Post B7zJN1EzwsYVaxn1lo by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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 (DIR) Post #B7xbz6jbNivEUpUpZw by jon@gruene.social
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       My TER hit a deer en route to Paris this morning So I missed my TGV to LilleBut I’m now standing in the bar on the next Paris - Lille as every seat is sold out Because this is the timetable on a Friday between France’s 1st and 5th cities 🤷‍♂️
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xbz6zYQPgNIIxZRY by jon@gruene.social
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       Train manager looks at me as if I’m from some other planet when I explainDude, reallyThere are trains OTHER THAN TGVs in this country, and DESTINATIONS OTHER THAN PARIS
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xbz7Syf1DalYj4Iy by jon@gruene.social
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       Damn this railway is run by jerksBoarding passengers delay disembarking ones
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xbz7uH1X3K8DUrqq by jon@gruene.social
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       It’s your ****ing job to get us to our destinationI don’t give a **** if you check tickets on the platform or not. Do it on board, it’s simpler And then your station doesn’t clog up with people!
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xc0ly1Z6ewfO2IrI by jon@gruene.social
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       If your station doesn’t have space for ticket barriers… maybe don’t install ticket barriers?Because if you do you get a stupid messToday‘s amazing public transport consultancy brought to you direct and free on Mastodon
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xc0mUzaX1yJdSdFI by jon@gruene.social
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       And due to the stupid mess here, I need to go Lille - Tournai - Bruxelles - Brugge, rather than to Brugge then BruxellesSo I need a Lille Flandres - Tournai - Bruxelles *regular* i.e. non TGV ticketAnd SNCB International will not sell it in one go 😳
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xc0mzTlBPvqBiylU by jon@gruene.social
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       Ah!@corentin alerts me to this: https://www.ter.sncf.com/hauts-de-france/tarifs-cartes/billets/belgique-ter-hauts-de-franceA special TER Hauts de France interface for trains to Belgium! 🤯But it is €5 more buying it that way...
       
 (DIR) Post #B7xc0nQQ90y5BkKUl6 by jon@gruene.social
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       Can SNCF Connect sell it?NO!Of course notIt can sort of *find it* but you click BUY and it can sell you a ticket only to Tournai
       
 (DIR) Post #B7yWgG4g7uJzLgVVRo by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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       @jon meanwhile the ruling government wants to install ticket barriers in Berlin U-Bahn
       
 (DIR) Post #B7z0sKPmoOmQuV3Gcq by jon@gruene.social
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       @IngaLovinde there’s no way in the world that’ll work in Berlin
       
 (DIR) Post #B7zJN1EzwsYVaxn1lo by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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       @jon CDU seems to think otherwise 🙃