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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc – and it isn’t even dark yet. Trust the Swiss to make a journey of nine trains with mostly short transfers work flawlessly.
Good morning and welcome to day three. Hopefully, I’ll cross under those mountains soon. Still not entirely convinced this is going to happen (despite having a reservation).
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Good morning and welcome to day three. Hopefully, I’ll cross under those mountains soon. Still not entirely convinced this is going to happen (despite having a reservation).
It’s here!
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It’s here!
I thought “Maybe I should have taken the direct Flixbus to Aosta” but that bus is currently being held up right after the tunnel by camouflaged Italians with automatic weapons.
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I thought “Maybe I should have taken the direct Flixbus to Aosta” but that bus is currently being held up right after the tunnel by camouflaged Italians with automatic weapons.
Needless to say, the hourly bus down to Aosta left ten minutes ago. Gives me some time to look at pretty mountains sunbathing.
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Needless to say, the hourly bus down to Aosta left ten minutes ago. Gives me some time to look at pretty mountains sunbathing.
All the regional busses in Valle d’Aosta are free during fall. That makes things easier.
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All the regional busses in Valle d’Aosta are free during fall. That makes things easier.
This bus could have been a train!
(For part if it, at least.)
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This bus could have been a train!
(For part if it, at least.)
Needless to say, the train down towards Torino left four minutes before our arrival. Gives me time to look at Aosta.
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Needless to say, the train down towards Torino left four minutes before our arrival. Gives me time to look at Aosta.
Enough faffing about. Back to trains!
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Enough faffing about. Back to trains!
These trains apparently are dual-mode diesel and electric, so then can switch to electric once they reach the electric network half-way into their two hour journey to Torino.
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These trains apparently are dual-mode diesel and electric, so then can switch to electric once they reach the electric network half-way into their two hour journey to Torino.
Part of any good Italian railway Bingo card: “Your train is leaving from binario 1 tronco.” (Labelled here in Chivasso as 1A but only on this one display.)
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Part of any good Italian railway Bingo card: “Your train is leaving from binario 1 tronco.” (Labelled here in Chivasso as 1A but only on this one display.)
Could have staid home, really.
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Could have staid home, really.
Engineering works between Valenza and Alessandria caused the train from Pavia to come in 17 minutes late. They turned it around in five minutes and we are off again with just 3 minutes delay. Might even make my 11 minute connection in Pavia.
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Engineering works between Valenza and Alessandria caused the train from Pavia to come in 17 minutes late. They turned it around in five minutes and we are off again with just 3 minutes delay. Might even make my 11 minute connection in Pavia.
First stop in Valmadonna and we are back on time. Someone really needs to tip off the Germans about this padding thing they have going on here.
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First stop in Valmadonna and we are back on time. Someone really needs to tip off the Germans about this padding thing they have going on here.
I should probably explain: Timetable padding is a technique where you add a few extra minutes into the timetable as a backup when things aren’t going quite as planned. It used to be that everything was always late in Italy but by realising that trains just pick up delays around busy stations for no obvious reason and countering by adding some of this padding into the timetable, trains have become a lot more reliable.
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I should probably explain: Timetable padding is a technique where you add a few extra minutes into the timetable as a backup when things aren’t going quite as planned. It used to be that everything was always late in Italy but by realising that trains just pick up delays around busy stations for no obvious reason and countering by adding some of this padding into the timetable, trains have become a lot more reliable.
I realise I probably jinxed my connection in Pavia now.
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I realise I probably jinxed my connection in Pavia now.
Seven minutes delay out of Sannazzaro because the oncoming train was late.
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Seven minutes delay out of Sannazzaro because the oncoming train was late.
Phew. Made the connection. Bit of a thriller, though. Lots of slow zones and dispatchers taking their time.
Another 1 tronco, too.
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Phew. Made the connection. Bit of a thriller, though. Lots of slow zones and dispatchers taking their time.
Another 1 tronco, too.
What on Earth I am doing, you ask? Well, this. Once you are in Alessandria, this is kind of the fastest route to Parma if you don’t want to just race to Milan and down again.
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What on Earth I am doing, you ask? Well, this. Once you are in Alessandria, this is kind of the fastest route to Parma if you don’t want to just race to Milan and down again.
The last hour or so will be in the dark. But I feel this is okay given that we are still in the plains.
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The last hour or so will be in the dark. But I feel this is okay given that we are still in the plains.
We’ll be racing (I hope) up the Bologna to Milano main line which I dubbed BOM for the Railway History Map. (The somewhat parallel high speed – or alta velocità – line got the label BAM.)
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@Marti75 ❣️
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That is a little odd, and I'd think that is a violation of the implicit addressing conventions...
If as:Public is not addressed, it is not public. End of story...
Edit: oh, I loaded up the AP resource. to contains public, so that's ok.
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@xinqu this looks like Italy...
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@internetarchive wow, that sounds awesome.
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Mastodon may expose followers-only posts to public. Is it a feature or a bug?
For example, this reply is addressed to the followers collection (to) and the mentioned user (cc):
https://not-brain.d.on-t.work/notes/admrkcvj3hfn5crj
But Mastodon says the reply is "public". Anyone can view it:
https://neuromatch.social/@kopper@not-brain.d.on-t.work/115343438096255204
#Iceshrimp also doesn't require authorization, but you need to know the post ID to view it.
@kopper Did you know about this?
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@adhdeanasl very true. OTOH, given his reaction, it does indicate that he did felt the pressure, which would suggest the path undertaken pushes in the right direction.
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What do you mean?
