Crowdfunding for my #CrossBorderRail 2023 the Germany borders project has now started
You can find out more about the project here π
https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/2023-germany-project/
And the crowdfunding page is here π
https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/120695-crossborderrail-2023-germany
But what am I trying to do with this project? Why do this in May 2023? Whatβs the purpose of this?
The 𧡠will explain!
This is where I am going
In 2022 I crossed every internal border of the EU you can cross by train (this map shows where I went), but notably I did not test every single cross border line.
So in 2023 I am filling in the gaps - going to the places I did NOT go in 2023.
Zoomable map from the 2022 project π
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail_739022#6/50.336/12.465
Zoomable map for the 2023 route π
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-de-2023_835860#7/51.202/9.320
This is the map from last year
The basic issue is this: when you cross a border by train in Europe, everything gets more complicated. Trains are less regular, timetables are not coordinated, tickets are harder to get.
If we are to boost railβs market share then it needs to be as easy to take a train across a border as it is to take one within one country
I develop this more in the video summary of #CrossBorderRail 2022 π
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_l6bnvI7zQ
Between 2nd and 15th May I am going to explore 30 current, past and future cross border lines
π Aachen π©πͺ - Welkenraedt π§πͺ
π Cheb π¨πΏ - Schirnding π¦πΉ
π Furth im Wald π©πͺ - Domazlice π¨πΏ
π Gouvy π§πͺ - Troisvierges π±πΊ
π Gronau π©πͺ - Enschede π³π±
π Lauterbourg π«π· - Berg (Pfalz) π©πͺ
π SaarbrΓΌcken π©πͺ - Sarreguemines π«π·
π Sebnitz π©πͺ - DolnΓ Poustevna π¨πΏ
π Simbach (Inn) π©πͺ - Braunau am Inn π¦πΉ
π Wasserbillig π±πΊ - Konz π©πͺ
π Wernstein π¦πΉ - Passau π©πͺ
π· Rail border between Selb-PlΓΆΓberg π©πͺ and AΕ‘ π¨πΏ, #CrossBorderRail 2022
But there is something else happening in May 2023β¦
Germany introduces the flat-rate #49EuroTicket, also known as the #Deutschlandticket
This will be a kind of test of Germanyβs regional trains. Here are some I am going to encounter
π· Day 0 - Bad Kleinen - LΓΌbeck Hbf (DB Regio AG Nordost)
π· Day 9 - Karlsruhe Hbf - Konstanz (DB Regio AG Baden-WΓΌrttemberg)
π· Day 10 - Plattling - Regensburg Hbf (agilis)
π· Day 12 - Ebersbach - Zittau (trilex)
(My photos, from various previous trips)
What am I going to be doing and seeing this time?
ABANDONED LINES
For example on Day 3 between Coveorden π³π± and Neuenhaus π©πͺ, and Day 6 between Winterswijk π³π± and Bocholt π©πͺ
Would it make sense to re-activate any of these?
π· Abandoned track between Nijmegen π³π± and Kleve π©πͺ, from #CrossBorderRail 2022
Jon Worth
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