This must be the most charming little station I went to last year. Černousy in Czechia. There is a #CrossBorderRail line from Zawidów in Poland, but no passenger trains run.

From Černousy this neat railbus runs to Liberec, departing from the little station behind the old apple trees. https://flickr.com/photos/jonworth-eu/52730141179/in/album-72177720306512199/

🤣 Just been emailed by a radio show that wants to speak to me about my Ireland trip this evening

"Can you please not do any other radio interviews about this topic before you have spoken to us?" they asked me

What do they think I am!? That radio shows are queuing up to speak to me about #CrossBorderRail? 🤔 Sure it'd be nice, but radio work about this is pretty rare!

Irish Times has written about my #CrossBorderRail project last week in Ireland with @Ciarancuffe It's not a complete overview of the headaches of rail+ferry trips, but it does convey the petty annoyances with such journeys quite well… https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2023/09/11/study-on-irish-public-transport-highlights-lack-of-connectivity/

Good to see Jon Worth’s exploration of Irish rail and maritime borders get an airing in the Irish Times.

Irish Rail need a mind shift though when they say:
“Ultimately it is going to be down to demand and finance”

The climate demands investment in sustainable travel and seriously how expensive would it be to run buses and trains to connect with ferries?

@jon

#CrossBorderRail
#ClimateAction
#ClimateEmergency

https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2023/09/11/study-on-irish-public-transport-highlights-lack-of-connectivity/

Ah, well, German ticket pricing of it's best.

Safer fare Europa : EUR 190
Flexpreis Plus Europa : EUR 47

Or as I call it : The #Binz hack.

Journey : Bruxelles-Midi to Ostseebad Binz, first class with one BC 100.

#CrossBorderRail

Diese Woche: #CrossBorderRail Veranstaltungen!

Freitag 15 Sep, 1900-2100, Die Grünen Grävenwiesbach (Hessen) - auch ein Radtour vor der Diskussionsveranstaltung
https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/autumn2023/#graevenwiesbach

#TagDerSchiene Samstag 16 Sep, 1400-1500, Wustermark - mit Hildegard Bentele MdEP (CDU) und European Sleeper
https://www.tag-der-schiene.de/events/freie-bahn-quer-durch-europa-wie-bekommen-wir-eine-starke-schiene-hin

Seat reservations for Interrail on German trains

€4,90 2nd class, for as many trains as you want - if they connect - if you reserve with DB
€5,90 1st class, for as many trains as you want - if they connect - if you reserve with DB

€3,00 1st or 2nd class with ÖBB - but you pay *per train*

So if you're taking 1 ICE - book seats with ÖBB. If you're taking two or more and they connect, book with DB

#CrossBorderRail

#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2023 Train 17
GWR
18:20 Reading - London Paddington 18:44
GWR

Distance: 58km
Average speed: 144km/h

Train type: Hitachi bi-mode multiple unit, 2x5 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (lift on platform)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🤔 (tiny overhead racks, rest ok)
🧽: 🙂

#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2023 Train 16

16:51 Swindon - Reading 17:17
GWR

Distance: 66km
Average speed: 153km/h

Train type: Hitachi bi-mode multiple unit, 9 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (lift on platform)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🤔 (tiny overhead racks, rest ok)
🧽: 🙂

I was missing the train assessments from Day 07 of the project, due to changing in Port Talbot instead of Cardiff

Here they are - note the speeds!

#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2023 Train 15

14:42 Port Talbot Parkway - Swindon 16:18
GWR

Distance: 161km
Average speed: 101km/h

Train type: Hitachi bi-mode multiple unit, 2x5 carriages
⚡️ (from Cardiff), ⛽️ (to Cardiff)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (lift on platform)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🤔 (tiny overhead racks, rest ok)
🧽: 🙂

Borders crossed: Severn Tunnel Junction 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 - Patchway 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I have uploaded the pictures from my most recent France-Ireland-UK #CrossBorderRail trip to Flickr - on my Photostream here https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonworth-eu/

Including this photo at Fishguard harbour - with really nice colours of the water…

Have France and Germany found some sort of solution to actually run some of the new Régiolis trains from December 2024, rather than 2026…? https://www.wort.lu/international/neuer-triebwagen-fur-besseren-grenzuberschreitenden-zugverkehr/2748795.html #CrossBorderRail

Agh, Freiburg-Colmar #CrossBorderRail

It *would* work, but given that pretty much ALL of the France-Germany international rail lines are deeply deficient, I wonder if this one (which is the hardest of all to fix) sucks away interest in fixing the easier problems at other lines?

https://www.schiene.de/news-5022/Rathauschef-fordert-mehr-Elan-fuer-Elsass-Bahnlinie.html

So I have planned a little Slovenia-Italy-Austria borders tour for my 3 extra Interrail days...

It’ll take me to these borders I have not examined yet
Fusine Laghi 🇮🇹 - Ratece-Planica 🇸🇮
San Elia 🇮🇹 - Hrpelje-Kozina 🇸🇮
Former 760mm gauge Parenzana - Muggia 🇮🇹 - Spodnje Škofije
Villa Opicina 🇮🇹 - Sežana 🇸🇮
Villa Opicina 🇮🇹 - Repentabor 🇸🇮
Bleiburg 🇦🇹 - Prevalje 🇸🇮
Lavamünd 🇦🇹 - Dravograd 🇸🇮
Start of the Imeno 🇸🇮 - Kumrovec 🇭🇷 line
17-20 October…

#CrossBorderRail

What's going on with Villach 🇦🇹 - Tarvisio Boscoverde 🇮🇹 #CrossBorderRail

Just 2 Railjet, 2 regional and 1 Nightjet a day? 🤔

I recall this used to be better. Are there engineering works somewhere messing this up?

1435 mm standard gauge, AC/DC multitalent: TER-ing along Lac du Bourget, #Savoie #France
#train #CrossBorderRail #travel #saturday #ACDC #TER #Sncf

Here’s today’s summary video https://urbanists.video/w/nGfrYrmpkSFuwjDSxwvGj8

I now have 5 days of break

#CrossBorderRail resumes Thursday 14 September

My all the borders map has been updated, inc. the 7 #CrossBorderRail lines I have visited for the first time this week, and 1 - the channel tunnel - that has changed from orange (been there before) to pink (been there during my projects

https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#6/51.825/4.525

I am now at 169 cross border lines investigated in this project so far…

#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2023 Train 19
TER17765
19:27 Paris Bercy - Nuits-sous-Ravieres 21:38
SNCF for Mobigo TER BFC

Distance: 225km
Average speed: 103km/h

Train type: Coradia Liner, 2x6 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (well designed bike spaces)
🦽: ✅ (step free if platform allows)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🤔 (grimy windows)

@jon

“London - Paris”

Wow, the prototype of any #CrossBorderRail 😂