Ahhhh 😊

[jon@gruene.social]

Step free 😂

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon ”Free of vertical steps” wasn’t as catchy a name 😅

[jon@gruene.social]

@waldi I’m in 17

[sobex@social.sciences.re]

@stefanlindbohm @partim @jon This winter, we found on DB a French Intercité that SNCF wouldn't show us (because it was before the booking opening for that train).

(I looked up when that train would be open to book, and we'll book it for Grandma once it opens).

[jon@gruene.social]

Vítejte na palubě meziměstského expresu České dráhy směřujícího na Berlín východní nádraží

[stoori@polyglot.city]

@stefanlindbohm @jon

one small step for a transport planner,
one giant leap for a passenger

[jon@gruene.social]

If you’re in the Talgo end carriage - that has a proper bogie - do you get better ride quality than in the rest of it? 🤔 We‘ll see

First impression: it’s nicer than a Renfe 106

[nicovel0@mastodon.social]

@jon well technically a giant chasm isn’t a step

[lewd@zug.network]

@jon Oh, had that one yesterday from Bruxelles to Germany !

[pierogiburo@tech.lgbt]

@jon hm, i thought you had to reserve seats for cross-border trains, has that changed?

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@Sobex Ah, then we should have it too most likely. Cooperation/cross-border trains are complicated but if it’s domestic and/or outside the DACH countries and DB has it, then we should have it too. They use the same data source for that. (DACH countries have some internal timetable exchange that is not public, so there it differs, mostly on time it takes for changes to show.)

@partim @jon

[sam@shonk.sam.ax]

@PKYo@kind.social @jon@gruene.social I have been desensitised to announcements starting with “this is a security announcement” on GB stations that I am pretty sure i will absolutely ignore it if there was actually some sort of security incident

[jon@gruene.social]

@pierogiburo only in summer peak months

[rensbloom@zug.network]

@jon most modern trains have a sliding step to cover the gap between train and platform. This looks indeed step-free.

[jon@gruene.social]

@RensBloom Talgo only has a gap filler at the disabled access door. It doesn’t anywhere else.

[aloxe@mast.eu.org]

@jon attends, c'est quelle gare ?

[jon@gruene.social]

@aloxe Köln Hbf. DB is leasing some Vectron locomotives from ČD for inner Germany service.

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@moof @semireg @jon and yet we talk about being Deutschebahned. But rarely about being SNCF'd. Cos the later often means couldn't travel in the first place...

[semireg@nrw.social]

@quixoticgeek @moof @jon
Which could lead to a philosophical discussion along the lines of "is it more painful to get delayed on the way to your goal or not to be able to start the way at all"

[bertapetra@chaos.social]

@jon wenn das Köln ist: Ich stieg dort mal mit vollgepacktem Fahrrad ein, hatte schon Respekt. Vor mir eine Familie mit kleinen Kindern, die fanden das auch nicht so günstig.