The special feature of the Deutschlandticket isn’t really its price but that it is valid not just on trains but on all the things.
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The special feature of the Deutschlandticket isn’t really its price but that it is valid not just on trains but on all the things. So, for my second weekend, I have come up with the idea to travel from Dortmund all the way to Bonn using only trams.
As usual, I haven’t done any research or, God forbid, planning, so I don’t even know whether that is possible. Join me and we’ll find out together!
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The special feature of the Deutschlandticket isn’t really its price but that it is valid not just on trains but on all the things. So, for my second weekend, I have come up with the idea to travel from Dortmund all the way to Bonn using only trams.
As usual, I haven’t done any research or, God forbid, planning, so I don’t even know whether that is possible. Join me and we’ll find out together!
Enschede, where the extended German railway network ends on a yellow buffer stop.
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Enschede, where the extended German railway network ends on a yellow buffer stop.
This Enschede – Dortmund is handy (and the most reliable of all the Dutch-German border crossings), but, boy, is it slow: two hours and 18 stops. And this particular train is not really suitable. The seats are hard and uneconomical and the bogie I’m sitting on sounds like bits will fall off any moment.
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This Enschede – Dortmund is handy (and the most reliable of all the Dutch-German border crossings), but, boy, is it slow: two hours and 18 stops. And this particular train is not really suitable. The seats are hard and uneconomical and the bogie I’m sitting on sounds like bits will fall off any moment.
Of course there is a hen party on this train. It is Saturday in NRW, after all.
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Of course there is a hen party on this train. It is Saturday in NRW, after all.
Right. Change of plans. Half-way to Dortmund, this train is already super busy and super noisy. Also, it has no functioning toilets. Plus, there is a gap in the tram network between Dortmund and Bochum.
So, the new starting point for this venture is now Herne, which allows me to take rather quite train, which also had a working loo.
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Right. Change of plans. Half-way to Dortmund, this train is already super busy and super noisy. Also, it has no functioning toilets. Plus, there is a gap in the tram network between Dortmund and Bochum.
So, the new starting point for this venture is now Herne, which allows me to take rather quite train, which also had a working loo.
The train to Herle went kaputt in Wanne-Eickel (as one does), so the train-free portion now starts in Dorsten with another city bus on cross-country duty, one of NRW’s infamous SB lines which I think stands for Schnellbus, i.e., fast bus. It’ll take 50 minutes for the twenty kilometres to Recklinghausen.
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The train to Herle went kaputt in Wanne-Eickel (as one does), so the train-free portion now starts in Dorsten with another city bus on cross-country duty, one of NRW’s infamous SB lines which I think stands for Schnellbus, i.e., fast bus. It’ll take 50 minutes for the twenty kilometres to Recklinghausen.
One minute transfer in Recklinghausen worked as advertised. They have a really impressive bus network around here.
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One minute transfer in Recklinghausen worked as advertised. They have a really impressive bus network around here.
The second bus got badly stuck in South Recklinghausen traffic and ended up eight minutes delayed. But I have now arrived at the beginning of the tram network. Even if this first bit is an underground line all the way to Bochum centre, back from when they still had more money than they could eat.
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The second bus got badly stuck in South Recklinghausen traffic and ended up eight minutes delayed. But I have now arrived at the beginning of the tram network. Even if this first bit is an underground line all the way to Bochum centre, back from when they still had more money than they could eat.
Oh, those tunnels are quite deep.
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Oh, those tunnels are quite deep.
Apparently they completely closed Bochum Hbf, main railway station of a city of 350,000 – both main line and S-Bahn – for two months.
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Apparently they completely closed Bochum Hbf, main railway station of a city of 350,000 – both main line and S-Bahn – for two months.
But enough tunnel nonsense. I’m back in a proper tram which, unlike the U lines, which are standard gauge, is metre gauge. The company is called Bogestra, short for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen, and Gelsenkirchen is where I am headed next. A bit further, even, all the way to the end of the line in Buer. The direct way this ain’t. But that was never the point.
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But enough tunnel nonsense. I’m back in a proper tram which, unlike the U lines, which are standard gauge, is metre gauge. The company is called Bogestra, short for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen, and Gelsenkirchen is where I am headed next. A bit further, even, all the way to the end of the line in Buer. The direct way this ain’t. But that was never the point.
A million people stormed the poor tram at Gelsenkirchen central station, apparently going to the Schalke arena where something truly horrifying is going on today:
“Olé auf Schalke 2025. The World’s largest Mallorca party tour.”
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A million people stormed the poor tram at Gelsenkirchen central station, apparently going to the Schalke arena where something truly horrifying is going on today:
“Olé auf Schalke 2025. The World’s largest Mallorca party tour.”
