European, originally a Brit, became German, moved to France. Runs #CrossBorderRail project, writes a weekly newsletter about railways. Green, lives happily without a car. Normally stuck on a train, stuck in a village, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Last Notes npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…4nx5 No. This is a IC with locomotive. There aren’t points to run the loco around the train at Oslo S, so it has to be shunted to/from the depot. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…c4yj yes. It was open. Then they closed it 🤷♂️ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Ah Don’t you just love timetable data coordination! Entur (Norwegian travel planner) says the Oslo S - Dombås (- Trondheim) train goes at 07:50 Interrail and DB say 08:02 (pretty sure these are wrong) https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/926/267/665/013/959/original/cc243c1a437c1de8.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/926/267/955/922/099/original/1fa2f49a5da93596.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/926/268/242/035/232/original/1728b647bee3a13c.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth "Du er ikke en grænsekontrol" (you are not a border control) I tell her, "Dette er en regel hos Stena Line" she replies So we de facto have the ferry company acting as a border control There is no legitimate reason a ferry company can need any information other than to prove I am who I say I am on my ticket - when I am sailing from one EU country in Schengen to another (Denmark to Sweden) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Damn I’m sick of borders npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth I’m in the country of putting flags on everything https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/908/207/123/956/583/original/4d4a0decd72e2b3e.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…ddxr Thanks. Let's see. I will wait a week or so more and then book a bus if I have to. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth In the Kortrijk - Lille #CrossBorderRail train SNCB is generally good with on board information, *except* here Every time it’s lousy No announcements, screens off You get the impression they care less about this one than they do about their other trains https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/865/949/179/769/738/original/4794854015b8a634.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…dpdc @nprofile…0xjm Ah ha! @nprofile…62eu can your machine engrave granite? npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Bit of an odd question, but do I have any followers here who are specialists in digital laser engraving of stone? For a project this autumn I am going to possibly need two small stones engraved - kind of plaques, each c. 30 x 15 cm or so, but with quite detailed engraving And to be produced either in France, Germany, the Baltics or Finland (for collection) @nprofile…0xjm do you know anyone perhaps? #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth “We’re lacking standardisation” says the DSB dude Which country has the biggest headaches on this? Look in the mirror Flemming Jensen! #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth “Why did you use the ComfortJet train?” ČD is asked here. What else are you gonna use? A Talgo? 😆 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Ute Bonde struggles to even read a speech #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Now some regional politician who’ll be out in September #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/816/319/662/456/946/original/8787363fef7f929b.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Agh. So much cherry picking from Peterson here. #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/816/242/330/322/542/original/003f2b10a1d2e69c.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Why OSDM isn’t enough #CrossBorderRail https://jonworth.eu/when-you-peel-back-the-rhetoric-from-community-of-european-railways-on-ticketing-theyre-left-naked/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Here is the list of the #CrossBorderRail pilot projects Midnight Trains Oops 😬 https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/connecting-europe-train-10-eu-pilot-services-boost-cross-border-rail-2023-01-31_en npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth The event is at the -1 bunker level at Berlin Hbf. Theoretically there’s 5G but it’s poor. Posting might be limited. #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth They’re proud it’s one of the 2023 EU pilot projects But I don’t know what the EU did to make this happen I’ll tag the thread #CrossBorderRail from now on https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/816/113/449/933/974/original/2a3744141b8658ac.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Ok here we go Praha - Berlin - København ČD - DB - DSB event https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/816/083/097/759/653/original/a49fd4c94cbe1f87.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…dkep I don’t know it’s fake or even wrong. But we don’t know it’s true. And it’s definitely not official. