Jon WorthMar 21

Aiguillages, the French rail YouTube channel, has a go at explaining why Swiss trains are so reliable https://youtu.be/f9KnoQAHY00?is=w95JvQLJfT-Sqv9R

He’s *so close* to going “why the hell doesn’t France learn something from this?” but you only read that between the lines

Le système suisse qu'aucun autre pays n'a osé copier

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Show threadOliver BlanthornMar 21

@jon i don't buy his argument that Switzerland's dense network is an advantage

a sparse network makes it easier to experiment

we just spent a fortune renovating Breil -> Nice and the fastest trains still take 1h07

reelectrification past pont michel could surely have got that down to 0h50 or better

Ventimiglia -> Limone should be even easier, 2h04, just need to reduce dwell times and speed restrictions 🙃

Show threadpglux.bsky.socialMar 21
The 🇫🇷 practice as to 🛤️ 🚧for the past 20 years is just maddening: unless otherwise stated, renewals or reinstatements merely target recovery of previous performance. So no upgrade as a default principle🥺 On Nice V / Ventimiglia - Breil sur Roya - Tende - Cuneo, the current 🛤️ infra should allow: 🔜
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. 2 tph (TER, stopping) Nice V - Breil sur Roya (To be extended to Nice St-Augu later on, once the interchange is fully built) . 1 tp2hrs (R) Cuneo - Imperia . 1 tp2hrs (EC/IC+) (Genève C) Torino PS - Antibes via Ventimiglia. Subsequent upgrades should aim at stepping up R to 1 tph. 🔚
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