Right!
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Right! Let's get this thread (and this journey!) started!
Welcome to today's thread - 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 15 - 1 July - Ravières - Paris - Frankfurt (Main) - Nürnberg - Cheb - Praha
Today's new borders:
None. Because I'm going back to… Praha. I haven’t done this trip for 3 weeks. Let’s hope it goes better than last month. The reason: a speech there on 2nd July.Borders map, inc. borders re-crossed:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#14/50.0829/12.3021Today's trains on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#7/48.887/8.398 -
Right! Let's get this thread (and this journey!) started!
Welcome to today's thread - 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 15 - 1 July - Ravières - Paris - Frankfurt (Main) - Nürnberg - Cheb - Praha
Today's new borders:
None. Because I'm going back to… Praha. I haven’t done this trip for 3 weeks. Let’s hope it goes better than last month. The reason: a speech there on 2nd July.Borders map, inc. borders re-crossed:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#14/50.0829/12.3021Today's trains on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#7/48.887/8.398Here's today's #CrossBorderRail music track
Train pour Bandol
SnoozIt's about SNCF, so in it goes! And it features the famous jingle! Thanks @nono
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Here's today's #CrossBorderRail music track
Train pour Bandol
SnoozIt's about SNCF, so in it goes! And it features the famous jingle! Thanks @nono
And here's this morning's intro video, complete with Josette
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And here's this morning's intro video, complete with Josette
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 60 of 158
TER 91371
06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Montbard 06:48
SNCF for TER MobigoTrain type: Bombardier AGC bi-mode MU, 4 short carriages
️ (1.5kV dc)
: 
🦽: (step free if station allows, Nuits doesn't but Montbard does)
🛜:
️
️:
🧳:
️
🧽:
(stinky toilet made the whole carriage smelly)️
Interrail: (accepted) -
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 60 of 158
TER 91371
06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Montbard 06:48
SNCF for TER MobigoTrain type: Bombardier AGC bi-mode MU, 4 short carriages
️ (1.5kV dc):
🦽: (step free if station allows, Nuits doesn't but Montbard does)
🛜:️️:
🧳:️
🧽: (stinky toilet made the whole carriage smelly)️ Interrail: (accepted)TER 91371
06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Montbard 06:48Distance: 18.2km
Average speed: 121km/h1 stops:
MontbardThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#13/47.6738/4.2743
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TER 91371
06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Montbard 06:48Distance: 18.2km
Average speed: 121km/h1 stops:
MontbardThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#13/47.6738/4.2743
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 61 of 158
TGV 6760
07:05 Montbard - Paris Gare de Lyon 08:09
SNCF VoyageursTrain type: Alstom TGV Duplex, 8 short double deck carriages
️ (1.5kV dc, 25kV ac, 1.5kV dc): ️
🦽: (step free into bottom level then lift down inside)
🛜: (and it's working well)️:
🧳:
️ (horrid design, although as it's mostly business travellers today there's enough space)
🧽: Interrail: (needs compulsory reservation, costs €10 or €20 from Rail Europe) -
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 61 of 158
TGV 6760
07:05 Montbard - Paris Gare de Lyon 08:09
SNCF VoyageursTrain type: Alstom TGV Duplex, 8 short double deck carriages
️ (1.5kV dc, 25kV ac, 1.5kV dc): ️
🦽: (step free into bottom level then lift down inside)
🛜: (and it's working well)️:
🧳:️ (horrid design, although as it's mostly business travellers today there's enough space)
🧽: Interrail: (needs compulsory reservation, costs €10 or €20 from Rail Europe)Quick recap of what I am seeking to find on these #CrossBorderRail journeys: https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/crossborderrail-what-am-i-trying-to-find-and-whats-the-goal/
Today and tomorrow surprises are unlikely, but Thursday and Friday are going to be interesting!
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Quick recap of what I am seeking to find on these #CrossBorderRail journeys: https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/crossborderrail-what-am-i-trying-to-find-and-whats-the-goal/
Today and tomorrow surprises are unlikely, but Thursday and Friday are going to be interesting!
As I roll into Gare de Lyon I check my departures from Gare de l‘Est. All smooth so far. But SNCF is incredible - not a single long distance train from Est between 08:36 and 09:06! #CrossBorderRail
I’ll
across Paris instead of taking the RER -
As I roll into Gare de Lyon I check my departures from Gare de l‘Est. All smooth so far. But SNCF is incredible - not a single long distance train from Est between 08:36 and 09:06! #CrossBorderRail
I’ll
across Paris instead of taking the RERTotal chaos boarding the TGV Duplex at Est
High clueless tourist % who can’t find their seats, not helped by lousy signage on board
SNCF: so many people want our high speed trains make them double deck!
Also SNCF: let’s design them so badly they need 10 minutes to board
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Total chaos boarding the TGV Duplex at Est
High clueless tourist % who can’t find their seats, not helped by lousy signage on board
SNCF: so many people want our high speed trains make them double deck!
