In today’s Europe on Rails thread, I’m starting off from WrocΕ‚aw (Poland) and heading toward Paris, with stops in Zgorzelec, Dresden, Frankfurt (Main), and finally Paris.
Next interchange: Zgorzelec (Poland).

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#europeonrails #crossborderrail #interrail #poland #wroclaw #Zgorzelec #kolejedolnoslaskie #nextbike

For a regional train, this one is pretty fast.

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#kolejedolnoslaskie

BTW if you ever wandered there is WiFi and bike places on this train.

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#bikesontrains #kd

Arrived to Zgorzelec. I am now on the train to Dresden. It's a diesel train. Bikes are allowed.

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#zgorzelec #goerlitz

We are waiting in Goerlitz for passport control. πŸ™„

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I arrived in Dresden, another fief of nextbike bikesharing 6/n

#bikesharing #nextbike #dresden

I boarded on the ICE train from Dresden to Frankfurt/Main. This train has places dedicated to bikes 🀩

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#dresden #bikesOnTrains

The train manager just announced that the air conditioning in one of the cars is broken so people who reserved seats in this car are asked to move to a different car. 😳 my car is fortunately not affected but it became quite crowded...

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I arrived to Frankfurt without delays πŸ₯³ Since I had some time for my train to Paris, and there were some nextbike bikes to rent, I went off to do some sight/infra-seeing. Unfortunately I must say Frankfurt is now pretty low on my list of cyclable cities πŸ˜₯ 9/n

#frankfurt #biketooter #cycling #bikes #nextbike #activeMobility #cyclingStreet #germany

I am now on the train from Frankfurt Main to Paris (with stops in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Strasbourg). It's the last leg of my trip from WrocΕ‚aw (Poland). The train is a TGV Duplex.

On the platform I saw people disassembling their bikes so I would assume that there are no bike places. WiFi works. 10/n

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#bikesOnTrains #tgv #sncf #paris #Frankfurt #crossborderrail

The TGV onoui on-train internet portal is quite well made. It offers updates on the trip with a nice map. There is also some newspapers and media to read, listen and watch on the train. There is no music though. 11/n

#sncf #tgv

I will be soon arriving to Paris where I will finish the return trip from velo-city 2025 in GdaΕ„sk thus closing the loop. I have been travelling more than 3300 km on 11 trains and I have been in total about 30 hours on rails.

Except some delay on the leg between Berlin and PoznaΕ„, everthing has gone as planned.

I will be redoing this trip very soon so fingers crossed. 12/n

#interrail #europeOnRails

And of course I will be finishing this journey the same way I started it - on two wheels.

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#biketooter #intermodality #bikes #gareDuNord