<![CDATA[Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles]]>Welcome to today's thread - 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles

New borders:
Rumelange ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ - Ottange ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Benonchamps ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช - Schimpach-Wampach ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ

A few dismantled lines at ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ borders โ€“ to ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท at Rumelange, then west of Wiltz towards ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช. And appropriately from Wiltz I will cycle through Bastogne, a town today without a railway station that is nevertheless rather famous for its bike race.

On the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#8/49.728030/6.058960

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/1a790256-de96-4bac-809e-969ed00c0acb/welcome-to-today-s-thread-crossborderrail-2026-tour-day-32-5-may-strasbourg-rumelange-kirchberg-wiltz-libramont-bruxellesRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 03:13:19 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 05:48:47 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 18:58:44 GMT]]>@jon
Hey you're basically doing all three EU capitals in one day. Is that some special in-game achievement?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/niels/statuses/116523501097658346https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/niels/statuses/116523501097658346Tue, 05 May 2026 18:58:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 18:44:35 GMT]]>@tobiaswatzl.bsky.social this was the only thing I passed. But it was pouring rain, I didnโ€™t hang around!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523445486895674https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523445486895674Tue, 05 May 2026 18:44:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 18:36:20 GMT]]>I got a bus from a wet Bastogne. That passed a lot of wet cows. And now Iโ€˜ve got a train to Bruxelles Schuman

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523413031880474https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523413031880474Tue, 05 May 2026 18:36:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 18:30:26 GMT]]>So two more borders checked

Rumelange ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ - Ottange ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Benonchamps ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช - Schimpach-Wampach ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ

Both dismantled lines, both not coming back

The latter one is between Wiltz ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ and Bastogne ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช and thereโ€™s an excellent cycle path the whole way, Inc through tunnels. It was just very wet today!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523389870499664https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523389870499664Tue, 05 May 2026 18:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 17:41:25 GMT]]>@jon you should've brought a kayak!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.vnvie.ws/users/berend/statuses/116523197084524879https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.vnvie.ws/users/berend/statuses/116523197084524879Tue, 05 May 2026 17:41:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 17:40:49 GMT]]>@berend the rivers around Bastogne were flowing fast I can confirm!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523194763605729https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523194763605729Tue, 05 May 2026 17:40:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 17:39:47 GMT]]>@jon welcome to Belgium! We've even got a weather warning for the amount of rain these days

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.vnvie.ws/users/berend/statuses/116523190652168321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.vnvie.ws/users/berend/statuses/116523190652168321Tue, 05 May 2026 17:39:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 17:08:49 GMT]]>That was a horrid wet cycle ride. Iโ€™ve done only half, the rest will be a bus!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523068939006833https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116523068939006833Tue, 05 May 2026 17:08:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:29:43 GMT]]>@jon What is the report they're working on about more specifically? Is there somewhere I can read about it?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116498264271391075/statuses/116522679215725369https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116498264271391075/statuses/116522679215725369Tue, 05 May 2026 15:29:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 15:24:21 GMT]]>@jon
Organizations don't like dissenting opinions. I also make myself unpopular from time to time, to a slightly lesser extent. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7457134592383320065/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28ugcPost%3A7457134592383320065%2C7457172433134026752%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_comment%3A%287457172433134026752%2Curn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7457134592383320065%29
(LinkedIn is a collection of whitewashing.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/elba013/statuses/116522658107750959https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://muenchen.social/users/elba013/statuses/116522658107750959Tue, 05 May 2026 15:24:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:56:03 GMT]]>@jon Thanks a lot for contributing your expertise, and your time!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/slothrop/statuses/116522546825467895https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/slothrop/statuses/116522546825467895Tue, 05 May 2026 14:56:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:54:06 GMT]]>But the crux is this: the Court of Auditors does not mess around. When they check things, they check. They dig. They work. Their report on high speed rail infra a few years ago was excellent.

So hopefully something solid on rail services, cross border, will emerge from this.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522539204320523https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522539204320523Tue, 05 May 2026 14:54:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:50:14 GMT]]>@stefanlindbohm @jon @jeanbaptistemarie Maybe it already has been mentioned (sorry, reading all the posts since the last 2 days whilst I'm in Taiwan), there is a dedicated page from TER Grand-Est. Well, it's still some kind of non-userfriendly "Gebastel", thoughโ€ฆ https://www.ter.sncf.com/grand-est/tarifs-cartes/tarifs-transfrontaliers/billets-Luxembourg

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/wrzlbrnft/statuses/116522523977768695https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/wrzlbrnft/statuses/116522523977768695Tue, 05 May 2026 14:50:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:48:31 GMT]]>In the end on the Court of Auditors thing, it is once more a problem of being a freelancer in a sector with no freelancers, and so once more I am doing complicated intellectual work for free

BUT when they ask me a question about a railway topic I can answer it straight up. No need to defend what a company tells me, what a senior manager decides. I think a few unvarnished comments about the problems are helpful for them to frame their work

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522517226200186https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522517226200186Tue, 05 May 2026 14:48:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:46:02 GMT]]>@jon
An acceptable state of things

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116522507477889371https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116522507477889371Tue, 05 May 2026 14:46:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:43:59 GMT]]>@notsoloud Mine was the first non-Webinar meeting! ๐Ÿ˜€

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522499402396145https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522499402396145Tue, 05 May 2026 14:43:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:42:19 GMT]]>@jon
Did you tell them to ask all the others whether they got to Luxembourg by train? ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116522492855205061https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/notsoloud/statuses/116522492855205061Tue, 05 May 2026 14:42:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:23:47 GMT]]>After 75 minutes being grilled by the Court of Auditors for a report theyโ€™re writing about railways, Iโ€™m on my way again. Next: Wiltz

And this - as ever - is unpaid. Everyone else the Court will speak to has a job to allow them time for this. But as Iโ€™m self employed itโ€™s just me, me giving my time. Itโ€™s nice to be asked of course!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522419976885051https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522419976885051Tue, 05 May 2026 14:23:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:21:59 GMT]]>@jon I donโ€™t think thereโ€™s a bible version that opens with โ€œCaf luxโ€ thoughโ€ฆ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/happydisciple/statuses/116522412889120497https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/happydisciple/statuses/116522412889120497Tue, 05 May 2026 14:21:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:09:07 GMT]]>@jon The more special I find this since Luxembourgish is not an official language of the European Union.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zug.network/users/sprintercity/statuses/116522362328086289https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zug.network/users/sprintercity/statuses/116522362328086289Tue, 05 May 2026 14:09:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:08:02 GMT]]>@matschlegel this one was always likely hopeless. This is why it was the last LU-FR one I went to!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522358068224881https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522358068224881Tue, 05 May 2026 14:08:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:07:31 GMT]]>@corentin aaasgghhhhhhh. Having the data but not being able to show it is even worse!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522356004983728https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522356004983728Tue, 05 May 2026 14:07:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:05:03 GMT]]>@happydisciple CAF!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522346346581648https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522346346581648Tue, 05 May 2026 14:05:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 32 - 5 May - Strasbourg - Rumelange - Kirchberg - Wiltz - Libramont - Bruxelles on Tue, 05 May 2026 14:04:43 GMT]]>@simonschre Yes! Theyโ€™re rock hard!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522345017280669https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116522345017280669Tue, 05 May 2026 14:04:43 GMT