Right!

[jon@gruene.social]

In the next train there are 5 Belgian (Walloon) men opposite me

“I’m looking forward to getting a goulash in Prague!”

Errr…

[jon@gruene.social]

Joys of #CrossBorderRail

We’re +8

But the Czechs don’t know it until we cross the border ‍️

[jon@gruene.social]

But #CrossBorderRail worked well enough. Bit of sprinting and I’m onto the Cheb - Praha

[jon@gruene.social]

Ok, a poll

When you hear goulash, what do you think?

[jon@gruene.social]

#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 65 of 158
IC 565
18:33 Cheb - Praha hl. n. 21:22
ČD

Train type: Škoda 362 locomotive, 5 InterJet carriages
️ (25kV ac, 3kV dc)
:
🦽: (ramp on board)
🛜:
️: (mini bar trolley)
🧳:
🧽:

Interrail: (accepted)

It gets a top score! Plus air conditioning ️ works well

[jon@gruene.social]

IC 565
18:33 Cheb - Praha hl. n. 21:22

Distance: 212.9km
Average speed: 76km/h

6 stops:
Mariánské Lázně
Planá u Mariánských Lázní
Stribro
Plzen Jizni predmest
Plzen hl.n.
Praha hl.n.

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#9/49.8734/13.3717

[jon@gruene.social]

There’s even #BeerOnTrains

And it’s half cold

[jon@gruene.social]

Train managers in Central Europe have a very particular style of footwear: leather shoes with holes or perforations, like this on this Cheb - Praha ČD train

I’ll try to document more during the rest of #CrossBorderRail

[jon@gruene.social]

I’m not someone who lives with regrets. The decisions I’ve taken in life were sensible when I took them. And there was never really a moment when I could have learned a Central European / Slavic language. But as I’m so somehow drawn to Czechia, to Poland, to Slovenia this linguistic shortcoming rankles.

[jon@gruene.social]

I dread to think how hot it is out there

But from this quiet, comfortable, on time, air conditioned České dráhy train it’s a charming evening trip from Cheb via Plzeň to Praha

[jon@gruene.social]

Ahhhhh

This is totally how to travel