Right.
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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 FernverkehrTrain type: Siemens Bombardier ICE4 long version, 13 carriages
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(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/h2 stops:
Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf3 extra unplanned stops:
Siegburg-Bonn
Montabaur
Limburg SüdThis 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 FernverkehrTrain 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 21:10Distance: 378.1km
Average speed: 129km/h4 stops:
Fulda
Eisenach
Erfurt Hbf
Leipzig HbfThis 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 FernverkehrTrain 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)
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IC 2045
21:31 Leipzig Hbf - Dresden Hbf 22:38Distance: 122.6km
Average speed: 110km/h3 stops:
Riesa
Dresden-Neustadt
Dresden HbfThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#9/51.2619/13.0573
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Given the dozens of times I’ve been to both Leipzig and Dresden on #CrossBorderRail, and even passed Riesa en route to Chemnitz, I think this is the first time ever I’m taking a Leipzig - Dresden train
But it’s dark so I’ve got no idea what I’m missing
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Dresden Hbf. Different layout to Leipzig (through tracks above and beside the terminus tracks) but impressive nonetheless
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#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days Baltic Circuit Train 11 of 33
S1 (yes it’s a S-Bahn, don’t start)
22:59 Dresden Hbf - Bad Schandau 23:43
DB Regio AG SüdostTrain type: TRAXX locomotive, 4 double deck carriages, inc driving control car
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🦽: (step free into lower level)
🛜:
️️: ️
🧳: (big multi use areas)
🧽: (bit grimy inside and out)
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Finally getting close to
Penultimate train…
S1
22:59 Dresden Hbf - Bad Schandau 23:43Distance: 41km
Average speed: 56km/h14 stops:
Dresden-Strehlen
Dresden-Reick
Dresden-Dobritz
Dresden-Niedersedlitz
Dresden-Zschachwitz
Heidenau
Heidenau Süd
Heidenau-Großsedlitz
Pirna
Obervogelgesang
Stadt Wehlen(Sachs)
Kurort Rathen
Königstein(Sächs Schw)
Bad SchandauThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#10/50.9697/13.9911
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And this train stops at Obervogelgesang which translates roughly as “Upper bird song”
Which is a nice name for a place
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Some passengers left at Pirna so I have the whole upper floor of the carriage to myself
This is the sort of train the French would cut. But the Germans and Czechs keep these - these late (and early) trains are vital for the resilience of the rail system
I’d not intended to take this. But I’m damned glad it’s here when I need it!
