Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread!

[jon@gruene.social]

So this is the likely new timetable

I think

I hope!

Red ones I did not reserve yet

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon You can change directly from ECE 5 to TGV 9580 in Karlsruhe, skipping the regional train between Offenburg - Strasbourg.

I guess the reservation fee is slightly higher for this though? But it does make the trip simpler.

[jon@gruene.social]

@stefanlindbohm I am not worried about that. There are loads of options there. And if I can I want to take the crap cross border railbus

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@jon what does this make the target time?

[jon@gruene.social]

@quixoticgeek 124 hours 9 minutes

[jon@gruene.social]

And if this train does NOT go tonight from Haparanda to Boden, I would *then* be relying on a 3 minute connection in Badajoz on the final day

I SOOOO hope Norrtåg manages to run later today.

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@jon if you get a chance can you fix the formatting on the alt text please. It's kinda garbled and impossible to follow.

[jon@gruene.social]

@quixoticgeek No. But you can find the entire Spreadsheet here: https://nextcloud.jonworth.eu/index.php/s/AllRoutePlans

[quixoticgeek@social.v.st]

@jon on the plus side. That 3 mins change should be across the platform.

[demoographics@wikis.world]

@jon good luck!

[jon@gruene.social]

The kind people at the Tornio art gallery gave me a warm place to sit and work - super

This piece they have it entitled “Waiting for a Norrtåg train”

[kobold@orthographieanarchist.de]

@jon I take comfort in the fact, Germany is not alone when it comes to shitty train operations.

[acb@mastodon.social]

@jon Best of luck!

[sebwilken@mastodon.social]

@kobold @jon This would not have happened in Germany. In Germany, Jon just would have taken the next train, one hour later.

[kobold@orthographieanarchist.de]

@sebwilken @jon Does it make the operations any less shitty then ?

[sebwilken@mastodon.social]

@kobold @jon Yes, I rather wait only one hour for the next train than half a day.

[sebwilken@mastodon.social]

@kobold @jon This is comical. Someone’s losing half a day because of the incompetence of Swedish railways (it has to be said; it happens too frequently on that line for just bad luck) and people still make it about DB. How obsessed can one be.

[freyfogle@mastodon.social]

@jon in fairness, do you really want to spend more than three min in Badajoz? It’s grim and very hot

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@sebwilken In this specific case, with a torn overhead wire, it would take a few hours even in Germany if you happen to be stuck on the wrong side of the issue. But I generally agree with your point.

(You also have to remember that this part of Sweden has 2.5 persons per sq km – that is not a typo )

@kobold @jon

[akirakio@wue.social]

@jon awesome! Much success, fingers crossed. 3 minutes layover sound tight to say the least . If it all goes according to plan, we should be in the same train from Badajoz onwards.