Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference - Berlin - Erkner - Frankfurt (Oder) - Warszawa - Frankfurt (Oder) - Erkner - Berlin
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At least there’s still a @diningcar though!
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Retro EP09 at Poznań
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When the sign in the train says you’re going to Warszawa Gdanska, but DB and Portal Pasazera still think the train will serve Centralna (final stop Wschodnia)
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Kutno
Typical Polish modern station. Not super charming, but functional and accessible
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So it went to Centralna. Not Gdańska. With a little delay. So I’m now in sunny Warszawa
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Oh. And I get to #Eurotrans2024 and who’s here: Bogusław Liberadzki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogus%C5%82aw_Liberadzki?wprov=sfti1#
The MEP who - as Rapporteur for the Rail Passenger Rights Regulation in 2021 - bears more political responsibility for the mess we’re in with ticketing and rights than more than anyone
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We’ve got a dude called Sönke Reise presenting at #Eurotrans2024
Perfect name
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Sadly Sönke Reise’s presentation went downhill from his name onwards. #Eurotrans2024
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Ahhh finally a good speaker. Daniel Hörcher from Imperial. Sharp guy #Eurotrans2024 https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/d.horcher
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Now they’re trying to talk about #RailBaltica. It’s horrid. At least I know what I don’t know about Rail Baltica, which is better than this. #Eurotrans2024
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Here’s my post about #RailBaltica after travelling a big part of the future route earlier this year #Eurotrans2024
Rail Baltica: better informed but none the wiser - #CrossBorderRail
There is was. The sign in the middle of nowhere: Kaisma. The village of 119 inhabitants that is to get a Rail Baltica station. The village – if you can call it that – was a little further on. A cluster of houses and a bus stop. And then even […]
#CrossBorderRail (crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu)
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Being at this #Eurotrans2024 conference is weird. It’s another one of these situations where I don’t know if I’m enlightened or if I’m stupid.
I can cut through the bullshit in these speeches like a knife through butter. But the people here have roles, responsibility, income *massively* higher than I do.
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Ah. Megaprojects often don’t get the traffic they expected when they started building. We know that. “We need a better assessment control framework from the EU”. Laughing darkly here. What EU politician gives a about that? #Eurotrans2024
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Top Zoom tip: if your face is too bright / low contrast, make your fake background likewise #Eurotrans2024
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So I didn’t make a fool of myself at Eurotrans. And people understood my points - as I’ve got useful examples to make what I’m talking about real and relateable. Quick 10 mins on a bench in the sun and now back towards Berlin… #Eurotrans2024
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Passed the infrastructure ministry on the way back to Centralna. Busy road and no cycle path there
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#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days – Warszawa Conference Train 5 of 8
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17:01 Warszawa Centralna - Frankfurt (Oder) 21:09
DB Fernverkehr AG, PKP IntercityTrain type: Siemens Taurus locomotive, 6 carriages
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EC 40
17:01 Warszawa Centralna - Frankfurt (Oder) 21:09Distance: 477.8km
Average speed: 116km/h8 stops:
Warszawa Zachodnia
Kutno
Konin
Poznań Gl.
Zbąszynek
Świebodzin
Rzepin
Frankfurt(Oder)This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#8/52.255/17.775
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That this train - that can do vMax 160km/h with 8 stops averages 116km/h is quite something. Ok, the terrain is flat, but there’s not much slack in this timetable.
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Ha. Passenger next to me here has “Zugbindung ist aufgehoben” on her DB Ticket. So she can take any train. Polish train manager doesn’t know what this means We’re not sure if the Deepl translation “Wiązanie pociągu zostało anulowane” is right!