Jon WorthHere starts today‘s #CrossBorderRail thread
Data will follow. This will transport me Brugge - Kortrijk
2 new lines to explore en route back to Bourgogne
Today's new borders:
Roubaix-Wattrelos 🇫🇷 - Herseaux 🇧🇪
Former 1000mm tramway - Herseaux 🇧🇪 - Wattrelos 🇫🇷
Borders map, inc. borders re-visited:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#14/50.7113/3.2343
#CrossBorderRail All The Borders
All of Europe's rail borders - categorised by type, and whether I (Jon Worth) have been to the location. KEY Black - #000000: visited in 2022 during #CrossBorderRail Project Dark grey - #222222: visited in since the 2022 project Mid grey - #555555: tramways and narrow gauge lines, visited Light grey - #999999: not yet visited Very light grey - #BBBBBB: used for tramways and narrow gauge lines ICONS Track with cross - track is missing or out of use Train with cross, and track - track is useable but no passenger trains Train and track - passenger trains run Map developed as part of my #CrossBorderRail project http://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/
#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 72 of 76
IC 813
13:37 Brugge - Kortrijk 14:24
SNCB
Train type: BN/ACEC AM80 Break EMU, 3 carriages
⚡️ (3kV dc)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (ramps on platforms)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: 😐 (poor for big bags, steep steps down in Kortrijk)
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
IC 813
13:37 Brugge - Kortrijk 14:24
Distance: 52.7km
Average speed: 67km/h
7 stops:
Zedelgem
Torhout
Lichtervelde
Roeselare
Izegem
Ingelmunster
Kortrijk
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#11/51.0215/3.1946
#CrossBorderRail 2025 Conclusions Tour
The #CrossBorderRail 2025 conclusions tour - mainly to go to events, but adding a few new borders too. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service. All lines on the map are TRAINS, unless otherwise shown with icons along the lines - 🚲 for bike, 🚌 for bus, 🚗 for car, ⛴️ for ferry. Click each line to get basic information what it is.
And enjoy Stereophonics singing about Belgian railways #CrossBorderRail
Stereophonics - Graffiti On The Train
#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 73 of 76
IC 19720
15:14 Kortrijk - Mouscron 15:24
SNCB
Train type: Bombardier, GEC Alsthom, ACEC AM96 EMU, 3 carriages
⚡️ (3kV dc)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (employee wheels wheelchair across track, then there’s a ramp 🤯)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: ☹️ (stupidly hard to get in, no space for large bags once in)
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
IC 19720
15:14 Kortrijk - Mouscron 15:24
Distance: 12.2km
Average speed: 73km/h
1 stops:
Mouscron
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#13/50.7822/3.2332
#CrossBorderRail 2025 Conclusions Tour
The #CrossBorderRail 2025 conclusions tour - mainly to go to events, but adding a few new borders too. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service. All lines on the map are TRAINS, unless otherwise shown with icons along the lines - 🚲 for bike, 🚌 for bus, 🚗 for car, ⛴️ for ferry. Click each line to get basic information what it is.
#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Bike 17 of 17
Mouscron - Roubaix, via Herseaux
Distance: 11.3km
Est. duration: 1:00
This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#14/50.7185/3.2020
#CrossBorderRail 2025 Conclusions Tour
The #CrossBorderRail 2025 conclusions tour - mainly to go to events, but adding a few new borders too. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service. All lines on the map are TRAINS, unless otherwise shown with icons along the lines - 🚲 for bike, 🚌 for bus, 🚗 for car, ⛴️ for ferry. Click each line to get basic information what it is.
That’s #CrossBorderRail
Former 1000mm tramway - Herseaux 🇧🇪 - Wattrelos 🇫🇷
No sign there ever was a tramway!
#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 74 of 76
TER 19738
16:41 Roubaix - Lille Flandres 16:54
SNCB, SNCF for TER Hauts de France
Train type: Bombardier, GEC Alsthom, ACEC AM96 EMU, 3 carriages
⚡️ (25kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ❓(no obvious lift or ramp at Roubaix - is there one?)
🛜: ⛔️
🍽️: ⛔️
🧳: ☹️ (high steep steps)
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 🙂 (accepted)
TER 19738
16:41 Roubaix - Lille Flandres 16:54
Distance: 9.9km
Average speed: 46km/h
3 stops:
Croix-l'Allumette
Croix-Wasquehal
Lille Flandres
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#13/50.6614/3.0939
#CrossBorderRail 2025 Conclusions Tour
The #CrossBorderRail 2025 conclusions tour - mainly to go to events, but adding a few new borders too. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service. All lines on the map are TRAINS, unless otherwise shown with icons along the lines - 🚲 for bike, 🚌 for bus, 🚗 for car, ⛴️ for ferry. Click each line to get basic information what it is.
New level of SNCF announcement irrelevance: that if I’m travelling with a dog it has to have a muzzle. How many first time passengers with dogs have we got on board I wonder? #CrossBorderRail
#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 75 of 76
TGV 7060
17:16 Lille Flandres - Paris Nord 18:21
SNCF Voyageurs
Train type: Alstom TGV Duplex, 2x 8 short double deck carriages
⚡️ (25kV ac)
🚲: ⛔️
🦽: ✅ (step free, then lift down inside)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ⛔️ (bistro closed all trip)
🧳: ☹️
🧽: 🙂
🎫 Interrail: 😐 (needs compulsory reservation, costs €10)
TGV 7060
17:16 Lille Flandres - Paris Nord 18:21
Distance: 225.3km
Average speed: 208km/h
1 stops:
Paris Nord
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#9/49.7664/2.7436
#CrossBorderRail 2025 Conclusions Tour
The #CrossBorderRail 2025 conclusions tour - mainly to go to events, but adding a few new borders too. Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map. The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service. All lines on the map are TRAINS, unless otherwise shown with icons along the lines - 🚲 for bike, 🚌 for bus, 🚗 for car, ⛴️ for ferry. Click each line to get basic information what it is.
Your #CrossBorderRail word of the day
cafouillage
Means: shambles
Word used by the SNCF train manager about the mess boarding the Paris - Montbard TGV I‘m on but hadn’t originally intended to take
And the final train of the #CrossBorderRail conclusions tour - Montbard to Nuits-sous-Ravières
UweThe ticket machine at Nuits was broken when I departed and is still broken on my return. I presume no one knows Windows 95 any more? #CrossBorderRail
And here’s the final #CrossBorderRail video from this tour. With Josette 🐈 as is now customary! https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/x7woDmW7H9srKB7tqeatgJ
#CrossBorderRail live stream - 10/25/2025, 6:45:27 PM
Maartje@jon (looks at my past projects) oh hello i offer consultancy on operating systems older than me 😅
Trammell Hudson
pglux.bsky.socialOne if these should be in Cité du Train in Mulhouse
One of these should be in Cité du Train in Mulhouse.
The rest should be given to West African countries or 🇰🇭🇱🇦.
kadse 
Cycling on Rails@jon Looks like applying a fresh BFC paint on it isn't enough to refurbish an old ticket machine, who could have told! 😅😬
Oliver Blanthorn@cycling_on_rails iirc SNCF Connect or Gares & Connexions is going to start charging regions huge amounts of money to maintain these old machines next year. of course they will happily sell them new machines.
curious to see whether regions will replace them, maintain them, or go back to selling tickets on the train 🤔