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth This graphic was doing the rounds this morning about the German railways GSM-R outage - but this IS NOT OFFICIAL DB COMMS as far as I can tell, despite a DB logo on it! Seems this is some Insta influencer at best jumping to conclusions, or at worst trying to deceive: https://www.instagram.com/p/DaCdAskq1aX/ https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/815/586/688/380/037/original/c0d4c93bfe66ec8f.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth This is quite random, but *maybe* someone in Finland who follows me can help? There is a picture of a Finnish VR test train in Haparanda, Sweden here: https://vaunut.org/kuva/181067?u=5613&d=10.06.2026&ns=1 It's taken by a dude called Joel Savilaakso who I think is based in Oulu and I would really like to ask him if I could use it in my newsletter. But I think he never sees Vaunut forum messages Does any Finnish rail nerd have a way to reach the guy? Kiitos! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…uuna Sure, but I am not sure what parallel there is from the Channel Tunnel, other than "they built the tunnel and it works!" npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth In 5 minutes I start a call with a research team working on a contract for a German government ministry. The question: what should Germany learn from the Channel Tunnel construction for how it plans international railway links? The answer - I think - is very little, because of the specific nature of the Channel Tunnel And - as ever - this isn't paid. Because everyone else who is asked to contribute has a full time job 🤷♂️ #CrossChannelRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth So everything was a bit of a mess. But I’m in the special carriage of the TGV bound for Bruxelles npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth No I’m not going to Disneyland 😀 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/736/185/880/537/659/original/d8765788c1b943e7.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Newsletter, cont. Bad week: Modane - Oulx, €59 for a 29 minute trip Very bad week: End of 2031 for Stuttgart's new station? Elsewhere this week: VCD Magazin Photo of the week: Tramway to Raeren Calendar: Lehrte - Berlin line closure starts 5th February 2027 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Here we go again 😀 Little #CrossBorderRail day trip to… Bruxelles 🇧🇪 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/735/537/416/294/454/original/ce380c4f40467227.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/735/538/129/868/959/original/f8ad57986b96723e.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Ah @nprofile…cah7 has alerted me to a right old #CrossBorderRail cock up at Bratislava Despite Austrian EMUs running to Petržalka station in Bratislava for *years*, the Slovaks have now banned the trains due to some missing paperwork 🤦♂️ @nprofile…g9qn any idea how serious this is? https://dennikn.sk/5380399/slovensky-urad-zakazal-modernym-rakuskym-vlakom-jazdit-do-petrzalky/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth TER 17781 19:13 Paris Bercy - Nuits-sous-Ravières 21:38 Distance: 224.2km Average speed: 93km/h 6 stops: Sens Joigny Laroche-Migennes St-Florentin-Vergigny Tonnerre Nuits-sous-Ravières This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#9/48.359899/3.159943 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 134 of 134 TER 17781 19:13 Paris Bercy - Nuits-sous-Ravières 21:38 SNCF for TER Mobigo Train type: Alstom Régiolis EMU, 2x 6 short carriages ⚡️ (1.5kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free) 🛜: ⛔️ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂️ 🧽: 😐 (bit grimy, both inside and out)️ Interrail: 🙂 (accepted) https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/710/210/308/453/935/original/bf633d28cd37af17.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And finally #CrossBorderRail Lengeler 🇧🇪 – Wilwerdingen 🇱🇺 https://crossborderrail.eu/borders/lengeler-%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%AA-wilwerdingen-%F0%9F%87%B1%F0%9F%87%BA/ I couldn't get into the tunnel here, because bats nesting have closed it! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Neidingen 🇧🇪 – Hemmeres 🇩🇪 – Auel 🇧🇪 #CrossBorderRail https://crossborderrail.eu/borders/neidingen-%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%AA-hemmeres-%F0%9F%87%A9%F0%9F%87%AA-auel-%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%AA/ This is a bit of a complex one From 1918 until 1956 this was like the rest of the Vennbahn - the line was Belgian, and it made an enclave on one side. But then a 1956 territory re-allocation made even the track bed here German, hence why it counts as a border and a transit now (photos on the page show more) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And today's #CrossBorderRail rail borders (after the tramways earlier) All are the southern end of the Vennbahn Ihren 🇩🇪 – Steinebrück 🇧🇪 https://crossborderrail.eu/borders/ihren-%F0%9F%87%A9%F0%9F%87%AA-steinebrueck-%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%AA/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…nu3t It's not. People are forgetful. The insane effort to make people not behave like people is excessive! