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   Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 22:31:30 JST Jon Worth

   I am starting a new little service - predominantly on LinkedIn as it's full of rail bullshit - but cross posted here

   My "Bullshit Meter"

   A quick reaction to a rail story, assessing whether it will happen or not

   Here are a few examples...

   Want me to assess a story? Send it over!

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     Knud Jahnke (knud@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 22:58:07 JST Knud Jahnke

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     @jon

     I do hope that you are the one that made up the Dubai claim - no-one can really be this ... unrealistic, or?

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:31:56 JST eribosot

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     @jon That's a pretty bold claim about the Gorizia-Nova Gorica connection. I mean, sure, they are literally the Italian half and the Slovenian half of the SAME CITY, but knowing the absolutely dismal state of Slovenian railways, I can see some way in which they can still screw it up.

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:44:19 JST eribosot

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     @jon Sorry for being cynical (and sarcastic). It's just that I was recently forced to spend 4+ hours traveling from Ljubljana to Venice, and 4+ hours back... on a bus. Because there doesn't seem to be any train connection from Ljubljana to the nearest big Italian city.

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:44:21 JST Jon Worth

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     • eribosot

     @eribosot No. 1) Slovenian railways have improved a lot in recent years, 2) it's capital of culture and just 3km to run, and 3) test trains have run already.

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:46:32 JST eribosot

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     @jon There is? Google Maps appears unaware of it.

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:46:33 JST Jon Worth

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     • eribosot

     @eribosot There is. You just can't book it online 🤷♂️

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:50:26 JST eribosot

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     @jon *clicks Follow button* thanks for the tip! I was aware of bahn.de's status, just didn't realize GMaps was so bad...

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:50:27 JST Jon Worth

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     • eribosot

     @eribosot Google Maps is crap for rail. NEVER trust it. Sorry. Said out of bitter experience. Always use Deutsche Bahn's planner for European rail.

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     eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:52:31 JST eribosot

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     @jon Quickest connection seems to be 5h31m with a switch in Trieste.

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     Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:52:32 JST Jon Worth

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     • eribosot

     @eribosot Ah bollocks. Seems it now doesn't run :-/

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     Alan Grant (alan@en.osm.town)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 23:37:54 JST Alan Grant

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     @jon
     Cross border bullshit, or European railways in general? I am genuinely curious about whether Spain will ever extend its rail network along the south coast. It's been talked about since forever, but there has been a new surge of publicity recently.

     https://www.surinenglish.com/malaga/the-government-calls-for-tenders-for-the-20241227075342-nt.html