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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 01:13:06 JST Adrianna Tan

   We’ve been stuck outside Winslow, AZ for two hours

   Freight trains take precedence here especially on the west coast (Amtrak doesn’t own the tracks here)

   Major delays occur on US trains primarily because of this, I would say

   #Amtrak #Trains #SouthwestChief

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 01:59:54 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I’m sitting with some Amish people. They seem to have a telephone (landline style) inside a black leather bag. I’m so curious about how that works

     #Amtrak #Trains #SouthwestChief

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 02:50:08 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Crossed state lines into New Mexico!

     Two new states for me in a day (one day I’ll get out in AZ properly)

     #Amtrak #Trains #SouthwestChief

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     Derek Carroll (mantis@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 03:10:32 JST Derek Carroll

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     @skinnylatte Make sure you get off the train long enough to have a burrito with green sauce while you're in NM!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 03:10:32 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Derek Carroll

     @mantis that’s the plan (spending a night in Albuquerque)

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 03:14:22 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I feel like I’ve lived my life as an endless series of side quests.

     This is also how I play video games

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 06:03:19 JST Adrianna Tan

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     We’re all now singing a birthday song to a passenger

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 07:16:03 JST Adrianna Tan

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     We’ve been stuck outside Albuquerque for 1.5 hours (on top of the earlier stuck for 2 hours in Arizona)

     There’s a couple of other trains including this train in the other direction that have to pass through and also get service in Albuquerque.

     Glad I had the diner car breakfast. I was hoping to get to Albuquerque for.. brunch. Ahahaha

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 07:25:22 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)

     @artcollisions I really like trains

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     Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni) (artcollisions@vis.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 07:25:24 JST Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)

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     @skinnylatte Genuine question, why take trains to Atlanta vs fly?

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 07:33:23 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)
     • swachter

     @swachter @artcollisions also, bad train things are just as bad as bad flying experiences.

     We’re sitting here and there’s AC and free snacks and people to talk to. The temp of people in trains just much happier and warmer

     It’s a different way of seeing the world that’s less about getting there (eventually you will.. but I feel like that’s a very US train thing)

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     swachter (swachter@toot.boston)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 07:33:25 JST swachter

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     • Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)

     @skinnylatte @artcollisions Trains are pretty great! We've taken sleeper cars down the East Coast to FL on two occasions and while we didn't sleep super great (spouse is a longboi as you may recall) it was a lovely journey overall. Once we took that AUTOTRAIN which must be pronounced in all caps.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 07:42:37 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)
     • swachter

     @artcollisions @swachter oh yeah I wouldn’t be able to do this if I had a job job right now.

     But that’s also the state of a lot of US local transit. Good in theory, glad it exists.. wish it were more reliable. And faster. (Shanghai to Beijing is 4.5h hours for 820 miles), many times a day

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     Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni) (artcollisions@vis.social)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 07:42:38 JST Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)

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     • swachter

     @skinnylatte @swachter Very much agree.

     It's just, for most travel, it takes a long time. Not everyone has that luxury.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 09:10:52 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Just started moving after 3h of waiting. 35 more min to Albuquerque.

     I feel fine. I’ve been in a train for 24 hours at this point. I slept well (I can sleep anywhere) and I was well fed. I need a shower, but mostly feeling fine. (I was prepared for severe delays…)

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 10:09:31 JST Adrianna Tan

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     (My 24-45 hour Indian railways journeys prepared me.. but in those cases they were almost always moving)

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 28-Mar-2026 14:30:36 JST Adrianna Tan

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     7. ART bus no 766 red line bus from downtown Albuquerque station near the Amtrak station.

     Seems like their buses are fare-free.

     Was kind of hard to find the bus stop (poor signage, closed sidewalks, no pedestrian crossing signs..) but I made it.

