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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 arenโt 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 donโt 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 donโt 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.
Weโll 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 โ or alta velocitร โ line got the label BAM.)
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Weโll 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 โ or alta velocitร โ line got the label BAM.)
PSA: The trains in the Emilia-Romagna region are run by something called Trenitalia TPER. Despite having Trenitalia in the name, their trains are not included in DB Navigator or the Interrail app. This includes the highly convenient two-hourly direct Regionale Veloce between Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale!
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PSA: The trains in the Emilia-Romagna region are run by something called Trenitalia TPER. Despite having Trenitalia in the name, their trains are not included in DB Navigator or the Interrail app. This includes the highly convenient two-hourly direct Regionale Veloce between Milano Centrale and Bologna Centrale!
Now I have officially arrived in Italy.
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Now I have officially arrived in Italy.
Good morning! Today weโre finally starting the main program of this adventure: crossing the Apennine by going down from Parma to the Tyrrhennian Sea.
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Good morning! Today weโre finally starting the main program of this adventure: crossing the Apennine by going down from Parma to the Tyrrhennian Sea.
The timetable isnโt exactly tourist friendly. This morning gap seems to be an Italian speciality that is going to annoy me for the rest of the trip.
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The timetable isnโt exactly tourist friendly. This morning gap seems to be an Italian speciality that is going to annoy me for the rest of the trip.
#Kurventrรถt โ Weโve almost reached the summit at Borgo Val di Taro. Then a long tunnel and it is downhill from there.
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#Kurventrรถt โ Weโve almost reached the summit at Borgo Val di Taro. Then a long tunnel and it is downhill from there.
Aulla Luigiana, a small interchange station out nowhere. Thereโs a branch line from here to Lucca, but it currently features an hour of bus replacement and I donโt wanna. Along the coast it is.
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Aulla Luigiana, a small interchange station out nowhere. Thereโs a branch line from here to Lucca, but it currently features an hour of bus replacement and I donโt wanna. Along the coast it is.
The train from Piazza al Serchio arrives in Aulla at 10:23. The train to La Spezzia leaves 10:10 and the one to Pisa 10:21. Just in case you are wondering why it is running empty.
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The train from Piazza al Serchio arrives in Aulla at 10:23. The train to La Spezzia leaves 10:10 and the one to Pisa 10:21. Just in case you are wondering why it is running empty.
If you thought the Apennine is just glorified hills and stuff, youโd be sorely mistaken.
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If you thought the Apennine is just glorified hills and stuff, youโd be sorely mistaken.
I guess we are in Tuscany now. Everyone on this Viareggio โ Lucca train speaks English.
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I guess we are in Tuscany now. Everyone on this Viareggio โ Lucca train speaks English.
My 7' transfer worked, so hereโs some travel advice. Two cities are worth visiting in Tuscany: Lucca and Siena.
Lucca has an intact medieval city wall which is now a fantastic park surrounding the intact old town. This makes the city feel spacious and relaxed, unlike Florence which keeps freaking me out with its noise and stone and lack of air.
Siena is built on a mountain ridge and so nothing anywhere is level. There are mad streets, tilted piazzas, and fabulous vistas from the city walls.
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My 7' transfer worked, so hereโs some travel advice. Two cities are worth visiting in Tuscany: Lucca and Siena.
Lucca has an intact medieval city wall which is now a fantastic park surrounding the intact old town. This makes the city feel spacious and relaxed, unlike Florence which keeps freaking me out with its noise and stone and lack of air.
Siena is built on a mountain ridge and so nothing anywhere is level. There are mad streets, tilted piazzas, and fabulous vistas from the city walls.
But do a quick stop in Pisa. The tower is not being done justice by pictures, you have to absolutely see it for yourself.
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But do a quick stop in Pisa. The tower is not being done justice by pictures, you have to absolutely see it for yourself.
Now that you are in one it, the deal is to tell everyone with a mass-tourism tilt that Lucca isnโt worth seeing and the time for the detour is better spent in the queue for the Uffizi or something.
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Now that you are in one it, the deal is to tell everyone with a mass-tourism tilt that Lucca isnโt worth seeing and the time for the detour is better spent in the queue for the Uffizi or something.
Waiting in Pistoia for a train to do it all again โ crossing the mountains, that is. This time on the OG line from Bologna to Florence which has loops and things.
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Waiting in Pistoia for a train to do it all again โ crossing the mountains, that is. This time on the OG line from Bologna to Florence which has loops and things.
Kinda lucky it works out with barely any wait. The timetable on the Tuscan side has room for improvement.
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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?
