Mastodawn

It's past noon. Time for #BeerOnTrains

I asked the train manager why this empty train is sold out. The answer is the 200 of the 600 seats in this train are sold at 1 euro this weekend (LiO promotion weekend), and once those are sold out, tickets can still be bought at the normal price, but only from him directly.
So two thirds of the tickets are never offered online? And this is normal?

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Ben 5d ago

Today's train picnic is humus with naan, some leftover and radishes from the garden.

Very comfortable in this (I'm assuming) former first class carriage.

Ben 5d ago

Welcome to train LiO 86975, which just left Toulouse Matabiau and with final destination Portbou. There were ticket checks at the platform entrance and also a security agent counting passengers. The part of the train that I am in consists of 3 carriages, and there are 3 passengers total, including me.

This train has been "Fully Booked" since Monday, on all online platforms. Impossible to buy a ticket.

#sncf #lio #occitanie #CrossborderRail

Ben Apr 2

Matt Blaze Apr 2

81 Fulham Road ("Michelin House"), London, UK, 2024.

All the pixels, each inflated to the proper air pressure, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54196628571

#photography

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Ben Mar 25

@bovine3dom you should implement a system of mandatory seat reservations and yield managed prices, to really translate that exciting feeling of travelling freedom into this game

Ben Mar 25

I just played #fahrtle daily #35!
Turin, IT ➡️ Telford, GB (1,100 km)
🐾 Walked 18 km (3h 30m 10s) to Turin, IT
🚆 06:11 30-50154404-1-40 Milano Centrale/Paris-Gare-de-Lyon → 12:22 Paris-Gare-de-Lyon
🚌 12:28 91 → 12:59 Gare du Nord
🚆 13:11 FRPNO -> GBSPX → 15:30 St-Pancras-International
🚆 15:53 LNR → 18:14 Birmingham New Street
🚆 18:41 WMR → 19:25 Kidderminster
🚌 06:05 125 → 07:10 Post Office
🎉 Finished in 1d 10h 9m 1s!
Can you beat me? https://compute.olie.science/fahrtle/?daily=1&r=35&d=Easy

fahrtle - Global Public Transport Racing

Compete against friends to see who can navigate the world's transport networks most efficiently using real-world schedules.

Ben Mar 11

I just played #fahrtle
Edinburgh, GB ➡️ Nice, FR (1,600 km)
🚌 19:05 X7 → 19:12 Atholl Crescent (Stop SG)
🐾 Walked 1.7 km (20m 28s) to Edinburgh, GB
🚆 00:24 Caledonian Sleeper → 08:45 London Kings Cross (Platform 0R)
🚆 09:01 GBSPX -> FRPNO → 11:29 Paris-Nord
🚆 11:36 D → 11:44 Gare de Lyon
🚆 13:09 ---/--- → 16:30 Marseille-St-Charles
🚆 16:57 SUD_IV15 → 19:37 Nice-Ville
🌍 10 kgCO2e, 98% better than a direct flight
🎉 Finished in 23h 43m 33s!
Can you beat me? https://compute.olie.science/fahrtle/?s=55.9533%2C-3.1883&f=43.7101%2C7.2660&t=19%3A01&d=Easy

fahrtle - Global Public Transport Racing

Compete against friends to see who can navigate the world's transport networks most efficiently using real-world schedules.

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Ben Feb 28

The Thunersee and, finally, arrival in Grindelwald; the starting point for the Jungfrau Railway, the highest in Europe at 3450m. Maybe later this week

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Ben Feb 28

The track between Lausanne and Bern is cut (a landslide?), and I had to make a detour via Neuchâtel. From there I was on a commuter train to Bern, and now I find myself surprisingly on an ICE out of Berlin towards Interlaken.

It's nice to see how the Swiss rail network can effortlessly absorb a major disruption like this. I barely lost 30 minutes.