#CrossBorderRail Train 37

RB 40 (27021)
08:16 München Ost - Mühldorf(Oberbay) 09:19
DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH Südostbayernbahn

Distance: 75 km
Average speed: 71 km/h

Train type: TRAXX diesel and 5 double deck carriages
⛽️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free in 1 carriage)
🛜: ⛔️
🧳: 🤔 (double deck, not great)
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ✅

#CrossBorderRail Train 38

RB 41 (27259)
09:37 Mühldorf(Oberbay) - Simbach (Inn) 10:13
DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH Südostbayernbahn

Distance: 39 km
Average speed: 65 km/h

Train type: DB class 628 DMU, 2 carriages
⛽️
🚲: ✅ (steep steps)
🦽: ⛔️
🛜: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ✅

Servus Österreich 🇦🇹

The station at Braunau (Inn) is impeccable - as is now the norm in Austria

#CrossBorderRail Train 39

R 5969
11:18 Simbach (Inn) - Neumarkt Kallham 12:19
ÖBB

Distance: 60 km
Average speed: 59 km/h

Train type: Jenbacher Werke Railbus, 1 carriage
⛽️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ⛔️ (Simbach station also not accessible)
🛜: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ⛔️

This railbus has real retro charm. These sort of armchairs are super comfortable. It’s build by Jenbacher Werke that doesn’t even make trains any more.

And it even has #fensterauf - I’m pictured with with Wilhelm Mack from Pro Bahn who joined me for part of the journey

Also I can’t quite articulate the sense of reassurance I have when crossing into Austria

Not everything is perfect with Austrian rail. This train is diesel and quite slow for example…

But you can *rely* on trains here. The stations will be in good order. The timetables well planned. That someone’s put thought into how it all fits together.

It ought to be like this everywhere, but sadly isn’t.

Also these departure boards at Simbach (Inn) 🥰

You can even operate them yourself

#CrossBorderRail Train 40

REX 1778
12:32 Neumarkt-Kallham - Passau Hbf 13:12
ÖBB

Distance: 51 km
Average speed: 77 km/h

Train type: locomotive (probably class 1144) pushing 5 single deck carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (needs a lift)
🛜: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ⛔️

And yes *of course* I could get online tickets out of Germany (Simbach-Braunau) and into Germany (Neumarkt-Passau)

Because this - unlike the border Germany-France - is a place where they speak to each other either side of the border and work out things like this

#CrossBorderRail Bus 05

100
13:22 Passau Hbf - Waldkirchen Busbahnhof 14:06 (departed 12 mins late)
Prager Reisen

Distance: 27 km
Average speed: 37 km/h

Bus type: Setra S 415 LE Business
⛽️
🚲: ❓(not allowed I think)
🦽: ✅
📶: ✅ (sponsored by Land Bayern)
🧳: 🤔 (no overhead racks, some space above wheel arches)
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ✅

Getting the bus in Passau was the first WTF moment of #CrossBorderRail

I followed signs for buses from the station platform. These lead to the square in front of the station… and stop. There are buses to the left, front/below, and the right. No obvious maps what bus goes from where, no live data (the bus was 12 mins late) - but had it not been it’d have been tight

And in the bus itself no live info at all