Also SNCF: let’s design them so badly they need 10 minutes to board
And two passengers with headscarves, and three ethnic minority people in my carriage
I can guess now who the Bundespolizei is going to go for in Kehl
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And two passengers with headscarves, and three ethnic minority people in my carriage
I can guess now who the Bundespolizei is going to go for in Kehl
Also - logically - I beat the rush to get to the TGV by identifying the only TGV Euroduplex in the station and waiting by that platform before SNCF announced the platform to everyone else
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Also - logically - I beat the rush to get to the TGV by identifying the only TGV Euroduplex in the station and waiting by that platform before SNCF announced the platform to everyone else
Very unpleasant situation in the TGV
Woman in front of me gets on, slams down the window blind that covers both windows
I - annoyed - because I want to look out, push it back and tell her in French that she’s not alone, and she should ask
5 minutes later she pushes it down again 1/2
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Very unpleasant situation in the TGV
Woman in front of me gets on, slams down the window blind that covers both windows
I - annoyed - because I want to look out, push it back and tell her in French that she’s not alone, and she should ask
5 minutes later she pushes it down again 1/2
I then in French tell her she can go find another seat if she likes
She then tells me I should find another seat, and accuses me of being selfish
Adults - I tell her - negotiate to sort these things out between them
She gets even more annoyed
I tell her - still in French - her righteousness is very French
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I then in French tell her she can go find another seat if she likes
She then tells me I should find another seat, and accuses me of being selfish
Adults - I tell her - negotiate to sort these things out between them
She gets even more annoyed
I tell her - still in French - her righteousness is very French
And your behaviour is very German! she screams back at me
No I say, in Germany passengers would not get into an argument about this
Your wrong she then argues back. I’ve never encountered a passenger as arrogant as you she says
Trust me lady, I’ve travelled by train a bit, and I’ve seen few as arrogant as you
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And your behaviour is very German! she screams back at me
No I say, in Germany passengers would not get into an argument about this
Your wrong she then argues back. I’ve never encountered a passenger as arrogant as you she says
Trust me lady, I’ve travelled by train a bit, and I’ve seen few as arrogant as you
By now the train is on the high speed line and
the sun isn’t on her any more anyway -
By now the train is on the high speed line and
the sun isn’t on her any more anyway Also ultimately here neither position - blind up or down - is more right or wrong. There are cases for either. You negotiate such things
But this other passenger assumed her way was the only way, and had not even thought there was another outcome
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Also ultimately here neither position - blind up or down - is more right or wrong. There are cases for either. You negotiate such things
But this other passenger assumed her way was the only way, and had not even thought there was another outcome
Ha
Someone walks along the corridor and at the moment the person passes the lady who argued with me about the window blind the train violently shakes, and the person falls towards her (totally not that person's fault), but that pisses her off too
It's not her day
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Ha
Someone walks along the corridor and at the moment the person passes the lady who argued with me about the window blind the train violently shakes, and the person falls towards her (totally not that person's fault), but that pisses her off too
It's not her day
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 62 of 158
TGV 9551
09:06 Paris Est - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 12:59
SNCF Voyageurs, DB FernverkehrTrain type: Alstom TGV Euroduplex, 8 short double deck carriages
️ (25kV ac, 15kV ac): ️
🦽: (step free into train, lift down inside)
🛜: (something is weird with it though, very patchy)️:
🧳:️ (poor design)
🧽: Interrail: (needs compulsory reservation, costs €19) -
#CrossBorderRail Finale Train 62 of 158
TGV 9551
09:06 Paris Est - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 12:59
SNCF Voyageurs, DB FernverkehrTrain type: Alstom TGV Euroduplex, 8 short double deck carriages
️ (25kV ac, 15kV ac): ️
🦽: (step free into train, lift down inside)
🛜: (something is weird with it though, very patchy)️:
🧳:️ (poor design)
🧽: Interrail: (needs compulsory reservation, costs €19)TGV 9551
09:06 Paris Est - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (via Saarbrücken) 12:59Distance: 589.8km
Average speed: 152km/h5 stops:
Forbach
Saarbrücken Hbf
Kaiserslautern Hbf
Mannheim Hbf
Frankfurt(Main)HbfThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#8/49.493/5.512
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TGV 9551
09:06 Paris Est - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf (via Saarbrücken) 12:59Distance: 589.8km
Average speed: 152km/h5 stops:
Forbach
Saarbrücken Hbf
Kaiserslautern Hbf
Mannheim Hbf
Frankfurt(Main)HbfThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-finale_1163738#8/49.493/5.512
Meanwhile via @LachAnonym news about a line I visited a fortnight ago: https://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/skpl-rezygnuje-z-pociagow-do-chyrowa-kolejne-problemy-prawne--123834.html
Services through Krościenko
- Smolnica 
to Khyriv will not start, which honestly doesn't surprise me as the infra is so badMalhowice
- Nyzhankovychi would be a better bet, but SKPL has its depot on the other line...Borders here: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#9/49.6241/22.6497