     Fun fact: I don’t know any about NM or Albuquerque or transit here. Will update when I find out more

     #Bus #Transit #Albuquerque #NewMexico

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 01:13:32 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Announcement at MARTA station at Atlanta airport: “footwear is required”

     #Trains #Transit #Atlanta #Georgia

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 01:14:50 JST Adrianna Tan

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     8. MARTA in Atlanta, Georgia

     Don’t have a fun fact, but wow these trains are really old

     #Trains #Transit #Atlanta #Georgia

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 01:50:49 JST Adrianna Tan

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     This country is so big, I’ve been in three time zones in four days

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 29-Mar-2026 02:05:56 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Lots of people with protest placards!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 04:45:17 JST Adrianna Tan

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     9. MARTA bus at the King Memorial MARTA Center, a great way to get to the King Center by transit

     Tickets are around $2.50 with free 2 hour transfer

     #Bus #Transit

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 04:51:52 JST Adrianna Tan

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     One of the cool things about taking local buses is you can get a good sense of neighborhoods

     I don’t know *anything* about Atlanta neighborhoods but I immediately got the vibe that I like Cabbagetown and East Atlanta in general

     #Bus #Transit #Atlanta

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 20:41:36 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Amtrak emailed to say they’ll be giving us Amtrak vouchers as they’re sorry about the train delays on the Southwest Chief.

     If it’s a substantial voucher of some sort I’d like to spend it on a roomette. I’ve never been in one

     #Trains #Transit #Amtrak

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 20:50:47 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • David Michaels

     @vwampage I can’t wait! The California Zephyr is a bucket list trip (I’ve done only part of it in coach)

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     David Michaels (vwampage@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 20:50:48 JST David Michaels

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     @skinnylatte Oh they are delightful!!! Highly recommend. I did one from New Orleans to Chicago once

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 20:54:13 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)

     @artcollisions last time I flew to the east coast, my sleep cycle was somewhat disrupted. Not jetlag but it was harder to switch to waking up at the usual time

     This time as I stopped in the middle and travelled by land until I got to ET, I feel totally fine

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     Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni) (artcollisions@vis.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 20:54:14 JST Granny Art (Shrimp) (Joni)

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     @skinnylatte does it help with the jetlag?

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 23:40:33 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Jonobie

     @jonobie yes!! So strange never heard it other places

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     Jonobie (jonobie@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 23:40:35 JST Jonobie

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     @skinnylatte There is an odd emphasis on footwear for this trip!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 30-Mar-2026 23:41:36 JST Adrianna Tan

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     10. Took my first SEPTA bus in Philly from the airport. Pretty easy. (Bus 37)

     #Bus #Transit #Philidelphia

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 04-Apr-2026 00:51:49 JST Adrianna Tan

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     11. Northeast Regional train to New York City

     #Trains #Amtrak #Transit #Philadelphia

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 04-Apr-2026 01:14:56 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I switched to Verizon / Visible not too long ago, and cellular coverage has been.. visibly better than Google Fi / T-Mobile. I mean I think that’s true everywhere but particularly outside of cities.

     If I were to do it again (a few long distance trains at a time), Visible plus AT&T will probably cover all bases. Some people have a complex setup with Glinet routers with 5G and failover but when I’m out of network I just sleep or read (or play games)

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 04-Apr-2026 02:28:19 JST Adrianna Tan

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     12. New York subway

     I’ll always have a soft spot for it

     #Trains #Transit #NewYorkCity

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     Luke Kanies (lkanies@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 04-Apr-2026 15:07:19 JST Luke Kanies

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     @skinnylatte one of the very few times I’ve ridden the Acela (from nyc to Boston), there was a tornado in Brooklyn as I left town.

     I don’t think it was my fault.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 05-Apr-2026 02:02:47 JST Adrianna Tan

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     More New York subway.

     The 7 train goes to the largest one of the biggest hubs of Chinese food outside of Asia (Flushing, Queens). Way more regional variety than most places.

