Ok here we go

Praha - Berlin - København
ČD - DB - DSB event

They’re proud it’s one of the 2023 EU pilot projects

But I don’t know what the EU did to make this happen

I’ll tag the thread #CrossBorderRail from now on

The event is at the -1 bunker level at Berlin Hbf. Theoretically there’s 5G but it’s poor. Posting might be limited. #CrossBorderRail
Connecting Europe by train: 10 EU pilot services to boost cross-border rail

The Commission will support 10 pilot projects to establish new rail services or improve existing ones.

Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
OSDM klaxon #CrossBorderRail
Peel back the rhetoric and state railways are naked on Europe-wide ticketing - only EU law is going to fix this mess

For the past few years the state owned railways in Europe - represented in Brussels by Community of European Railways (CER) - have been working on their "Ticketing Roadmap" (yes, don't laugh, railway companies really have a roadmap). This roadmap is the railways' response to customer and political demands to better

Jon Worth
Agh. So much cherry picking from Peterson here. #CrossBorderRail
Historic this connection is, says Tzitzikostas. Errr. #CrossBorderRail
The German government supports the passenger package, says Tzitzikostas. That’s news to Deutsche Bahn 🙂 #CrossBorderRail
Now some regional politician who’ll be out in September #CrossBorderRail
Damn this event is total tedium. Can we just have events where we skip the bla bla on the podium? #CrossBorderRail
Ute Bonde struggles to even read a speech #CrossBorderRail

“Why did you use the ComfortJet train?” ČD is asked here.

What else are you gonna use? A Talgo? 😆

#CrossBorderRail

“We’re lacking standardisation” says the DSB dude

Which country has the biggest headaches on this?

Look in the mirror Flemming Jensen! #CrossBorderRail

I asked the DSB CEO about the standardisation issue. Denmark is probably the worst EU country for type approval for trains imho. And he flatly denied it was a Danish problem and blamed the EU Agency. Ridiculous. #CrossBorderRail

Ooops #CrossBorderRail

The shiny Vectron hauling the launch train…

🥁

… isn’t DK approved

@jon Enjoy Hamburg-Altona :)
@stefanlindbohm I wasn’t on board 😀
So the loco is changed somewhere?
@svenuleman.eurosky.social Yes, until the Czech Vectrons are approved in Denmark it's changed to a Danish Vectron at Hamburg-Altona.
Argh

@svenuleman.eurosky.social That's the feeling.

There are many Vectrons in use today in Denmark though, so approval of the Czech ones will probably only take 5-10 years…

Or will the train be cancelled at the boarder?
@jon I don't think the EU agency in question even has any kind of say on the type approval, they only process the information right?

Just a flat lie of an answer.

(now DSB might not be the ones responsible because it might be a separate danish institution handling it so I guess not a strictly DSB CEO question, but it very much stays within Denmark)
@jon Good that you asked at least!
I wish they would offer that route with the possibility to put a car on the train.
@jon says country that banned RIC vehicles
@jon Oh dear! I know that DSB is not Trafikstyrelsen, but that is odd to hear from a Dane.
@jon Well, a RegioMouse of course.
@patrick probably better than a Talgo to be fair 🙂
@jon I had to look up her name. Ofc I didnt know any other names either except the EU Commisoner. However I remembered that there was this very bicycle hating politician, turns out that was her predecessor (Schreiner). Schreiner resigned bc she had copied too much of her doctoral thesis. I am not sure what is more sad, that in the AI age German (conservative) politicians only resign for lying their way to a doctor title or that they think a doctor title is relevant
@vermeer @jon You guys are still at the stage where they resign? How nice.
From the view of the people who organize such events, blabla is probably the most important part. As long as the people telling the blabla are "important" enough. It doesn't matter what they say, but what they "are".
@jon What’s an MdA? Member of the Berlin state parliament?