Some train archeology on the Kumrovec line, a champion of #CrossBorderRail that crosses between 🇸🇮 and 🇭🇷 dozens of times

Thanks to this unique border crossing feature, the line has been shut down between Harmica 🇭🇷 and Imeno 🇸🇮 for 26 years now. Replacement buses ran for a while, with promises of a service restoration that never came.

Restoring this railroad is such a no brainer - it would revitalize villages and towns on both sides of the Sutla river.

Mauna Loa CO2 measurements still working*!
Based on daily values, the April average was 431.1 ppm. A modest increase of 1.5 ppm compared to last year, mostly because of dip in the middle of the month.

*) But, worryingly in Trump times, NOAA still hasn't published the March average (I did, though)

This week a new Copenhagen–Berlin–Prague service began running. We love seeing new cross-border trains! There’s so much unmet demand. The EU was right to designate this one of their 10 pilot routes in 2022, but Europe needs more. Now more than ever is the time to go from good intentions to action.

https://www.euronews.com/travel/2026/05/01/direct-prague-to-copenhagen-train-returns-after-more-than-a-decade

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

I have a friend who is very fond of this mindmelting example of wayfinding at West Ham station. To the extent that she takes family and friends there to take selfies.

So come on the internet, what other examples of mad signage are there out there? #auditortrap

My experience trying to transfer trains in Bologna Centrale yesterday (even with more than enough time to transfer....at most stations) made me think of something (of course, I think the best people for this are wheelchair-using vloggers, but even anti-ableist abled vloggers could do it):

A great way to get hits as a train vlogger would be to document for all the stations you go through (as separate videos) all the steps wheelchair and mobility aid users need to take to get around. #Trains

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eunews/116500776389419125

Our best chance at ditching US style pickup trucks for the foreseeable future!

🚲 Today was a good (cycling) day!

🚲 Visit of Bern with my master's students with a focus on cycling (bike station, junctions, cycle streets, etc.). Bern is now aiming at a 30% cycling modal share 👍

🚲 I then cycled back home (never waste a bike ride!). Almost 60 km with my e-bike. I even reached the top 3 of the bike-to-work scheme at the University of Lausanne that started today. I won't be able to keep this pace though! 🥵