     #Trains #Transit #NewYorkCity

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 06-Apr-2026 01:35:26 JST Adrianna Tan

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     13. Inside of the Long Island Railroad (best way to get to JFK airport)

     $5.25 from Atlantic Terminal to Jamaica, then $8 from Jamaica to JFK (on the AirTrain)

     “With an average weekday ridership of 336,300 passengers in 2025, it is the busiest commuter railroad in North America. It is also one of the world's few commuter systems that run 24/7 year-round.”

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road

     #Trains #Transit #NewYorkCity

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Apr-2026 15:18:04 JST Adrianna Tan

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     14. Made it to London!

     Thameslink train from Gatwick

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thameslink

     #Trains #Transit #London

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Apr-2026 15:54:09 JST Adrianna Tan

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     15. So many different types of trains!

     I don’t really understand all the many different trains and operators yet but I think these are different commuter rail systems that go to different places

     #Trains #Transit #London

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 09-Apr-2026 15:57:57 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Sarah Jackson

     @sarahijackson thank you!!

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     Sarah Jackson (sarahijackson@wandering.shop)'s status on Thursday, 09-Apr-2026 15:57:58 JST Sarah Jackson

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     @skinnylatte Welcome!!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 00:26:12 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I really like cities that are best by bus. I love the Tube, but London buses are very familiar to me (mostly coz we’ve got similar buses and bus routes in Singapore / Hong Kong). For local travel I prefer buses, most places.

     Buses don’t have to suck (they’re so good in places where they’re good!)

     #Bus #Transit #London

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     マリオ (Mario Menti) (mario@neko.cat)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 00:32:25 JST マリオ (Mario Menti)

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     @skinnylatte I agree up to a point, especially for shorter distances. Long journeys are far faster by tube though.

     And I agree about Singapore, I naturally tend to gravitate towards metro/undergound, but in Singapore I realised there are lots of places that are actually quicker and easier to get to by bus (it probably helped that there as a bus stop right outside the place we stayed at 😁).

     And Singapore buses have AC, which London ones are mosly lacking...

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     Peter Goulborn (phronetic@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 03:42:03 JST Peter Goulborn

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     @skinnylatte Welcome! *waves from south of the river*

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:08:18 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I like big buses #Bus #Transit #London

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 11-Apr-2026 21:37:06 JST Adrianna Tan

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     When I last spent any regular time in London (late 00s / early 10s)
     
     I lived somewhere where the Tube was the primary way of getting around

     This time I’m somewhere taking the commuter trains more frequently and

     It’s pretty nice? They’re larger, less packed and pretty good

     #Transit #London

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 11-Apr-2026 22:02:19 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Nina

     @bluestocking hehe they were the only buses I knew so when I got to SF I was very surprised

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     Nina (bluestocking@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Apr-2026 22:02:20 JST Nina

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     @skinnylatte when my mom and I met up in London last month I got to take her on her first double-decker bus ride and sit on top right in the front and she had SO much fun. buses really can be so great!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 12-Apr-2026 01:37:37 JST Adrianna Tan

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     90% of public transit I’ve taken in my life (in duration and frequency) have been double decker buses exactly like these (I took them to school every day in Singapore since I was 7)

     #Transit #London

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2026 19:13:55 JST Adrianna Tan

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     ‘See it, say it, sorted’

     #Transit #London

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2026 19:16:32 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Notes from the underground

     #Transit #London

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     Tabby (0x09@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 13-Apr-2026 20:32:42 JST Tabby

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     @skinnylatte I once saw a dating site ad on the Underground that said “I’d change at Bank for you” 🥺

     Then I sent a photo of it to someone I love, while I was changing at Bank to visit them 😁

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 00:22:06 JST Adrianna Tan

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     More London buses

     #Transit #London

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 17-Apr-2026 23:42:43 JST Adrianna Tan

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     The train I take the most when I’m in Paris (RER B)

     #Transit #Paris #Trains

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 00:04:50 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Jonathan Yu

     @jawnsy the France hates English thing is famously overblown I feel

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     Jonathan Yu (jawnsy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 00:04:51 JST Jonathan Yu

