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Crew change at Namur. The new train manager seems to believe the train goes to Luxembourg.
Luxembourg. The train from Brussels runs every hour, so naturally it’s a fifty minute wait for the connection to France.
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Luxembourg. The train from Brussels runs every hour, so naturally it’s a fifty minute wait for the connection to France.
The French train isn’t here yet and there are no arrivals scheduled from that direction. I guess SNCF is running it up empty so they can keep an inconvenient afternoon timetable gap?
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The French train isn’t here yet and there are no arrivals scheduled from that direction. I guess SNCF is running it up empty so they can keep an inconvenient afternoon timetable gap?
Holy mother of peace and quiet! Remind me to never move here!
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Holy mother of peace and quiet! Remind me to never move here!
Well, crap. “La circulation des trains entre Bettembourg et Thionville est perturbée suite à une panne technique de signalisation sur le réseau ferroviaire en France.” If I run, I can get the train to Koblenz.
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Well, crap. “La circulation des trains entre Bettembourg et Thionville est perturbée suite à une panne technique de signalisation sur le réseau ferroviaire en France.” If I run, I can get the train to Koblenz.
Looks like the train to Nancy left two minutes late. Ah well. Never did Luxembourg – Trier, so I get to tick that off.
(This is why “on time” labels if a train is expected to be actually going on time are great rather than not saying anything which can be interpreted as “we don’t know yet”.)
(Also, have the train on the platform a little more than five minutes before departure.)
(Also, grumble.)
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Looks like the train to Nancy left two minutes late. Ah well. Never did Luxembourg – Trier, so I get to tick that off.
(This is why “on time” labels if a train is expected to be actually going on time are great rather than not saying anything which can be interpreted as “we don’t know yet”.)
(Also, have the train on the platform a little more than five minutes before departure.)
(Also, grumble.)
Maybe I can go from Saarbrücken to Strasbourg? Oh, there is a direct train!
It leaves two minutes before the train from Trier arrives.
Go figure.
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Maybe I can go from Saarbrücken to Strasbourg? Oh, there is a direct train!
It leaves two minutes before the train from Trier arrives.
Go figure.
Going from Trier to Saarbrücken, you want to sit on the right side with a view of the river Saar. But the train was too busy for that. Turns out things get really interesting on the left side once you get closer to Saarbrücken – all the old steel mills and assorted industry and attached railway infrastructure make for a lot to see.
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Going from Trier to Saarbrücken, you want to sit on the right side with a view of the river Saar. But the train was too busy for that. Turns out things get really interesting on the left side once you get closer to Saarbrücken – all the old steel mills and assorted industry and attached railway infrastructure make for a lot to see.
The stop train takes one and a half times the time of the express train. And no, it doesn’t have a long stop along the way. It just stops a lot. These diesel things really are terrible at accelerating.
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The stop train takes one and a half times the time of the express train. And no, it doesn’t have a long stop along the way. It just stops a lot. These diesel things really are terrible at accelerating.
Quick reminder that if you run more than one train per hour, it is cheaper to just electrify the line already than toy with ingenious alternatives.
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Quick reminder that if you run more than one train per hour, it is cheaper to just electrify the line already than toy with ingenious alternatives.
Ironically, a bunch of slightly overweight children left the train at Landau.
(This toot for old German people only.)
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Ironically, a bunch of slightly overweight children left the train at Landau.
(This toot for old German people only.)
The northern of the two signal boxes at Winden (Pfalz) – very much still in use – was taken into service in 1899!
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The northern of the two signal boxes at Winden (Pfalz) – very much still in use – was taken into service in 1899!
It is pitch black outside, time to call it a day.
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It is pitch black outside, time to call it a day.
What’s with all the lederhosen and dirndls? I thought better of you, Baden.
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What’s with all the lederhosen and dirndls? I thought better of you, Baden.
Room with a view.
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Room with a view.
Good morning! Let’s see what I screw up today. There will be financial losses if I don’t make it to Chamonix by tonight. But, I will obviously not just go there in a straight line. That would be silly.
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Good morning! Let’s see what I screw up today. There will be financial losses if I don’t make it to Chamonix by tonight. But, I will obviously not just go there in a straight line. That would be silly.
It may have required a spreadsheet, but I have concocted a plan. Someone really needs to make a rail travel planning app for going off the beaten track.
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It may have required a spreadsheet, but I have concocted a plan. Someone really needs to make a rail travel planning app for going off the beaten track.
Why do they feel they need to have a great big yellow warning ticker about construction work in Cologne on this Basel-bound ICE well south of Karlsruhe?
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Why do they feel they need to have a great big yellow warning ticker about construction work in Cologne on this Basel-bound ICE well south of Karlsruhe?
Bienvenue à Bâle !
Good thing I couldn’t go to Strasbourg last night as there are no trains into Basel from there today.
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Bienvenue à Bâle !
Good thing I couldn’t go to Strasbourg last night as there are no trains into Basel from there today.
The rule is that you have to travel via Delémont if you are going for the west of the country. Bonus twist today: due to engineering works, the trains turn left just outside Biel and head to Lyss.
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The rule is that you have to travel via Delémont if you are going for the west of the country. Bonus twist today: due to engineering works, the trains turn left just outside Biel and head to Lyss.
Still the best seat in all of Switzerland’s trains.
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