So I’m stuck.
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So I’m stuck. Accident at Pont sur Yonne. But SNCF is holding everything back at Laroche Migennes. It’s 90km to cycle to where there are trains…
Shit happens. I get that. But SNCF obviously has no plan here other than keeping all trains back at the most major station (Laroche Migennes). They’re doing what operationally suits them.
Sod the fact that 50km of track - as far as Sens - is clear.
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So I’m stuck. Accident at Pont sur Yonne. But SNCF is holding everything back at Laroche Migennes. It’s 90km to cycle to where there are trains…
@jon last time I had a comparable issue with ÖBB, I was allowed to to take a taxi which has then been refunded by ÖBB without issue. It was for a ride between Bludenz and Landeck-Zams at ~23:00 a night Friday-Saturday, the whole ride was 210€ that was then shared between the 3 passengers who took it. 65 km, but in the middle of the night… The night train was stuck bc a huge thunderstorm had blown down the power supply line just before the tunnel and they knew the team was due to come fix it at 06:00 the Saturday morning.
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Shit happens. I get that. But SNCF obviously has no plan here other than keeping all trains back at the most major station (Laroche Migennes). They’re doing what operationally suits them.
Sod the fact that 50km of track - as far as Sens - is clear.
My destination: Maastricht
I’m meant to be on a Eurostar (Thalys) Paris - Liège
I assume I’ll be allowed on the next one with seats?
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My destination: Maastricht
I’m meant to be on a Eurostar (Thalys) Paris - Liège
I assume I’ll be allowed on the next one with seats?
️There’s a SNCF guy on the platform shouting at people. The ticket office is closed. Digital information inaccurate. Hell knows what’s happening.
The guy on the platform is now shouting that the app info isn’t determined by him, and we’d better ignore it
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So I’m stuck. Accident at Pont sur Yonne. But SNCF is holding everything back at Laroche Migennes. It’s 90km to cycle to where there are trains…
@jon
Too bad, hope, that you won't be stuck for too long!
But, on another note: What train is that Néz Cassé supposed to be working?
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@jon
Too bad, hope, that you won't be stuck for too long!
But, on another note: What train is that Néz Cassé supposed to be working?@dominicstucki night train from Nice. With 13 Corail carriages!
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There’s a SNCF guy on the platform shouting at people. The ticket office is closed. Digital information inaccurate. Hell knows what’s happening.
The guy on the platform is now shouting that the app info isn’t determined by him, and we’d better ignore it
️I just enquired: if the accident is between Sens and Montereau, why are there no trains between here and Sens? (It’s a four track electrified line the whole way to Sens)
There are trains blocking the track ahead, they claim
But why can’t they send back what’s in Sens?
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@dominicstucki night train from Nice. With 13 Corail carriages!
@jon
Aaah!
Have only seen Sybics on this one the last few times. But it seems, that this is only the case when I try to take a picture of it... 🤨Anyway, I wasn't aware that it would arrive in Paris that late. Goes on the list for the next Néz Cassé tour this summer, thanks!
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@jon
Aaah!Have only seen Sybics on this one the last few times. But it seems, that this is only the case when I try to take a picture of it... 🤨Anyway, I wasn't aware that it would arrive in Paris that late. Goes on the list for the next Néz Cassé tour this summer, thanks!
@dominicstucki I think it might already have been delayed before getting stuck here!
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I just enquired: if the accident is between Sens and Montereau, why are there no trains between here and Sens? (It’s a four track electrified line the whole way to Sens)
There are trains blocking the track ahead, they claim
But why can’t they send back what’s in Sens?
@jon ça n’a pas de sens 🫣
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@dominicstucki I think it might already have been delayed before getting stuck here!
@jon
Arrival at Austerlitz is 07:53. Probably no decent spots north of Sens. Sunrise at midsummer is around 6:15. Could be doable, but it's certainly a tough one which requires proper research and preparation. And luck. Probably a lot of luck. -
@jon
Arrival at Austerlitz is 07:53. Probably no decent spots north of Sens. Sunrise at midsummer is around 6:15. Could be doable, but it's certainly a tough one which requires proper research and preparation. And luck. Probably a lot of luck.@dominicstucki so it was c. +30 this morning, before the extra mess here at Laroche. You could get a decent shot somewhere around Montereau perhaps.
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My destination: Maastricht
I’m meant to be on a Eurostar (Thalys) Paris - Liège
I assume I’ll be allowed on the next one with seats?
️@jon You go see the Chef de Bord at the next train leaving Paris, no need to queue at customer service. Try to have some sort of piece of paper with you justifying the delayed arrival of the train.
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@jon You go see the Chef de Bord at the next train leaving Paris, no need to queue at customer service. Try to have some sort of piece of paper with you justifying the delayed arrival of the train.
@moof I do not have paper, because the ticket office was closed. And I was booked to Maastricht, so might need a Belgian IC Bruxelles-Liege. It is not so simple!
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I just enquired: if the accident is between Sens and Montereau, why are there no trains between here and Sens? (It’s a four track electrified line the whole way to Sens)
There are trains blocking the track ahead, they claim
But why can’t they send back what’s in Sens?
Ah
Pretty much all the Eurostar trains to Bruxelles are sold out
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Ah
Pretty much all the Eurostar trains to Bruxelles are sold out
This would be the most SNCF-Eurostar thing imaginable: get past the *actual* disruption, and then be left stranded in Paris because they won't let me on a Eurostar.
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Pretty much all the Eurostar trains to Bruxelles are sold out
@jon so take the absurdly priced TGV international or travel via cologne in a shiny new ICE that sometimes runs... So many fake airlines that go there
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This would be the most SNCF-Eurostar thing imaginable: get past the *actual* disruption, and then be left stranded in Paris because they won't let me on a Eurostar.
I do have a valid Interrail (10 days in 2 months pass) that I could theoretically use, but actually HOW am I supposed to get around all these hurdles?
It is 09:30 and I am in Sens
I need to be in Maastricht by about 15:45
And it looks like there is simply no way
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I do have a valid Interrail (10 days in 2 months pass) that I could theoretically use, but actually HOW am I supposed to get around all these hurdles?
It is 09:30 and I am in Sens
I need to be in Maastricht by about 15:45
And it looks like there is simply no way
@jon But if you haven’t left Sens yet, it looks like you can’t make that even with Eurostar.
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@jon But if you haven’t left Sens yet, it looks like you can’t make that even with Eurostar.
@partim Now just left Sens. Eurostar to BXL, IC to Liege, then Drielanden to Maastricht.
