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

Ah

“Objet sur les voies” somewhere near Montchanin

Diverted into Chagny and stuck

Glad I’m on Interrail and can re-plan all of this 🙂

How to cross the tracks at Chagny

This is *totally safe*

Not

Ah that’s nice

I had to show a map to the train manager to explain to her what is and isn’t blocked here. At the very least SNCF could inform its staff where blockages are

“But freight takes a different route!”

Err no. Not here. Don’t talk shit.

A reasonable railway - like DB or ÖBB - would have told passengers for Nevers, Bourges etc - to go to Lyon, and held the Intercités there 10 mins for them. Or go via Paris on a TGV.

But that’s another part of SNCF (this is TER Bourgogne Franche Comté) so they can’t do that.

And there’s little spare capacity in the system *anyway* as everyone is so obsessed maximising yield on each train, so there’s no flex in case of disruption.

And to those of you going “there’s a warning light” in response to the earlier toot: it doesn’t work

Safety conscious SNCF my arse