There's yield management

And there's WTF 🀯 yield management

Morning of Friday 5th June I need to go to either Bruxelles or Maastricht (I don't know which yet). If Maastricht I will change in Liège

Tickets then...

Paris - Bruxelles, Eurostar
€95 single, standard class

Paris - Liège, Eurostar
*SAME TRAIN, and FURTHER THAN BRUXELLES*
€39 single, standard class

#CrossBorderRail

On the Eurostar from London to Amsterdam. For some reason the organisation I book my tickets with forgets to pass my meal preference on to Eurostar, Eurostar also doesn't allow me to set my meal preference in my passenger profile on the app. They do want to share my data with their thousands of partners, who, I'm assured, respect my privacy

#CrossBorderRail #vegan

Simon Maarfield over on Bluesky has pointed out an alternative, if somewhat long-winded, route from Spain to Porto, crossing by bus from Salamanca to Vilar Formoso (or straight through to Porto).

https://bsky.app/profile/simonmaarfield.bsky.social/post/3m4ihjcdfqk2l

I’m not sure whether to tag this #CrossBorderRail or not…

Simon Maarfield (@simonmaarfield.bsky.social)

1. Via Salamanca. From Madrid you can choose between the fast line or the scenic Iberian-gauge line via Ávila. I chose the latter, leaving Madrid Príncipe Pío at 19:37, arriving in Ávila at 21:10 for an overnight stay #CrossBorderRail

Bluesky Social

Sod that. Too complex. #CrossBorderRail

It's going to have to be only

Rumelange πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ί - Ottange πŸ‡«πŸ‡·
and
Benonchamps πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ - Schimpach-Wampach πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ί

on the way from Strasbourg to Bruxelles

And then only Vireux-Molhain πŸ‡«πŸ‡· - Treignes πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ on the way from Bruxelles to Nuits-sous-RaviΓ¨res

But it will involve a trip on this

Damn #CrossBorderRail is getting harder and harder 😑

I have found a way to get to Vireux-Molhain πŸ‡«πŸ‡· - Treignes πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ in May

But can I find a way to cover

Rumelange πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ί - Ottange πŸ‡«πŸ‡·
and
Benonchamps πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ - Schimpach-Wampach πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ί
and even
Lengeler πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ - Wilwerdingen πŸ‡±πŸ‡Ί

in one day πŸ€”

Made it to Paris with +75 minutes. Missed my connection and now I’m on the next TER home. Today felt a bit too much. Unfortunately I am on the first train to Dijon in the morning… #CrossBorderRail
Bad news for #CrossBorderRail between Spain and Portugal: one of the two only passenger trains connecting both Iberian countries will be partly replaced by a bus for a year because of engineering works in Galicia.
https://www.cp.pt/en/detalhe-aviso/transbordo-celta-2026-2027
CP - Comboios de Portugal

Portugal loses HALF its international trains for a year

Well done everyone! πŸŽ‰

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/2026-03-23/portugal-train-service-to-be-replaced-with-bus/995015

Buses from ValenΓ§a to Vigo

#CrossBorderRail

Portugal train service to be replaced with bus

The Celta international train between Porto and Vigo (Galicia) will be replaced by a bus service on the Spanish section for one year, starting on 6 April, due to engineering works, CP announced.

School class of French teenies just joined us in the β€žRuhebereichβ€œ. I always wonder how that happens. Are those who booked this just ignorant? Was there no space in the normal area? I assume they book way ahead… and if this is actually allocated by DB, then WTF?
#CrossBorderRail