Jon WorthWelcome to #CrossBorderRail Day 14
The final day of the Germany borders project
Today I’m off to Guben, Żary and Forst (Lausitz)
Here’s todays intro video https://urbanists.video/w/5JESqCiQPYnJPqPCV2NB5d
PeerTube
#CrossBorderRail Train 63
RE 1 (91762)
09:29 Berlin Ostbahnhof - Frankfurt (Oder) Hbf 10:30
Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH
Average speed 80 km/h
Distance 81 km
Train type: Siemens Desiro HC mixed single and double deck EMU, 6 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free if platform allows)
🛜: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (lots of multi use spaces, overhead racks good, space under seats)
🧽: 🤔 (not cleaned inside since at least yesterday)
Here’s today’s route map
And the full zoomable map
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-de-2023_835860#7/49.088/10.371
Today I’m following the route of the Niederschlesisch-Märkische Eisenbahn that used to be the main line Berlin - Wrocław. It opened in 1846.
Today Berlin-Frankfurt(Oder)-Guben, and Żary-Wrocław still run, but the section between Guben and Żary has been dismantled. That’s where I’ll take to my bike today…
Here’s Wikipedia about the line: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederschlesisch-M%C3%A4rkische_Eisenbahn?wprov=sfti1
Grumpy old Berliner dude has just given a passenger who’s coughing here a look of death. She deserved it. And my 😷 is on tight here!
Today I’ll go to the only 🇵🇱 🇩🇪 active railway line I’ve not yet visited (Żary - Forst (Lausitz))
Next week I’ll manage the same for the 🇨🇿 🇩🇪 border (Kraslice - Klingenthal)
I’ve been to all the 🇩🇰 🇩🇪, 🇧🇪 🇩🇪, 🇳🇱 🇩🇪, 🇱🇺 🇩🇪, 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 and 🇨🇭 🇩🇪 lines
Which means I’m only missing a few 🇦🇹 🇩🇪. But Mittenwald and Reutte (Tirol) have rail replacement buses at the moment…
#CrossBorderRail Train 64
RB 43 (18187)
10:36 Frankfurt (Oder) Hbf - Guben 11:17
DB Regio AG Nordost
Average speed 71 km/h
Distance 49 km
Train type: Siemens Mireo EMU, 3 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free if platform allows)
🛜: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (overhead racks small, but otherwise excellent)
🧽: 🙂 (it’s brand new and is spotless)
Credit to Siemens
These Mireo trains are *almost* as good as Stadler single deck EMUs
Quiet. Well designed. Decent seats. Good acceleration. The only downside: steps to the higher floor sections over the wheels, rather than the sloping floors in a Stadler design, and overhead racks for bags a little small…
But in the regional EMU market it strikes me Siemens and Stadler are ahead of the rest
Lukas 🎢🇨🇭@jon Stadler 🥰
And yes ramps > steps!
And yes ramps > steps!
@K1ngdaKa88 I think it’s because Mireo is designed to have powered axels in the middle of the EMU as well. Stadler powers only the end bogies of single deck EMUs
@jon hmm, but I feel it’s the same height difference in a Flirt and a Mireo. 🤔
@K1ngdaKa88 I think the middle high floor sections in Mireo are higher. The wheels in the middle are definitely larger.
Schleifleistenbruch@jon @K1ngdaKa88 As of now, there isn't any Mireo having powered axles in the middle of the train. Stadler had also no powered axles in the middle of the train for a long time, but the FLIRT 4 (e.g. for 
) could come with powered axles in the middle of the train.
Siemens can also build ramps, for instance in the Mireos delivered to Go-Ahead Bayern.
The decision ramp or steps heavily depends on the floor height (600 mm in the Mireo you used today vs. 800 mm in most of the Stadler FLIRT in Germany) and the specifications of the customer.
) could come with powered axles in the middle of the train. Siemens can also build ramps, for instance in the Mireos delivered to Go-Ahead Bayern.
The decision ramp or steps heavily depends on the floor height (600 mm in the Mireo you used today vs. 800 mm in most of the Stadler FLIRT in Germany) and the specifications of the customer.
@Schleifleistenbruch @K1ngdaKa88 But Stadler manages step free inside for 55cm platforms. Siemens doesn’t.