Notices by Jon Worth (jon@gruene.social), page 2

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 TGV

Today's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crosschannelrail-2025_1148540#8/44.553/5.040

The TGV says Oui but Marseille St Charles is a definite Non for #CrossChannelRail

SNCF: we’re paranoid about security

SNCF: we’ll leave the circuits in the cabinet in the toilet open for everyone to access!

#CrossChannelRail

New #BullshitMeter this morning

Rather surprisingly I think this one might happen: Lisboa-Madrid will likely improve once the Elvas-Evora line opens

The story: https://www.dn.pt/edicao-impressa/lisboa-madrid-obriga-a-troca-de-comboio-mesmo-com-nova-linha-de-%C3%A9vora

@rysiek Any view on this? Same problem as the KD trains? https://kolejowyportal.pl/opolski-impuls-ma-problem-z-uruchomieniem/

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

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

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

@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.

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

@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.

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!

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! 💪

@maartje It'd have good acceleration. What's not to like? 👍

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 ☔️

OUIGO launch at Midi

Now at what feels like the 6th last rail speech from Gilkinet

In the messed up world of French railways this OUIGO makes sense

But it’s still stupid, and some of the rhetoric at the launch made me want to scream

And when I’m no longer cold and damp (from cycling in the rain earlier) I’ll post more about this train

The line that really rankled: OUIGO is the service that will persuade young people to take the train again

From the boss of OUIGO at the event

Sorry France but that’s because you’ve made your entire offer outside Paris too expensive and complex to use!