#crossborderrail

· 1d ago

On the rails again... #Interrail #CrossBorderRail Today, @wendy@mendeddrum.org and I are going to Cardiff, with a stop for lunch with @seabass@social.seabass.systems in Birmingham New Street Today’s Itinerary: https://moof.space/trip/2026-11-08 This first leg is in a slightly dilapidated class 220 Voyager, a DMU that was put into service in 2001 as a replacement for the iconic Intercity 125. As such, it is rated for up to 125mph (200km/h) and it does seem to be going at a fair clip down the East Coast Main Line right now. This train is rattly and, whilst not quite at Talgo levels of vibration, it’s definitely noticeable. And being diesel, it’s inevitably a loud unit. Unlike other British long distance trains, Cross Country don’t offer a complimentary meal in first class. So I’m munching along on some fruitcake that I brought along, and hoping to get a cup of tea in a bit.

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

I think we need a nickname for this terrible #CrossBorderRail train here Wdyt?

Badajoz Barbecue 18%

Entroncamento Enterprise 27%

Badajoz Rust Bucket 32%

Badajoz Blaster 23%

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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The vibrations are so bad on this one (361) from the motor. Worse than the one I took the other day (unit 364). Thank goodness only 30 mins more! #CrossBorderRail

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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Somewhere over there is the last #CrossBorderRail 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 I’ve not been to. I aim to find it tomorrow. And yes, that’s a forest fire on the horizon.

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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Oh! There‘s an EU funded e-bike share here in Castelo de Vide. Interreg 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 even Could I cycle to Valencia de Alcantara tomorrow and leave the bike there I wondered Download the app Ah no. It only works in 🇵🇹 😡 #CrossBorderRail

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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Finally downloaded the photos from the Douro line Régua - Pocinho from yesterday. These turned out well! It's a stunning line. #CrossBorderRail

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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But tomorrow I messed up #CrossBorderRail 😭 😭 😭 Foolishly I thought there was a train every day from Valencia de Alcantara to Caceres, but it only goes 3x a week! So I need a bus, and the latest one of those goes at 10am The 6000 people town Valencia de Alcantara seems to have no other way to get in or out! 🤨

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Tommi 🤯 @tommi@pan.rent

· 3w ago

🚆 Tenco-Tecno Interrail 🔊 I have just started the Interrail that will bring me from Rotterdam to Paris, Sanremo for Premio Tenco, Napoli for Hallucinate – Unbox – Restart, and finally back to Rotterdam. I couldn’t find a funny name for this Interrail until now: “Tenco” is obvious, “Tecno” is because the Napoli Winter School is about tech. It’s silly but this is why I like it ihihih eheheh This thread will share things as they happen. The full trip log is here. #Interrail #CrossBorderRail #trip #travel #Tenco #ClubTenco #TencoTecnoTrip

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2026 Il programma

Al Teatro Ariston di Sanremo (Imperia) LA RASSEGNA DELLA CANZONE D’AUTORE PREMIO TENCO 2026 DIO È MORTO 22 | 23 | 24 ottobre PREMIO TENCO 2026 alla carriera MANUEL AGNELLI E AFTERHOURS ENZO AVITABILE FRANKIE HI-NRG MC MAX MANFREDI PAOLA TURCI PREMIO TENCO ALL’OPERATORE CULTURALE 2026 CESARE BERMANI ANDREA SCANZI PREMIO YORUM JUAN CARLOS “FLACO” BIONDINI TARGHE TENCO

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Tommi 🤯 @tommi@pan.rent

· 3w ago

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Rotterdam Centraal → Bruxelles Midi I wanted to avoid Eurostar (more on it in the booking log). Therefore, I am splitting the trip between Rotterdam and Paris in two legs. I am on SNCB’s EuroCity 9228. It is crazy how people are encouraged to use Eurostar and spend a crazy amount of money for its awful service, just because other options do not appear unless you intentionally look for them. No sign of ECC 9228 on the NS app nor in the DB app. I was about to panic, but I saw it on the station’s board. (I could have also taken NS’ ECD actually) #TencoTecnoTrip #Interrail #Träwelling #Träwelldroid #CrossBorderRail #SNCB #Eurostar #train

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tommi's journey with Träwelling - Träwelling

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Tommi 🤯 @tommi@pan.rent

· 3w ago

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Bruxelles Midi → Paris Nord Now on OTC 54. The previous one was 30' late. Luckily this one has just departed with no issues. #TencoTecnoTrip #Interrail #Träwelling #Träwelldroid #CrossBorderRail #OUIGO #Paris #train

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tommi's journey with Träwelling - Träwelling

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🔜 UK @moof@cupoftea.social

· 1mo ago

On the rails again... #Interrail #CrossBorderRail Today, @wendy@mendeddrum.org and I are going to Karlsruhe, for a relaxing side quest, and then ultimately to Weil am Rhein via Basel SBB Today’s (Approximate, I’m still not sure on the timing of the second train) Itinerary: https://moof.space/trip/2026-10-05 And, finally! An ICE! Having been denied my

ICE 3 Velaro on Saturday, I’m taking two of them today. This one is an

ICE 4, and there may be an

ICE 3 (403) later.

