Post AUcLDZMP3l5BUg3Plo by coffee@mastodon.kakafe.ga
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(DIR) Post #AUcLDYjPOjtHXjoGzQ by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T08:50:00Z
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Today’s plans thwarted by a puncture (now repaired on board the IC to Charleroi - but it means I have no spare - so need to take care) and the French train strikeSo my trip is:🚆 Bruxelles C - Charleroi C🚆 Charleroi C - Erquelinnes🚲 Erquelinnes - Maubeuge(There is a train here - but I’ll cycle to see something new)🚆 Maubeuge - Lille Flandres🚆 TGV Lille Flandres - Paris Nord🚆 Paris Bercy - Nuits-sous-RavièresI’ll go to Mariembourg - Chimay - Anor some other time! #CrossBorderRail
(DIR) Post #AUcLDZMP3l5BUg3Plo by coffee@mastodon.kakafe.ga
2023-04-13T18:22:32Z
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@jon Never thought about mixing bike and train, do most trains in your experience accept bike? If so, for an extra fee?
(DIR) Post #AUcLDaWMkCe75riswC by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T09:26:24Z
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The train I would have taken to Mariembourg is here at Charleroi. That excursion is going to have to wait for sometime later this year…
(DIR) Post #AUcLDcGUGD8IVCJESu by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T10:15:56Z
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Guess where I am
(DIR) Post #AUcLDdxPy54FkdP21I by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T11:12:27Z
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Sambre cycleway. Well laid out, easy route. Although the scenery is a little bland.
(DIR) Post #AUcLDftEmaubkFSimW by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T11:17:57Z
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And there it is. The total success of Georges Gilkinet’s international rail work to date - the Charleroi 🇧🇪- Maubeuge 🇫🇷 train, that now runs every 2 hours as a stopping train, rather than twice a day as an InterCity as it used to. #CrossBorderRail
(DIR) Post #AUcLDhYkZjiEvHtO7s by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T11:34:09Z
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Ah. More great timetable coordination 🤦♂️The Lille Flandres - Maubeuge TER arrives 4 minutes *after* the train to Charleroi departs #CrossBorderRail
(DIR) Post #AUcLDjG2GHvmBp9TEW by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T11:37:12Z
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However they DO now sell tickets to Charleroi at the ticket office in Maubeuge. Before they didn’t. Machines still don’t sell it though…
(DIR) Post #AUcLDl6tNFnzw2tCG8 by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T12:03:05Z
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Next: TER Maubeuge - Lille Flandres. Because the Maubeuge - Paris Nord train I could have taken is cancelled due to the strike.
(DIR) Post #AUcLDuae7zxBKvsaO0 by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T13:43:58Z
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Police barriers at Lille Flandres. They fear a trade union protest could turn nasty a person in a bakery explained to me…
(DIR) Post #AUcLEA9wF463cjVTyi by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T17:07:23Z
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Needs must. Again! How much grime comes off those windows! But then inside look at the seat! 🤯
(DIR) Post #AUcM9DDnWro7cxW0YK by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T18:32:01Z
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@coffee Folding bike. So accepted everywhere. As a general rule: all regional trains accept bikes (non folding ones too) pretty much everywhere. It’s high speed trains like TGV and AVE that don’t.
(DIR) Post #AUcMMRY1ZlDTp9HjvM by coffee@mastodon.kakafe.ga
2023-04-13T18:35:21Z
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@jon Interesting, this year I'm going on #interrail but i'll rely on public transportation, having a bike would make it way more interesting and flexible. Maybe next year!Thanks for the insight
(DIR) Post #AUcNQQbh7Dx81DSw7M by jon@gruene.social
2023-04-13T18:46:23Z
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@coffee having a folding bike (my normal is a Birdy, not this larger Tern/Mini that’s my spare) has allowed me to plan trips radically differently. You can connect places together in ways you can’t do by public transport alone. It works very well! (And it’s good luck - I got given the Birdy and it’s been remarkably useful!)