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Now I’m thinking “does this mean I’ll not get SMS about anything useful?” And then I thought “no, SNCF won’t send me anything useful” #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth TGV 2875 15:10 Luxembourg - Paris Est 17:19 Distance: 375.5km Average speed: 175km/h 3 stops: Thionville Metz Ville Paris Est This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#9/49.233741/4.269562 #CrossBorderRail Also given SNCF is removing Ville from station names, one presumes this will stop at Thion and Metz in future 😂 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 133 of 134 TGV 2875 15:10 Luxembourg - Paris Est 17:19 SNCF Voyageurs Train type: Alstom TGV Euroduplex, 8 short double deck carriages, 2 power cars ⚡️ (25kV ac) 🚲: ⛔️ 🦽: ✅ (step free, then lift down inside) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ✅ 🧳: ☹️ (Duplex, horrid design) 🧽: 😐 (windows grimy) Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, costs at least €10) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth IC 5312 13:35 Troisvierges - Luxembourg 14:46 Distance: 68.6km Average speed: 58km/h 9 stops: Clervaux Drauffelt Wilwerwiltz Kautenbach Michelau Ettelbruck Mersch Pfaffenthal-Kirchberg Luxembourg This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#10/49.856579/6.065140 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 132 of 134 IC 5312 13:35 Troisvierges - Luxembourg 14:46 SNCB, CFL Train type: Siemens Desiro EMU, 2x 3 carriages ⚡️ (25kV ac) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (not all stations step free, I presume lifts on platforms there) 🛜: ⛔️ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂️ 🧽: 🙂️ Interrail: 🙂 (accepted, and free anyway in 2nd Class) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bike 30 of 31 St Vith An den Linden - Gare Troisvierges Distance: 36.6km Est. duration: 2:00 This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#12/50.200240/6.090964 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth 🥵 #CrossBorderRail That cycling was tough due to gusting winds. But I’ve made it to Troisvierges in time for my train https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/708/603/987/179/411/original/883bcdac35031539.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Sourbrodt station on the dismantled Vennbahn #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/707/874/369/231/912/original/fea306aad95219ec.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth That’s Signal de Botrange. Highest point in Belgium! #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/707/850/276/785/368/original/12d8487bd2c46b27.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Damn I don’t like buses on #CrossBorderRail This driver swings the bus around the corners. I need the seat belt to avoid flying off the seat! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bus 14 of 14 E 28 09:55 Eupen Bushof - St Vith An den Linden 11:01 TEC Bus type: Mercedes Citaro regional bus ⛽️ 🚲: ⛔️ 🦽: ✅ 🛜: ⛔️ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂 (multi use area and overhead racks) 🧽: 🙂 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/707/752/790/894/678/original/e365ec256f5f0047.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And the second #CrossBorderRail of the day Raeren 🇧🇪 – Sief 🇩🇪 (Former 1000mm tramway) https://crossborderrail.eu/borders/raeren-%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%AA-sief-%F0%9F%87%A9%F0%9F%87%AA-former-1000mm-tramway/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And the first border of the day, already uploaded to the #CrossBorderRail website (inc. photos) Eynatten 🇧🇪 – Ronheide 🇩🇪 (Former 1000mm tramway) https://crossborderrail.eu/borders/eynatten-%F0%9F%87%A7%F0%9F%87%AA-ronheide-%F0%9F%87%A9%F0%9F%87%AA-former-1000mm-tramway/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bike 29 of 31 Aachen - Eupen Distance: 25.2km Est. duration: 2:30 This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#12/50.702546/6.105480 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/707/604/701/156/332/original/be2383530a0ce65e.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Here's today's #CrossBorderRail intro video https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/fxrbjVpRHXdXrDiNSvmb3i npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth From Aachen, home, but there are more borders to check en route – two dismantled lines near St Vith, and one near Troisvierges. None have much hope, but at least they will be pleasant places to reach by bike! Today's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#8/49.271389/4.292908 #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/707/600/285/111/070/original/8d0bf1942401fed3.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…zywc I am at an event right now with someone from GoVolta. Will ask about the bikes point! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…zywc hmmm. Whatever is in that post I can’t access it. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…q0th There are more larger racks for any large bags. And they have grilles so a small lock onto a folding bike would work. