Not a full #CrossBorderRail thread today as I’m not crossing any borders 🙂

But the Birdy is with me for the trip to Nantes via Dijon and Nevers

TER 91373
08:40 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Dijon Ville 09:27

SNCF for TER Mobigo BFC

114.64 km/h average
89.8 km
3 stops

Train type: Alstom Régiolis 6 carriages

Also a quick aside…

What’s with station names in France?

My Intercités later stops at St Pierre des Corps - a station on the edge of the city Tours, but Tours isn’t in the station name

Likewise Les Aubrais is on the edge of Orléans, but Orléans isn’t in the name

But they stuck Challes-les-Eaux (popn 5600) on the Chambéry station name although the station isn’t there

And three towns are named at Le Creusot TGV…

The information system on the TER Nuits-sous-Ravières to Dijon was broken

So I wasn’t once warned about gaps between trains and platforms, or to label my bags

And the world didn’t end! 🤯

TER 93011
09:54 Dijon (Ville?) - Nevers 12:19

SNCF for TER Mobigo BFC 88.18km/h
213.1km

9 stops

Bi-mode AGC train, electric first, diesel later. 4 carriages, 4 further carriages to Clermont Ferrand

Upsides of AGC trains (if you’re in the low floor section): massive windows

And the seats are comfortable

Downside: small wheels and no yaw dampers mean a pretty bumpy ride

We’ve now been warned that we can only get out once the train has stopped, and if there is a platform there

Given this is a modern train with centrally locked doors *being able to not respect that would require a staff error*

So announcements like this are for SNCF to legally cover themselves, not actually for any purpose for passengers

@jon Central locking systems can, and sometimes do, fail. I do remember an incident with Dutch Railways having to announce that people should stay from the balconies because there was a central locking system failure. That was decades ago and now they probably would just cancel that particular service instead of going on.
@whvholst so announce when it fails then! Not all the damned time.
@jon Oh, wow, on every train?
@whvholst @jon Yeah I think as Jon said this is for legal purposes. They were deemed liable in court when some young people decided to go wild on a train and hurt themselves. Civil law students in France probably all know he case ;)
@whvholst @jon Note it's still stupid and don't think it would change their liability