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Cycling on Rails

@cycling_on_rails

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A blog about trains, cycling, and taking bicycles on trains. More on https://cycling-on-rails.com.

Might boost & follow #CyclingOnRails 🇬🇧🇮🇪 #MonVeloDansLeTrain 🇫🇷🇧🇪🇨🇭 #FahrradImZug 🇩🇪🇦🇹🇨🇭 #MiaBiciNelTreno 🇮🇹🇨🇭 #BicicletaEnElTren 🇪🇸 #FietsInDeTrein 🇳🇱🇧🇪 #KoloVeVlaku 🇨🇿 (and more hashtags that don't have posts yet)

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https://cycling-on-rails.com

Cycling on Rails 3h ago

🐈‍⬛ sur rails 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️4h ago

Heute mal die Fahrradmitnahme im Océane testen: Furchtbar enger Zugang (da ist jeder ICE 4 besser) und extrem seltsame Konstruktion zum Befestigen.

Immerhin bekommt man den Sitzplatz direkt daneben automatisch mitgebucht.

Cycling on Rails 3h ago

Transitous 1d ago

As a result of our first hack weekend a few days ago we are now also on Mastodon 👋

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Cycling on Rails 2d ago

@bovine3dom Maybe I'm the first one trying this combo (for 2 people at once) 🤔😅 Not sure how many railways have Interrail + bicycle in their non-regression test suite, let alone for a mobile browser (for those that have a test suite, of course 🤭).

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Cycling on Rails 2d ago

@bovine3dom Just testing the Norway platform that oversees the private operators (https://entur.no): while the baseline UX is pretty smooth, (1) the mobile app doesn't support Interrail (the mobile website does) (2) the mobile website fails miserably when trying to combine Interrail with bicycle in the search settings, because of some JS autoscroll that prevents you to fill in fields below the screen (i.e. the Interrail pass number & type of add-on). Firefox computer mode to the rescue!

Entur – nasjonal reiseplanlegger

Prøv Entur og finn din reise med buss, tog, båt, trikk, t-bane og fly. Entur samler hele Norges kollektivtilbud på ett sted slik at du enkelt finner frem. Entur fra dør til dør, nord til sør.

Cycling on Rails 3d ago

Petra Steiner 4d ago

This poster role is traveling to #DH2025 @dh2025 in #Portugal on a regional cross-border #train . Why is it almost empty? I can tell you: there is no connection for reaching it from #Madrid on a Sunday. #Verkehrspolitik #trafficpolitics

Cycling on Rails 4d ago

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波鉄 (Hatetsu)4d ago

41% believes taking a bicycle on the train is "very convenient", 20% disagrees.

60% would consider the train when travelling with a bicycle and 20% ruled it out - this compared to very similar numbers for the car - 60% yes, 22% no - and much worse ones for the coach - 20% yes, 56% no. The rest were undecided.

5/n

cc @jon @cycling_on_rails and anyone else interested in bike+rail policy

#WhatMakesPolesLoveRail2025

Cycling on Rails 4d ago

Apicultor 🐝4d ago

It is trivial to remotely take control of the brakes of nearly any #train in North America (both freight and passenger):

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-25-191-10

A quick writeup: https://xcancel.com/midwestneil/status/1943708133421101446

Until people who truly care about #security are given a lasting seat at the table, overriding entrenched political interests to maintain the status quo, the #rail domain will never experience any meaningful success in the security realm.

Cycling on Rails 4d ago

Altis

4d ago

J’ai testé un vélo hors norme : le grand-bi.
https://youtu.be/w8arav7B9ls

Cycling on Rails 4d ago

Wolfgang Cramer 6d ago

Happy to share our new (open access) paper "Climate change risks on key open marine and coastal mediterranean ecosystems" https://rdcu.be/evGGx

This analysis is a significant update of the work done for the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change, MedECC https://www.medecc.org/ @jpGattuso

1/6

Cycling on Rails 4d ago

Maxime Messier 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🌻6d ago

Des pistes cyclables récentes… et déjà saturées : le #velo bat de nouveaux records de fréquentation à Paris.
https://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/transports/des-pistes-cyclables-recentes-et-deja-saturees-le-velo-bat-de-nouveaux-records-de-frequentation-a-paris-11-07-2025-ZEAQEXYKPNGU3MDOTHULUDREFM.php

Des pistes cyclables récentes… et déjà saturées : le vélo bat de nouveaux records de fréquentation à Paris

Selon les derniers relevés de la Ville de Paris, le succès ne se dément pas. Il rend même certains aménagements récents déjà obsolètes.

Le Parisien

Petra Steiner 4d ago

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Petra Steiner 4d ago

@dh2025 #DH2025 having reached #Portugal on a nostalgic #train. 75 years old, refurbished in 2001. #sustainability

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Petra Steiner 4d ago

My trip to #Portugal: first part meditative and relaxing , then lively and refreshing with a group of #scouts. The #train became full. The #girlscout opposite me took courage, first asked about my provenience, then started to talk in German with me. An enjoyable trip in good spirit. #DH2025

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Till Grallert 4d ago

@PetraSteiner Amazing that you are actually travelling by train. How did you manage to book the journey in advance? I tried through some European railway websites but connections got extremely volatile to disruption between Southern France, Spain, and Portugal.

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Petra Steiner 3d ago

@tillgrallert Hi Till, @cycling_on_rails and @arnecc helped a lot with their comments and advice.

- I booked interrail the cheapest option if one is not flexible in time
- The interrail booking page was useful and sent me to the site where I could book the reservations
- railfinder.eu and raileurope.com helped too
- DB-Navigator on my way gave some infos even for Spain
- Only the IC in Portugal was not bookable before, not even in #Badajoz. Finally I got the reservation on the regional train.

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Petra Steiner 3d ago

@tillgrallert @cycling_on_rails @arnecc
without this reservation, I would have taken the next regional train, would have cost me an hour or so. But #Spain and #Portugal are very special. This grumpy clerk in #Badajoz : no English (and selling tickets!), showing me a sign in English stating they would not sell this reservation, one has to get it on board of the Portuguese #train. A #shame for #Europe! 3 hours from #Madrid to #Lisbon would be possible. https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc24/communication/news-item?i=government-moves-forward-high-speed-rail-to-vigo-and-madrid #DH2025

Government moves forward high-speed rail to Vigo and Madrid

Once the project is complete, Lisbon-Madrid will take 3 hours and Porto-Lisbon 1h15

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Petra Steiner 3d ago

@tillgrallert @cycling_on_rails @arnecc @dh2025 I decided not to travel again to #Portugal before the new train connection has been built.

In my opinion, at least @eadh should not choose any conference place which is not reachable by #publictransport < 2000km (if there is no strong other reason to go there). Or if there are projects for train lines, then wait until the train is *really* built from OUR (European) tax money. E.g. in 2027, check if the promises are kept. https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc24/communication/news-item?i=government-moves-forward-high-speed-rail-to-vigo-and-madrid

Government moves forward high-speed rail to Vigo and Madrid

Once the project is complete, Lisbon-Madrid will take 3 hours and Porto-Lisbon 1h15