Jon WorthHere we go again!
#CrossBorderRail Extra Day 04
Heading to Basel SBB first, then onwards to Paris via Nuits-sous-Ravières and then onto a night train to Latour du Carol
Here’s today’s intro video
https://urbanists.video/w/sTWxEETdNaCbdR2jTRsHcM
PeerTube
First trip with the new (secondhand) Birdy Green - that also has different panniers
There was a little glitch with the front brake this morning (I’d accidentally dislodged a brake pad) so I had to pedal manically to Südkreuz
The massive rucksack is getting dropped off in Nuits-sous-Ravières today 😊
SNCF!
Let's build high speed lines all over!
Also SNCF!
Let's put ridiculously long dwell times at our stations!
TGV INOUI 2239 I am taking later
Do I understand it that you cannot buy tickets online for Rodalies Catalunya? There are no sales in the app, and no sales on the Generalitat de Catalunya or the Renfe sites
And I wonder what there is in Latour de Carol-Entveitg (or La Tor de Querol-Enveig as Rodalies calls it) - because as it’s in France will there be a machine there?
Anyway as the timetable is so damned bad I have 2 hours there tomorrow morning to figure it out :-)
Emma Byrne PhD@jon when we were there in December there was a ticket window for sure... Can't remember if there was a machine for out of hours though, sorry
@emmaByrneAuthor And the office French side - in Latour - sells tickets for Spanish Rodalies? If it does that's remarkable - as basic collaboration like this generally fails at most French borders! (I am there mid morning, so if this is a solution, it will be open - so thank you. And I know I will find a way - I am just intrigued as to what it will be!)
@jon ah mow that I can't tell you as we were coming the other way. Cross border travel in Europe does seem to involve a lot of hoping it will all work out somehow doesn't it?
(ETA that said it was a lovely journey!)
@emmaByrneAuthor Right. It’s much messier than it should be in so many places! And the timetables at Latour are absurd - the train to BCN departs 20 mins *before* the night train from Paris arrives. And the next one is 1 hour 40 mins later… which means I’ve plenty of time to get the onward ticket!