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 :-)

Good morning Frankfurt(Main)

European Central Bank HQ

#CrossBorderRail Extra Days Train 25
ICE 71
05:33 Berlin Südkreuz - Basel SBB 13:10
Deutsche Bahn

Distance: 874 km
Average speed: 115 km/h

Train type: ICE4 long version, 13 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (needs reservation)
🦽: ✅ (needs lift on platform or on board electric lift - not step free)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (ICE4 is well designed)
🧽: 😡 (wasn’t cleaned overnight inside, bit grimy outside too)

👍 DB

Got me to Basel on time. Train quiet and calm on board. Working wifi throughout the whole trip.

Next: onwards to France

#CrossBorderRail Extra Days Train 26
TER96226
13:21 Basel SBB - Mulhouse Ville 13:46
SNCF for TER Grand Est

Distance: 34 km
Average speed: 88 km/h

Train type: BB26000 locomotive, 8 Corail carriages, driving control car
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (steep steps and you hang the bikes up)
🦽: ✅ (lift on platform)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 😡 (not a suitable design for a regional train - too narrow, too high steps)
🧽: 🤔 (ok inside, grimy outside - it’s a French regional train 🤷‍♂️)

I’ve also just cancelled a TGV reservation for later in my Interrail trip

Took 30 seconds… at a SNCF ticket machine. You get a receipt, and an email

The whole Interrail reservation process for TGVs is digital - QR codes. BUT they never built a web front end for it 🤦‍♂️ So you have to be in France at a long distance station to make it work

If you’re not you have to arse around with Trainplanet or SNCB’s suboptimal alternatives…