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     @skinnylatte A lot of English signage, interesting!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 02:23:29 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Jonathan Yu

     @jawnsy France is also a huge tourist destination and English helps for other Europeans as well. I think also in the context of Quebec, a bit different as French *is* the dominant language and people don’t feel especially threatened

     It’s different in suburban or rural areas

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     Jonathan Yu (jawnsy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 02:23:30 JST Jonathan Yu

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     @skinnylatte I always understood it as the French trying hard to preserve their language and culture. People often speak English in Montreal, but I think most of the signage is in French

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:02:59 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Transit is so much easier now with Navigo in the wallet app

     Unlike most other places where you add to its ‘stored value’ and run it down, you get ‘passes’ or one off tickets for each ride. Or a pack of 10

     #Transit #Paris #Trains

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:10:10 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Transit experiences on this entire trip:

     I’ve not had to get a physical transit card anywhere. I used to enjoy collecting those, but yeah it’s annoying when you’ve got leftover $ in a card for a place you won’t return to and won’t have time to get a refund.

     1. LA: TAP card inside iOS Wallet app (just added $10, each ride was 1.75 ish on LAMetro and buses)

     2. Albuquerque: buses were free on ART bus

     3. Atlanta: just tapped my credit card directly on MARTA

     4. Philadelphia: just tapped my credit card directly on SEPTA

     5. New York City: you can get OMNY cards but you can also just tap a credit card directly on the turnstile

     6. London: you can tap a credit card directly instead of getting an Oyster card

     7. Paris: you can get a Navigo card in your phone and buy passes

     I’ve been to most of those places before and Paris was by far the most challenging for a visitor previously (you had to stand in line at specific stations only to get a Navigo physical card with a passport photo..) so this is a welcome change

     #Transit #Paris #Trains

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:15:58 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Pooja Saxena

     @matratype there are two kinds, one you need a passport photo for a pass type travel and the one off cards or easy cards you don’t need a passport photo

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     Pooja Saxena (matratype@typo.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:15:59 JST Pooja Saxena

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     @skinnylatte A passport photo for the Navigo card in Paris? I picked one up from the machine ten days ago.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:22:21 JST Adrianna Tan

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     RER C

     RER trains are kind of like Caltrain + BART put together

     (It’s a commuter rail train but also functions as rapid transit)..

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RER_C

     Most of that lines carry more people per hour than Caltrain does per day in the entire system :)

     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9seau_Express_R%C3%A9gional

     #Transit #Paris #Trains

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 18:42:53 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Metro line 10

     #Transit #Paris #Trains

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     Krazy Krêpe (krazykitty@mamot.fr)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 19:25:39 JST Krazy Krêpe

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     • Ken Butler

     @nxskok @skinnylatte I hope you really want to know, because I'm about to nerd out.

     All RER trains have a 4 letter code. On line B, the first letter tells you what's the destination stop (E for CDG airport, K for Massy-Palaiseau, L for Orsay-Ville, etc). The second letters describes where the train stops (O is for omnibus). The last two letters are only here to make the code easy to pronounce and understand when transmitted over radio.

     So LOUP is an omnibus train for Orsay-Ville :-)

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     Ken Butler (nxskok@cupoftea.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Apr-2026 19:25:40 JST Ken Butler

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     @skinnylatte the departure board looks as if it is in English (although it could be very franglais French, I guess).

     Why is one of the trains a wolf? (loup = wolf)

     Adrianna Tan repeated this.
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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 21:21:51 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I like to take any bus 38 anywhere I am

     https://www.bonjour-ratp.fr/en/lignes-bus/ligne-38/

     #Transit #Paris #Bus

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 23-Apr-2026 23:38:49 JST Adrianna Tan

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     Bristol buses: pretty pricey

     GBP 2.60 for the local bus. No free transfers but there’s a fare cap

     Airport Flyer bus is GBP 9.50

     #Transit #Bristol #Bus