#CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU Record Attempt Train 4 of 18R 741515:40 Umeå Östra - Sundsvall C 18:39Norrtåg

[cycling_on_rails@mastodon.social]

@jon I bet they'll say putting more trains isn't worth it until the LGV Rhin-Rhône is completed, and completing the LGV isn't worth it until there are enough passengers on the line.

Why start somewhere and choose the virtuous circle when you can just glide into the vicious circle instead?

[amymagdalena@lgbtqia.space]

@jon @RensBloom The Austerlitz to Tolosa night service also picks up passengers tonight in Orleans at 23:33

[jon@gruene.social]

@raphv @Pepijn He's not cheating - he's taking the same trains as me. And for night trains adding a second person is easy. The only headache was really with SNCF reservations, where there was no way to end up being sat together as I didn't book everything together.

[jon@gruene.social]

@amymagdalena @RensBloom And do tell me how to get to Orleans from Mannheim by then

[jon@gruene.social]

And I am on a Siemens built ICE4 (enough of the rattling and broken toilet Talgo shit, and the shaky Alstom shit) and it is perfect. Quiet, smooth, comfortable. This is how this trip *should* be! #LongestTrainEU

[amymagdalena@lgbtqia.space]

@jon @RensBloom Teleportation apparently

[sinistreroptimismus@troet.cafe]

@jon

Meanwhile in Munich: car number lottery on the ICE by changing the numbers every minute.
Thank you for traveling with Deutsche Bahn.

[jubeldoktor@troet.cafe]

@jon I hate the thing since I repeatedly got ice cold air blown into my face, when commuting on them in winter.

(Every trainset when entering a tunnel or other changes of air pressure or sth like that).

Admittedly, didn't get the chance to try the Talgos yet.

[jon@gruene.social]

Thanks @pink for joining me on board ICE 771 between Göttingen and Kassel! So many conversations with different people en route today, it's great!

[onterof@sueden.social]

@jon Wtf, so the international Frankfurt - Marseille TGV is the last direct Strasburg - Lyon ?!? 🤯‍️

[jon@gruene.social]

@jubeldoktor Ha. In a Talgo you'd be fearing the doors blow off!

[philippbirken@fediscience.org]

@jon only +7 on the connection to Hamburg? That's just cheating!

[jubeldoktor@troet.cafe]

@jon Jesus Effing Christ

[jacobchristensen@mastodon.nu]

@jon @Pink The piece about you in Politiken is up (guest link, registration required)

https://politiken.dk/del/i6gPAxAHTdcw

[amymagdalena@lgbtqia.space]

@jon @RensBloom Without the temporal restrictions, the route is amusing. Mannheim - Geneve - Liyon (which is now closer to Portugal than Orleans) - Vierzon - Les Aubrais Orleans

[transpontus@bahn.social]

󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿: am I a joke to you?

@jacobchristensen @jon @Pink

[moss_the_texie@rheinneckar.social]

@jon
Can’t join but I’m looking at you …
Schedule seems fine!

[jon@gruene.social]

And #LongestTrainEU is in Politiken today https://politiken.dk/rejser/togrejser/art10967699/Vanvittigt-projekt-eller-vigtig-dokumentation-af-EU’s-jernbanenet Just a few hours after running around Kbh H with their photographer

[herr_schaefer@social.balad.in]

@jon
Sure, but how could you dare do this journey an not go through Paris .

[jon@gruene.social]

So a *very weird* #LongestTrainEU question: is there anyone in Badajoz who could, theoretically, lend me a bike on Saturday morning?

Because of all the disruption I have no reservations for Portugal, and would like to cycle to Elvas and get these before returning to Badajoz to take the train.

It's 80-20% chance I will be in Badajoz on time to do this.

Is there anyone on Fedi who might be able to help?