I figured if I am in Buer, I might as well skip a tram and go have a look. The pedestrian area is bigger than expected and they have a fancy church with three quarters of a tower.
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I figured if I am in Buer, I might as well skip a tram and go have a look. The pedestrian area is bigger than expected and they have a fancy church with three quarters of a tower.
I was considering having a currywurst and a beer at an imbiss, but they were loudly playing Mallorca schlager and I just can’t.
I guess we have to quote Herbert’s bestest song some other time.
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I was considering having a currywurst and a beer at an imbiss, but they were loudly playing Mallorca schlager and I just can’t.
I guess we have to quote Herbert’s bestest song some other time.
Alright, time to move on down to Essen in three easy steps.
Step one is this tram to Horst.
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Alright, time to move on down to Essen in three easy steps.
Step one is this tram to Horst.
Step 2a is a surprise replacement bus for the first few stops of the U11.
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Step 2a is a surprise replacement bus for the first few stops of the U11.
Step 2b: Onwards in this yellow shoebox. Sadly, it immediately dives underground.
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Step 2b: Onwards in this yellow shoebox. Sadly, it immediately dives underground.
Step 3: More yellow. This one is optional but means a bit more overground travel.
Is Essen twinned with Manchester or something?
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Step 3: More yellow. This one is optional but means a bit more overground travel.
Is Essen twinned with Manchester or something?
Quite the tram cave they built there. Not the different track gauges.
I think this is a good place to end the day. Now I just need to find Essen-Abendessen.
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Quite the tram cave they built there. Not the different track gauges.
I think this is a good place to end the day. Now I just need to find Essen-Abendessen.
Good morning! I overslept and immediately paid for it by the breakfast room being a mess.
Always arrive three minutes after the breakfast room opens. The you will only have to share it with two German couples who aren’t on vacation for fun and who are too tired still to make any kind of noise.
Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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Out of Context Biffo the Bear (@oocbiffo.bsky.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/oocbiffo.bsky.social/post/3m46zwaem7c26
> Beano #708, Feb 11, 1956
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@phastidio
Oh noooooo... Corro a comprarmene una decina prima che fallisca!!!
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Certo, resta da capire perché, con questi sponsor
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abbia un budget annuale di 5 milioni di USD, perché 750 k facciano quindi tanta differenza, e perché questi li sponsorizzino malgrado non abbiano un sistema di protezione della supply-chain e dei pacchetti del repo principale.
È vero che se riuscissero a fare quei soldi con le donazioni dei singoli avrebbero gli stessi soldi e meno padroni.
Ricordo che il FOSS è gratis ma molto costoso.
Quindi donate, quanto potete.
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@Uilebheist ma nemmeno lo fa in allegria
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A 19 anni ero convinto che di lì a poco sarei partito per un tour mondiale con la mia band hard rock.
A 24 rispondevo alle chiamate in un call centre.
Wat de fak is andato storto in quei fatidici 5 anni?
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Viaggiatori, è quasi tutto pronto per il mio viaggio a La Gomera (isole Canarie).
Durante il viaggio cercherò di postare foto e pensieri, si Pixelfed, e sul neonato gruppo "Viaggi e Foto" su #Feddit (https://www.feddit.it/c/viaggi).
Ogni giorno scriverò qualcosa, Nun mini blog del giorno, anche sulla sezione dedicata del mio sito:
https://simoneviaggiatore.wordpress.com/la-gomera/
Restiamo in contatto! 🙂
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La targa per Giuseppe Pinelli è stata vandalizzata per la sesta volta
È stata vandalizzata per la sesta volta la targa in ricordo di Giuseppe Pinelli, ferroviere e attivista anarchico morto il 15 dicembre 1969 nei locali della questura di Milano. La targa è posizionata in piazzale Segesta, a San Siro, non lontano dalla sua abitazione.
da https://www.milanotoday.it/politica/vandalizzata-targa-pinelli-ottobre-2025.html
Aggiungo un'altra foto, che nell'articolo non compare, di un cartello apparso questa estate "tra una vandalizzazione e l'altra" che riporto testualmente:
"Giuseppe Pinelli: assassinato e vilipeso. Il Cippo in Piazzale Segesta, in memoria di Giuseppe Pinelli, partigiano-ferroviere-anarchico, ancora una volta è stato vandalizzato per mano della topaia fascista, avvalendosi delle coperture del governo di destra.
Un governo che vuole riscrivere la storia e che utilizza il Decreto "Insicurezza" per reprimere le lotte rivendicative di lavoratori, studenti e movimenti vari.
Una legge bocciata anche dalla Corte di Cassazione, ma l'attuale governo, come già nel ventennio fascista, risponde: "Ce ne freghiamo".