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 129 of 134 EST 9411 07:45 Paris Nord - Liège Guillemins 10:09 Eurostar Train type: Alstom Thalys PBKA EMU, 2 power cars. 8 articulated short trailers ⚡️ (25kV ac, 3kV dc) 🚲: ⛔️ 🦽: ✅ (lift on platform) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ✅ 🧳: 🙂 (this is a redesigned one, better than the older units)️ 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, costs *a lot*, so I am not on Interrail today) https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/696/418/643/825/458/original/88dffe507d2bfa35.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 34 - 5 Jun - Paris - Liège - Maastricht - Aachen New borders: None Borders already crossed: Lille 🇫🇷 - Bruxelles 🇧🇪 HSL Visé 🇧🇪 - Eijsden 🇳🇱 Herzogenrath 🇩🇪 - Eygelshoven Markt 🇳🇱 To Maastricht to attend the European Passengers Federation conference, and also to complete the founding documents for European Rail Passengers Union Today's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#8/49.903166/4.219590 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/696/401/495/188/046/original/7d624b02b03b459f.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth So that’s #CrossBorderRai Bonfol 🇨🇭 - Pfetterhouse 🇫🇷 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/657/897/226/399/803/original/d20d46d72b5d58e3.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/657/897/588/891/679/original/3e478bb84958ada6.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/657/897/910/861/368/original/f27c783573584824.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/657/898/298/025/660/original/0cd1633ddd790052.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Next up: Train pour Bonfol Sans pastis. Avec canicule. 🥵 #CrossBorderRail https://youtu.be/u2ueOo1jE2w?is=oI65asUfrMfNus6k npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Nice trip on the CFJ. And no Josette 🐈 in today’s thread but there is Rosette #CrossBorderRail https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/657/605/151/291/623/original/8e5dcaf8f20b0746.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth R 36 (245) 12:02 La Chaux-de-Fonds - Glovelier 13:18 Distance: 50.6km Average speed: 40km/h 18 stops: La Chaux-de-Fonds-Est La Cibourg La Ferrière La Chaux-dAbel La Large-Journée Les Bois Le Boéchet Le Creux-des-Biches Le Noirmont Les Emibois Muriaux Saignelégier Le Bémont JU Pré-Petitjean La Combe Bollement Combe-Tabeillon Glovelier This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#11/47.224698/7.063179 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 122 of 134 R 36 (245) 12:02 La Chaux-de-Fonds - Glovelier 13:18 Chemins de Fer du Jura Train type: Stadler narrow gauge EMU ⚡️ (1.5kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free) 🛜: ⛔️ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂 🧽: 🙂 (spotless) Interrail: 🙂 (accepted) https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/657/444/003/881/540/original/981272c37844eee7.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth But while today’s #CrossBorderRail takes me into European rail paradise, as Switzerland isn’t EU I have no data roaming 😡 Posts to resume when I get to Dannemarie 🙂 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth TER 18107 09:31 Besançon-Viotte - La Chaux-de-Fonds 11:24 Distance: 86.1km Average speed: 46km/h 16 stops: Besançon-Mouillère Morre Saone Mamirolle LHôpital du Gros Bois Etalans Le Valdahon Camp Militaire Le Valdahon Avoudrey Gilley Morteau Le Locle-Col-des-Roches Le Locle Le Crêt-du-Locle La Chaux-de-Fonds Les Forges La Chaux-de-Fonds This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#11/47.140432/6.423050 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 121 of 134 TER 18107 09:31 Besançon-Viotte - La Chaux-de-Fonds 11:24 SNCF for TER Mobigo Train type: Bombardier AGC DMU, 3 short carriages ⛽️ 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free, and even tiny halts have been rebuilt to be step free) 🛜: ⛔️ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂️ 🧽: 🙂 (this one is passably clean)️ Interrail: 🙂 (accepted) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Also Cantemir 🇲🇩 - Fălciu 🇷🇴 #CrossBorderRail is open again https://www.railpassion.fr/reseaux-etrangers/moldavie-la-ligne-transfrontaliere-avec-la-roumanie-cantemir-falciu-rouverte/ However what the article doesn't say is that the line from Fălciu to the rest of the Romanian network at Bârlad is not operable So whatever comes into Romania from Moldova on the line will have to be shifted onto trucks for now 🤦♂️ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Newsletter cont.: Also a good week: TGV-M approved by the EU Agency for Railways for operation in France Very bad week: Fatal accidents at a level crossings in Belgium and Poland Photo of the week: The beach at Hel Calendar: Open Transport Community Conference Bern 6-9 October Signup at https://jonworth.eu/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Friday however is newsletter day... And I am going to be in some remote corner of the Swiss Jura at 14:00 today, it is prepared to send already 🙂 This week: Analysis: Italo in Germany. Nice idea, but many open questions. Bullshit Meter: Leo Express Przemyśl - Frankfurt train to start in 2026 Good week: Czechia and Poland are serious about building a narrow gauge cross border rail line npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Where I am going today: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#13/47.481597/7.171412 Cross-border passenger service north of Bonfol to the border with France ended on 14 February 1946, and the cross border line was abandoned entirely on 4 January 1970. Most of the former alignment is now a cycle path, that I will be using today. