Good :  Elron finally submits their schedule data of domestic trains to european schedule data available in DB Navigator or Rail Planner.
Bad : They're not submitting arrival times but only departure times so that all the perfectly aligned transfers in Estonia won't be shown.

Seriously, Elron has perfect digital schedule and real-time data ... Why this fail ?

Edit : Already their own GTFS feed is broken, so it's not a HAFAS problem.

#CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail #RailBaltica @jon

The  vending machine is not able to sell tickets over the border from Frankfurt(Oder) to Rzepin. There is no other vending machine nor a ticket counter. So a national  online ticket from Rzepin to Warszara it is and we will ask the conductor so sell us the international part onboard.

#FOSSRail #CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail

On my way to #Luxembraid 🥖 !

It's gonna be the first time I actually change in Lothringen Süd / Lorraine TGV / #FR:LGV 😵‍💫.

#CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail

Missed it by 15 seconds. Doors were still open when I arrived at the platform but the front unit had closed its doors before I arrived at the front of the platform. Could have still made it to Colmar. Now trying to catch up with the TGV by TER 🐋.

And now don't tell me the 15 seconds the chef du Bord could have waited for me running on the platforms would cause a major problem in delay. Closing the door of an already delayed train in front of running passengers is just ignorance.

#CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail

Chef du train de la SNCF qui essaye de m'expliquer que le Passzuschlag Typ 3 n'existe pas et que les cartes réductions comme la BahnCard ou la Carte Avantage s'appliquent pas sur des voyages transfrontalier avec Alleo avec une confiance incroyable. C'est la folie. J'expecte que le personnel Alleo au moins connait les conditions de vente spécifiques d'Alleo. Même le truc avec la Carte Liberté que ça s'applique pas sur une voyage en TGV entre Karlsruhe et Strasbourg, c'est complètement faut. Idiot.

Mais ben, dans ce cas, maintenant je peux être sur que la SNCF ne peut pas me vendre des billet Passzuschlag même si la Deutsche Bahn a un tableau avec les prix transfrontalier - et la Deutsche Bahn ne peut plus me vendre des billets Liberté pour Alleo bien que c'était possible jusqu'à 2023.

Le billet que je veut acheter, c'était 16.50 EUR quand la Deutsche Bahn pouvait encore vendre les tarifs Liberté mais maintenant c'est 30 EUR - simplement car la Deutsche Bahn et la SNCF ne veulent plus coopérer sur la vente des tarif avec les réductions. Idiots. À la fin c'est moi qui doit payer pour ça.

@jon I can't believe SNCF and DB simply apply different fares to Alleo despite 200 pages of fare regulation agreement between them. How can it be possible some fares are still only available at DB ?

#CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail

@_Hemmschuh was rude and prohibited me to take my bicycle on an Alleo train without bicycle space while holding no ticket for the journey. #CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail
Okay so quick recap of all the shit that went down with my travel since Sunday

I was about to take the direct Berlin - Paris ICE (9590) that should arrive in Paris at 19:55 and then switch to a TGV to Rennes at 21:15

But ICE started already delayed, leaving Berlin 20 minutes behind schedule already

Then there was another delay

And an unscheduled stop in Darmstadt to couple another ICE 3 (407) for some reason (it was closed and empty). This stop also took longer than originally expected

Delay got so big that the change was no longer possible, even when running through the Paris metro and getting perfectly timed trains, it takes ~30 minutes to go from Gare de l'Est to Gare Montparnasse. Actual arrival time was 21:40-something anyway

I had to annoy the train manager a few times to let him know that I will be stuck in Paris. Seemed really annoyed but lol whatever. Ultimately he said he'd call SNCF and make an announcement when he knows more. I had my doubts but he actually did like 20 minutes before arrival in Paris, asking passengers with changes to check their email/SMS

And yeah I actually got two emails from SNCF, one saying I am entitled to free accommodation for the night and can pick one of the suggested hotels, other saying that my ticket to Rennes has been rebooked for 6:20am next day

Awesome. I already had fallback to someone ready to give me a couch to sleep on but hotel was much more convenient

In the meantime i write to Interrail support to let them know about all the shit that happened

Got into a free SNCF-sponsored hotel, had a good night, grabbed some food in the morning and went to Gare Montparnasse completely ignoring the 6am rescheduled train.

Went to the ticket office and asked about a new ticket for my train because of a missed connection. SNCF lady seemed a little confused that an ICE from Berlin to Paris even is a thing but looked up some stuff and gave me a new ticket for 11am, no problems with that

And with that train, I finally made it home

And in addition to that, Interrail gave me an extra day on the pass

It was a lot, quite stressful, really anxiety-inducing and messy but ultimately everything worked well and I didn't end up in some horrible situation <3

Looking at Zugfinder, this ICE is usually more-or-less punctual with a delay no longer than 30 minutes (which would still be fine for my connection) but sometimes it just explodes like this and it being the only pair of trains a day… yeah

I think I'll avoid it if possible and next time I'll go with a NightJet to be honest

#SNCF #DB #InterRail #CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail

@jon I ran into another #CrossBorderRail ticketing anomaly yesterday when trying to book train tickets for my 60+ father. DB Navigator gives a €76,99 offer for a ticket Maastricht-Berlin. Book the same connection from Herzogenrath – dropping the 41 minute cross-border Drielandentrein but with the same 5:28 hour ICE –and the price is less than half: €37,99.

The Maastricht-Herzogenrath train costs €10,80 with Dutch OV-Chipkaart, meaning DB essentially overcharges €28,20 here...

#CrossBorderFail

Auch so 1 Fall von #crossborderfail - Dreifachgarnitur, aber ab Salzburg ist wegen der vertrottelten 🇩🇪-Einreisekontrollen in Freilassing nur die hinterste Garnitur offen. Die geht natürlich schon ab Salzburg über....
Der Plan für heute. Wer genau schaut findet eine Lücke. Das liegt an einem finnischen #CrossBorderFail. Es gibt von Tornio nur eine Abfahrt pro Tag und das ist der Nachtzug. Also 29km radeln angesagt. Als Backup gäbs noch einen Bus.