Posts by jon@gruene.social
(DIR) Post #B2Hz1pfU15N82SBFjs by jon@gruene.social
2026-01-14T16:59:07Z
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@happydisciple Indeed. Talgo's design *might* make sense if you need passive tilt or gauge changing. If you don't, it doesn't.
(DIR) Post #B2Hz1rc0mxme4GZVbc by jon@gruene.social
2026-01-14T17:52:18Z
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@happydisciple It's also that in Talgo's design there is no real axle as such between the wheels, so that makes moving the wheels for variable gauge easier. And passive tilt works as you can connect the carriages at the top of the sort of wheel frame arrangement.
(DIR) Post #B2Hz1ws9EOf6Nl9xx2 by jon@gruene.social
2026-01-14T18:27:05Z
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🤔 The only high speed part of Köln-Berlin is Oebisfelde-Spandau where the line is rated for 250km/hThe Talgo ICE-L is doing just 160km/h here200km/h with the Vectron locomotive should be possible, so something is wrongAnd it is quite bumpy even at this speed... so what's it going to be like at 230km/h here, eventually?
(DIR) Post #B2meCdSx5WYDIPU1I0 by jon@gruene.social
2026-01-29T16:48:32Z
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SNCF - not content with trying to sell you "covoiturage" rather than train tickets, is now trying to replace trains with road vehicles equipped with rail wheelshttps://www.railtech.be/fr/infrastructure/2026/01/29/ce-ne-sont-pas-des-trains-mais-des-camionnettes-qui-pourraient-faire-revivre-les-voies-ferrees-abandonnees-en-france/?gdpr=acceptYou know what, France? Maybe just INVEST SOME MONEY IN SOME SMALL TRAINS FOR BRANCH LINES?
(DIR) Post #B2x7ZU3l4DiJ2CXsC8 by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T15:11:00Z
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HmmmThe 2017 DG Regio report on #CrossBorderRail lines listsChalupki [PL] - Bohumín-Vrbice [CZ]as separate fromChalupki [PL] - Bohumín [CZ]Because there is a connecting curve here:https://openrailwaymap.org/?style=standard&lat=49.89919574726048&lon=18.33721160888672&zoom=141) Is there any passenger train on that curve? @wrzlbrnft do you know?2) Is there any point listing them separately, as the cross border track section is the same?
(DIR) Post #B2x7ZVIKTWxmrgN1Xs by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T15:20:07Z
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And damn there is another oneDG Regio listsHelsingør [DK] - Helsingborg [SE]the former rail ferry, and mentioned as a future location of a bridge or tunnelBut if I include former train ferries where am I going to stop?Or are they eventually going to put a fixed link there? 🤔
(DIR) Post #B2x7Zds4aWJBSr9gMy by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T15:31:14Z
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I think the answer here is NOT to include former rail ferries (Gedser-Rostock and Helsingør-Helsingborg are not coming back), and working out where there were rail ferries is going to result in some weird outcomesBut anything with an idea to build a rail line - so including Helsingør-Helsingborg and Helsinki-Tallinn - ought to be includedAnd the latter I have visited - by ferry 😂#CrossBorderRail
(DIR) Post #B2x7ZmfHtQQejoF6Bs by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T17:59:11Z
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OK, these are the "ideas"/ "plans" for new #CrossBorderRail lines in Europe where the location of the border crossing is newBussoleno 🇮🇹 - St Jean de Maurienne 🇫🇷 (Torino-Lyon)Grafing 🇩🇪 - Langkampfen 🇦🇹 (Brenner Nordzulauf)Heidenau-Süd 🇩🇪 - Ústí nad Labem západ 🇨🇿 (Future HSL Berlin-Praha)Helsingør 🇩🇰 - Helsingborg 🇸🇪 (Fixed link idea)Helsinki 🇫🇮 - Tallinn 🇪🇪 (Rail Baltica tunnel)Innsbruck 🇦🇹 - Fortezza 🇮🇹 (Brenner Base Tunnel)Mszana 🇵🇱 - Bohumín 🇨🇿 (CZ-PL CPK)Mockava 🇱🇹 - Trakiszki 🇵🇱 (Rail Baltica)
(DIR) Post #B2x7ZuTAsLUcwYdXQ8 by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T18:00:36Z
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I am not interested - for now! - in the likelihood these happen, but simply I am trying to add to my map all the possible new ones!See the categoriesOther (19)Other - not visited (7)Here: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#5/51.686180/-0.329590
(DIR) Post #B2x7a2iiCSfuX3y3kW by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T18:01:45Z
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And as ever I am trying to list the first/last stations either side of the border, as is the way I have listed every other border on the map
(DIR) Post #B2x7a9w5N8X2uZHL4C by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T18:07:42Z
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Meanwhile at Berlin Südkreuz only +10Given the border control delay, and snow, that’s damned good! 💪
(DIR) Post #B2x8A2A9kXFVEExylc by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-03T18:35:25Z
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@ignaloidas right. But it’ll still be added!
(DIR) Post #B32RslECQfV2enhLay by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-06T06:39:08Z
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@Sobex It stands for "gegebenenfalls reserviert", and means that - although the screen cannot show it - the seat might be reserved by someone, so basically if you sit there someone who has it reserved might come along and tell you to move.It happens *either* if the reservation system is broken or, like today, the train in use has a different seating plan to the train that was meant to be used.
(DIR) Post #B32S27cMYPSChhSpma by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-06T06:09:07Z
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Ah Train to Paris is…… a ICE3 403 seriesThat cannot run in FranceWhat is going to happen at Karlsruhe? 🤔
(DIR) Post #B32S2909PS4mzlbLV2 by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-06T06:30:32Z
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And as it’s a different type of train the seat layout is also different I’m not sure if most German passengers know what ggf. reserviert implies, let alone French ones!
(DIR) Post #B32S2A1bbWpmAZI1PE by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-06T06:56:22Z
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However it is a ICE3, and these are fine trainsI am travelling first class on Interrail todayI have coffee and the wifi is workingAnd for now we are on time, and given I know there are disruptions ahead I am preparedAnd still, despite it all, I would still favour DB over SNCF *EVERY SINGLE DAY*, as at least what they're trying to do is right
(DIR) Post #B32S2B8NTpqTbrSwbI by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-06T07:50:00Z
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HaIn Erfurt along comes a grumpy old German dude who behaves just as @eWalthert predicted"That is my place" he demands indignantlyYes, but this is not the right train, and sorry all of us here have reserved places tooAnd that Italian guy opposite (that is seat 72, my supposed seat), well he has a reservation for a seat that doesn't exist!
(DIR) Post #B32S2C364xDQRm0F0a by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-06T07:52:14Z
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I then say to the guy - in German - he should just better go and find any free place, as we are not moving here as we all have reservations tooHe gets rather aggressive in response, saying he will not do that, as he has reserved, and let the train manager solve it, and he is to take the seat he has reservedDude, really, if you go *find* a seat you get a seatStanding there righteously scowling is not going to help you!
(DIR) Post #B39AhzWwZhEMiPSq24 by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-09T09:45:34Z
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YeahA loop railway line connecting British and Irish cities🐂💩And to think Chris Williamson is apparently serious, normallyhttps://jonworth.eu/loop-line-to-connnect-british-and-irish-cities/
(DIR) Post #B39Ai7NJPOHP2r1G88 by jon@gruene.social
2026-02-09T10:17:40Z
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Also this stupid thing reminds me of a 2021 1st April joke I made... laughing at Boris JohnsonBut it is not 1st April!