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 120 of 134 TER 94207 08:08 Dijon Ville - Besançon-Viotte 09:04 SNCF for TER Mobigo Train type: Alstom Régiolis EMU, 4 short carriages ⚡️ (1.5kV dc, 25kV ac) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free) 🛜: ⛔️ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂️ 🧽: 🙂️ Interrail: 🙂 (accepted) https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/656/297/260/591/073/original/9beb213dd57d6d9b.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth TER 91371 06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Dijon Ville 07:28 Distance: 89.5km Average speed: 110km/h 3 stops: Montbard Les Laumes-Alésia Dijon Ville This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#11/47.525488/4.619335 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth #CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 119 of 134 TER 91371 06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Dijon Ville 07:28 SNCF for TER Mobigo Train type: Bombardier AGC Bi-mode MU, 4 short carriages ⚡️ (1.5kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free if station allows) 🛜: ⛔️ 🍽️: ⛔ 🧳: 🙂 🧽: ☹️ (train grimy, and the toilet reeks so badly the whole train smells from it) Interrail: 🙂 (accepted) https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/656/286/508/253/568/original/2e8c595a840a3788.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Here's this morning's #CrossBorderRail intro video, filmed mirrored at Nuits sous Ravières 🙂 https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/g2cbavDKddwkvwH6uJfcUU npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 33 - 29 May - Ravières - Besançon - La Chaux-de-Fonds - Bonfol - Dannemarie - Belfort - Dijon - Ravières New borders: Bonfol 🇨🇭 - Pfetterhouse 🇫🇷 Borders already crossed: Le Locle-Col-des-Roches 🇨🇭 - Morteau 🇫🇷 An extra Interrail day to use, and so that means a trip to the French and Swiss Jura to get to one of the few dismantled lines in Western Europe I am still missing! Today's routes on the routes map: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#9/47.379754/5.708771 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/656/254/215/357/525/original/3e44a349d76e9d1c.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Agh total planning fail 😡 There's an organised 17km hike along the former #CrossBorderRail line La Fregeneda 🇪🇸 - Pocinho 🇵🇹 Which end does the hike start (exclusively)? La Fregeneda 🇪🇸 Which end has public transport? Pocinho 🇵🇹 (train to Porto, there's a bus 1x a day at La Fregeneda at the wrong time) Site: https://caminodehierro.es Or am I misunderstanding something? npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…ca69 No, because I *think* what's causing the issue is temporary maintenance and not long term stuff. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Repeating what happens every summer Jon tries to go to Sweden Jon fails to get Swedish trains at the times he wants them There are works in late August - early September between Hässleholm and Lund, resulting I think in diversions via Åstorp But I cannot work out precisely when these works start and end @nprofile…5cze @nprofile…d3df do you possibly know? Or know how to find out? npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth 🎉 Since I was last there, they've upped the number of Badajoz 🇪🇸 - Entroncamento 🇵🇹 #CrossBorderRail trains to 2 a day (used to be 1) 😡 There aren't any in the morning though 🤷♂️ https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/634/295/782/924/523/original/f09d097593d74571.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…zywc I don't know the answer to that. Both are plausible. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…zywc Having spoken to some people in some train companies, yes, they get this information sometimes only a month ahead. So the problem is with the network operators. The question then is *why are they so short-termist*? And I don't have an answer. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth lol 😂 Trainline shows me both times https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/629/847/971/465/858/original/381b79eb76ede149.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth FWIW Interrail has the same time as DB. So the data in UIC Merits is correct. SNCF’s is wrong. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Remember with the new EU rail capacity regulation all this has to be set at least 5 months ahead from 2029 😂 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Ah 👏 SNCF and DB “en coopération” 25 June Paris - Berlin, same train, whose timetable do I believe? 19:04 or 20:21 arrival in Berlin #CrossBorderRail Found via @nprofile…mpx2 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/629/819/434/567/482/original/253c39c118fb39a4.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/629/819/688/302/336/original/bdb047a96a31701a.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth What route is the direct Paris - Berlin ICE 9591 taking on 25 June? 