IIVQFirst train of the day for #thalysonelasttime
He has to fly a long distance to get out... or uuse the revolving doors.
Last train of the first leg of #thalysonelasttime (and on the other track: not the train I wanted to take, as it was cancelled)
I didn't pay the ICD supplement but didn't get checked.
Any dinner recommendations in/around Bruxelles Midi? I have 1h15 between #thalyssecondlasttime and #thalysonelasttime (18:08-19:27)
#thalyssecondlasttime Rotterdam-Bruxelles. I show the train manager my Thalys TheCard Gold (expired 01/19) and say I want to come along one last time. He says: "we're fully booked. Go sit in the bar." 😀 Good customer loyalty!
#ThalysSecondLastTime Brussels: Departure, with one passenger being too late (well actually, there were four more)
#thalysonelasttime Off course I had dinner in style: With red wine and in a restaurant selected for their toilet door colour. #Thalys #ruby
Sad red Eurostar being sad it can't play with the "real" Eurostars.
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I'm on the #Thalys service with the second most stops (10: 6 main stations, one south, one north, one airport and one Williams).
There is a service with 11 stops, but it runs about 10 times/year from Amsterdam to Bourg Saint Maurice.
I guess it must also be the slowest Thalys service with the slowest average speed but I'm too lazy to calculate it now.
Now passing the Plan Inclinée de Ans, where the railway line drops 110m in less than 5km, so steep it originally had a stationary steam engine with winch house and cable to haul trains up.
A very nice historical overview (in French) is on https://histoiresdeliege.wordpress.com/tag/plan-incline/
#railwayhistory #thalysonelasttime
"When the train ztop in ze middle of ze track fur your ons zavety pleez dunt open ze doors" #thalysonelasttime
Theoretically, I should have aquired #Thalys TheCard Gold ... I mean World Club status by now, having 622 point. But Thalys hasn't added my last 4 trips to my status (the miles are!) so no idea what will happen now.