Right.

Jon Worth

EST 9435
13:25 Bruxelles Midi - Köln Hbf 15:15 (currently +25 at Liège)

Distance: 222.9km
Average speed: 122km/h

3 stops:
Liège-Guillemins
Aachen Hbf
Köln Hbf

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#10/47.4234/4.5779

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Here's today's intro video, filmed at Gare du Midi https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/1w715kuBeykaAjhfottNXB

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There seems to be both a medical emergency on a train, and a points problem ahead in Köln, and I am now almost +30 departing Liège - hell knows whether I am going to get through this

Thankfully I am on Interrail today meaning I can take any train (and even route via Nürnberg instead of Dresden)

But were I using normal tickets I'd be both very nervous and possibly out off pocket due to what's ahead…

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Also is there any digital way to find the composition of a Eurostar train? SNCF Connect can show me TGV compositions but not Eurostar. Railer can’t, so it’s not in any SNCB API. Bahn App can’t. Eurostar’s own app doesn’t. Is there any way?

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Bundespolizei go through the train at Aachen

No one with dark skin in my carriage, so no one got checked

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Oh well

No Czechia tonight

Diversion between Aachen and Köln, going via Rheydt

What do I do? Hmmm. Divert to Berlin, sleep on a friend’s sofa, try to get to Litomerice tomorrow? Still try to get to Dresden?

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Ah no. Diversion cancelled. Heading to Köln. Likely not fast enough to connect with anything, but let’s see

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Ok, this ranks as the most weird reason for one of my train delays ever - thanks @dl1eam for the info

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Body of a dead woman found, suspect flees the scene, tries to cross a railway and is hit by a train! 🤯

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Also, could Eurostar please just give up the Köln route, and we have a DB ICE Bruxelles-Köln every hour instead

Nicer trains, better prices, and ICE3neo has solved the train reliability issues

Eurostar is short of stock for Amsterdam - Bruxelles - Paris, so just stick to that?

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DIY Quiet Zone? I approve

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A screen. With connections on it! 🥰 (yeah I’ve been in France too long, it’s nice to be back in Germany)

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Forgot to post this in the chaos earlier. This was Aachen - Welkenraedt #CrossBorderRail But I’ve been there a few* times before

* - at least 200 times

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#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days Baltic Circuit Train 8 of 29
ICE 1911
15:55 Köln Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 17:03
DB Fernverkehr

Train type: Siemens Bombardier ICE4 long version, 13 carriages
️
: (needs reservation)
🦽: (has on board lift, lift on platform as backup)
🛜:
️:
🧳: (luggage racks big enough for a folding bike. FTW!)
🧽:
(It gets a top score!)

(I forgot to photograph it though)

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ICE 1911
15:55 Köln Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 17:03 (running +40)

Distance: 180.6km
Average speed: 159km/h

2 stops:
Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf

3 extra unplanned stops:
Siegburg-Bonn
Montabaur
Limburg Süd

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#10/47.4234/4.5779

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What’s not to like about an on-time ICE Frankfurt-Leipzig? It even has a #BeerOnTrains holder

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Leipzig Hbf

An immense and amazing station

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Meanwhile Hector and Flix have pulled in. Which sounds like a dodgy detective duo!

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Right!

Everything is re-mapped and re-calculated. So assessments!

#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days Baltic Circuit Train 9 of 33
ICE 70
18:14 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Leipzig Hbf 21:10
DB Fernverkehr

Train type: Siemens Bombardier ICE4 long version, 12 or 13 carriages
️
: (needs reservation)
🦽: (lift on board, lifts on platorms as backup)
🛜:
️:
🧳:
🧽:
(another top score!)

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ICE 70
18:14 Frankfurt (Main) Hbf - Leipzig Hbf 21:10

Distance: 378.1km
Average speed: 129km/h

4 stops:
Fulda
Eisenach
Erfurt Hbf
Leipzig Hbf

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#8/50.844/9.888

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#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days Baltic Circuit Train 10 of 33
IC 2045
21:31 Leipzig Hbf - Dresden Hbf 22:38
DB Fernverkehr

Train type: TRAXX locomotive, 5 double deck carriages, driving control car
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:
🦽: (how does this work with different platform heights? Some stations are going to need lifts or ramps)
🛜:
️: (basic snacks)
🧳: (for a double deck design it's fine - plenty of racks between seats)
🧽: (grimy outside)