🤔 There are 5 hours timetabled for Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Südkreuz, and no interim stops You can go via Göttingen, with interim stops, faster ICE 838 (Sprinter) on the same day does it in 3h 44 mins, direct to Südkreuz (i.e. via Erfurt) https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/629/097/532/104/396/original/1c5e8a988dbd44ae.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Why so congested from beside the Seine to Bercy? Ah Dépanneurs en colère! (Break-down recovery workers angry) Blocking the roads But I’m on a 🚲 so can cycle past it all 🙂 https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/613/004/086/481/304/original/c9dff0ec3c22498b.jpeg https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/613/004/510/553/738/original/20531ecd6b239f0d.jpeg npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…wu7v absolutely! Can you tell me where it is more precisely? I don’t think I have that one in my list of 400 or so towers. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth All of this proves a point I have made many times over the years: a good rail journey STARTS WITH A GOOD ROUTE Once you have the route, work out how to sell it SNCF Connect lacks the basic building blocks for planning, and only serves up limited options it can sell So even though it CAN sell to Germany again, DO NOT USE IT, because it's STILL a shit show #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth Also I tried Gelsenkirchen SNCF gives me 1 daily connection DB Navigator gives me *loads* How does SNCF Connect manage to cock up things like this OVER AND OVER AND OVER https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/606/438/487/663/101/original/cb7599e5dad90948.png https://gruenesocial-userfiles.nbg1.your-objectstorage.com/media_attachments/files/116/606/438/758/343/157/original/0ecd78a291778fb4.png npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth What is the best way to proceed from here? Find time to call the editor and go through all the points line by line? It's not that the edits are necessarily a problem, I just don't understand the point of most of them 🤨 npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth (And please note: I am not looking for solutions as to how to do the trip, I know what all the alternatives are, and I might try the Umeå-Vaasa ⛴️ for the hell of it. I just find the drawn out saga to get Haparanda - Tornio opened very annoying!) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth You'd think that two reasonably well run countries - Sweden 🇸🇪 and Finland 🇫🇮 - could manage to fix a #CrossBorderRail line in a timely fashion But no they can't Wherever I go these sorts of sagas seem universal A rant about Haparanda 🇸🇪 - Tornio 🇫🇮, and some nice photos: https://jonworth.eu/cross-border-railway-problems-are-annoyingly-universal/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…w3eh @nprofile…w7xd disagree. The way the respective governments set up the liberalisation was completely different. I suspect Renfe will lose. (Note: I’m not judging what’s right here, but assessing probabilities) npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…w3eh @nprofile…w7xd And also given that Iryo (that is essentially Trenitalia) acted to build its own facility in France (where it knew it could not access SNCF facilities), but did not in Spain, I am confused as to how we ended up here. Normally Trenitalia are not idiots. npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth And going via Besançon-Viotte - La Chaux-de-Fonds and a bit of Chemins de Fer du Jura 🎉 #CrossBorderRail npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth So I have a spare Interrail day to use before 10th June That means #CrossBorderRail day trip Train pour Bonfol! 🇨🇭🇫🇷 Border: Bonfol 🇨🇭 - Pfetterhouse 🇫🇷 Close enough to link to the classic song, right? 😂 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ueOo1jE2w npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth As my head has been full of all the #PassengerPackage stuff this week, I have barely had a moment for any other railway news For tomorrows newsletter I have: Bullshit meter - ICE-L to Oslo Good news - FS wins a contract to rebuild a Serbian line Bad news - the Wunderline re-opening is delayed again But did anyone have a Very Bad Week I have missed? npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth @nprofile…a8rk The ones with the right attitude, like DB and ÖBB, will offer rail-air solutions. The bad ones won't. And yes, this is an extension of the "our trains are already full, why should we fix anything" argument. RUN MORE TRAINS THEN! npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth That state owned railways trade body CER would not like the #PassengerPackage was to be expected That they'd be quite so incoherently critical was interesting and worrying too Time for a course correction, as I explain here 👇 https://jonworth.eu/state-railways-whats-wrong-cers-perplexing-response-to-the-european-commissions-passenger-package/ npub14v4yh4nkp3g4arfkdnyd5t5e6xn3zt5jsn8t8kt9sez35s3vat8scn8jgt Jon Worth This one rail ticket / #PassengerPackage stuff in the past 24 hours is for me that weird moment when what I work on everyday temporarily goes mainstream Some followers of mine stop and think “I wonder what Jon thinks?” while many many more just happily boost the exaggerated Commission line and news stories