This week's newsletter is out
https://jonworth.eu/a-tram-train-for-nijmegen-kleve-the-option-with-the-fewest-downsides/

Main article this week: A tram-train for Nijmegen - Kleve: the option with the fewest downsides #CrossBorderRail

Also this week:
Bullshit Meter: Monocab as a solution for rural rail lines
https://jonworth.eu/monocab-as-a-solution-for-rural-rail-lines/

Wow, the  🤝🏽  cooperation is as great ... they can't even sell you tickets across this border ...

Online, they say tickets not available and in the bus ... they just sell you a ticket from the first German stop to your destination rather than from your station of departure.

I fear someone wants to avoid the complexity of actually selling a ticket with correct taxes applied abroad.

Especially sad : This bus runs on the historic Rhine Railway between 🇫🇷 Haguenau and 🇩🇪 Rastatt but apart from the railway tracks on the Rhine bridge it was mostly dismantled between 🇫🇷 Beinheim and 🇩🇪 Wintersdorf.

Additionally this bus timetable is a chaotic joke. Arrrrggghhhhh.

Not even speaking of that I use this bus via Germany because the Bienwaldbahn operates that infrequently on the French side that it's actually faster.

#Bienwaldbahn #LackGesoffen #CrossBorderRail #CrossBorderFail

On the rails a- no, hang on. I’ve missed my train. #Interrail #CrossBorderRail

Due to a bit of a snafu, I have failed to make it to Gare du Nord on time to catch my 09:24 Eurostar to Rotterdam.

So, um, let’s see what Eurostar can offer me when I get to the station…

Ahlala #Lyon - #Genève fidèle à sa réputation.
Départ prévu à l'heure à 20:38.
On annonce des personnes sur les voies, 20min de retard.
Le train est mis en place à 20:35, ça laisse espérer.
Cependant une seule rame arrive contrairement aux deux indiquées.
20:40 une annonce est faite que nous attendons encore une deuxième rame qui doit encore sortir du dépôt.
21:00 nous attendons toujours la deuxième rame.
21:20 annonce que la deuxième rame devrait arriver d'ici 15min

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