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🔜 UK @moof@cupoftea.social

· 1mo ago

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I grew up on an island with three train lines. I grew further up on an island that didn’t have a rail connection to the continent til 1994, and that you have to check in as if it were a flight to go there. I now live in a country where there are only 4 trains a day in each direction that go further than the town on the other side of the border… and even the low speed train is advertised as going to Port Bou. The Cerbère stop is only really mentioned if you look very very closely. To me, being able to get on a train to Amsterdam just to get to Hannover, is now normal, but I forget how revolutionary that concept is to those who live in the less connected parts of Europe. When people on fedi talk about #CrossBorderRail, it’s in the context that this sort of thing should become normal all over the place. There are other issues for sure, the border town workers have completely different priorities. But it’s definitely part of it.

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🔜 UK @moof@cupoftea.social

· 1mo ago

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I have made it to Weil am Rhein, which, it turns out, is a stop for this train. Now I’m trying to work out if Weil am Rhein Grenze is a stop in Germany or Switzerland. The fun of #CrossBorderRail

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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Damn I am tired of people laughing about Deutsche Bahn. Travel in many other places in Europe and you will discover Germany is trying to do many things right with its railways. A quick blog post / rant from me: https://jonworth.eu/your-deutsche-bahn-joke-is-no-longer-fu/ #CrossBorderRail

Your Deutsche Bahn "joke" is no longer funny (if it ever was)

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Your Deutsche Bahn "joke" is no longer funny (if it ever was)

Before starting my record attempt between Kemijärvi, Finland and Lagos, Portugal, people told me over and over it would break down in Germany. So much so that I even tried to re-but (pre-but?) some of the likely critique. Now, having made the trip, and none of the total

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Day 17 - 28 Sep - Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig - Frankfurt – Bruxelles New borders: None Borders already crossed: Horka Gbf 🇩🇪 - Wegliniec 🇵🇱 Aachen 🇩🇪 - Welkenraedt 🇧🇪 Today's routes on the routes map:

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#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2026, inc. Longest train journey in the EU

Tours in Autumn 2026. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 45 of 49 EC 132 07:45 Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig Hbf 13:04 PKP IC 🚆: Newag Griffin locomotive now, Siemens Vectron later, carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc, 15kV ac) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (lift on board) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ✅ (at least part of the trip) 🧳: 😐 (narrow corridors, tricky with big bags) 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: 😐 (compulsory res, €3)

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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EC 132 07:45 Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig Hbf 13:04 Distance: 476.4km Avg speed: 90km/h 11 stops: Opole Glowne Wroclaw Glowny Legnica Chojnow Boleslawiec Wegliniec Hoyerswerda Ruhland Elsterwerda Riesa Leipzig Hbf 🚆 mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#8/50.913424/15.295715 #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU

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#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2026, inc. Longest train journey in the EU

Tours in Autumn 2026. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 39 of 49 EC 142 11:01 Čadca - Ostrava-Svinov 12:22 ČD 🚆: Siemens Vectron locomotive, 8 carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (lift on board) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ✅ 🧳: 😐 (hellish high steps to get in) 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: ❓ (ZSSK and Interrail say comp res., ČD and DB say not - mystery)

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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EC 142 11:01 Čadca - Ostrava-Svinov 12:22 Distance: 83.2km Avg speed: 62km/h 7 stops: Jablunkov-Navsi Trinec-Lyzbice Cesky Tesin Karvina hl.n. Bohumín Ostrava hl.n. Ostrava-Svinov 🚆 mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#10/49.679477/18.499200 #CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU

umap.openstreetmap.fr

#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2026, inc. Longest train journey in the EU

Tours in Autumn 2026. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.

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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social

· 1mo ago

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#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 40 of 49 Os 3418 12:40 Ostrava-Svinov - Opava východ 13:12 ČD 🚆: Škoda City Elephant EMU, 3 double deck carriages ⚡️ (3kV dc) 🚲: ✅ 🦽: ✅ (step free if station allows, ramp on board if not) 🛜: ✅ 🍽️: ⛔️ 🧳: 🙂 (as double deck designs go it’s pretty good!) 🧽: 🙂 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)

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