Wow! Amazing #CrossChannelRail photo sent to me by a friend. A ICE 406 in Virgin Trains livery on testing at Bruxelles Midi! Are they crazy enough to buy these trains? 🤔
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2025 16:58:24 JST Jon Worth
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Tuesday, 01-Apr-2025 16:58:23 JST Jon Worth
And it seems it’s actually on. DB has sold 13 ICE trains to Virgin, and with this acquisition they’re jumping ahead of their rivals to be the first new company to launch #CrossChannelRail services. Here’s their press release! https://pub-1b6206dc01a2466c977bccef6613f074.r2.dev/virgintrains-pressrelease-2_annotated.pdf
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 00:46:20 JST Jon Worth
Ah
How to piss off SNCF train managers
Question them when you know the rules better than them 😀
They announced on the PA that Name and Telephone number on the bags is obligatory
When they did the ticket check I asked them about this
One got shirty with me, but when they looked in the SNCF conditions they couldn’t prove telephone has to be on the label
https://jonworth.eu/how-to-not-fall-foul-of-sncfs-luggage-rules/
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 00:43:46 JST Jon Worth
Welcome to today's thread - #CrossChannelRail Day 5 - 21 March - Marseille - Valence - Lyon
On the agenda today:
Stations
Marseille St Charles
Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud
Valence Ville
Lyon Part Dieu
Lyon Perrache
Lyon-Saint-Exupéry TGVToday's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crosschannelrail-2025_1148540#8/44.553/5.040
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 00:43:45 JST Jon Worth
The TGV says Oui but Marseille St Charles is a definite Non for #CrossChannelRail
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Mar-2025 00:43:43 JST Jon Worth
SNCF: we’re paranoid about security
SNCF: we’ll leave the circuits in the cabinet in the toilet open for everyone to access!
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 17:20:00 JST Jon Worth
New #BullshitMeter this morning
Rather surprisingly I think this one might happen: Lisboa-Madrid will likely improve once the Elvas-Evora line opens
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 03:44:12 JST Jon Worth
@rysiek Any view on this? Same problem as the KD trains? https://kolejowyportal.pl/opolski-impuls-ma-problem-z-uruchomieniem/
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 17:06:32 JST Jon Worth
So @emuricdo asked me to assess the chances Qbuzz will run trains Amsterdam-Paris - background is here https://www.thelocal.com/20230613/amsterdam-paris-berlin-rail-link-likely-to-come-by-2027
I don't think it's impossible, but that timetable looks very tight! #BullshitMeter
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:26:38 JST Jon Worth
And by popular demand, here's the #BullshitMeter for today's story about Richard Branson - Virgin Trains wanting to buy a dozen trains to rival Eurostar by 2029
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:52:32 JST Jon Worth
@eribosot Ah bollocks. Seems it now doesn't run :-/
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:50:27 JST Jon Worth
@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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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:46:33 JST Jon Worth
@eribosot There is. You just can't book it online 🤷♂️
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 23:44:21 JST Jon Worth
@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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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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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 17:01:20 JST Jon Worth
Happy Baltic 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 rail timetable coordination day 🎉
From today onwards you can *finally* go from Vilnius via Rīga and Valga to Tallinn in a day (the reverse also works)
Getting stuck in Valga is no more
One of my #CrossBorderRail campaign priorities is fixed! 💪
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Saturday, 21-Dec-2024 00:08:57 JST Jon Worth
@maartje It'd have good acceleration. What's not to like? 👍
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 21:55:26 JST Jon Worth
Good morning from a rainy, windy Brussels
Off to the event to launch the new OUIGO cross border service this morning
Once I’ve cycled through the rain ☔️
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 21:55:25 JST Jon Worth
OUIGO launch at Midi
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Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Dec-2024 21:55:24 JST Jon Worth
Now at what feels like the 6th last rail speech from Gilkinet
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