stick to plan, go to Elk, but then have only 90 mins of light to cycle 40km?

     Annoying though it is I think the former is better

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:06 JST Jon Worth

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     IC 144
     07:50 Warszawa Centralna - Bialystok 10:02

     Distance: 184.2km
     Average speed: 84km/h

     9 stops:
     Warszawa Wschodnia
     Wolomin
     Tluszcz
     Lochow
     Malkinia
     Czyzew
     Szepietowo
     Lapy
     Bialystok Zielone Wzgorza
     Bialystok

     This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#10/47.4234/4.5779

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:07 JST Jon Worth

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     #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days Baltic Circuit Train 17 of 33
     IC 144
     07:50 Warszawa Centralna - Bialystok 10:02
     PKP InterCity

     Train type: Pafawag EP09 locomotive (look how classic that is!), 10 carriages
     ⚡️
     🚲: ✅
     🦽: ✅ (on board ramp)
     🛜: ✅ (meant to be but it’s patchy)
     🍽️: ⛔️
     🧳: 🙂 (lots of space, good racks)
     🧽: 🙂

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 23:48:09 JST Jon Worth

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     Here's this morning’s #CrossBorderRail intro video, filmed before departing at Warszawa https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/nR9hgwRXJfwXFmnRmdYJog