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Jon WorthToday, even in the weird world of railways, has been a very odd day
"Chancers to the left of me, malevolent incumbents to the right, stuck in the middle with... what?"
https://jonworth.eu/chancers-to-the-left-of-me-malevolent-incumbents-to-the-right-stuck-in-the-middle-with-what/
Chancers to the left of me, malevolent incumbents to the right, stuck in the middle with... what?
Some days following railway news leaves me shaking my head and wondering what I am doing in this whole business. Today was one such day. First I read the news that ÉcoTrain - a French GadgetBahn - has managed to raise €3 million. But it's the track and the public
Could TERs in Bourgogne get *even worse*?
Probably!
If Renfe manages to win the contract rather than SNCF... 🤨
ÉcoTrain: €3 million to answer the wrong question
https://jonworth.eu/ecotrain-eu3-million-to-answer-the-wrong-question/
The problem with branch lines is seldom THE TRAIN. It is THE TRACK and the lack of available finance. Some autonomous Gadgetbahn is not going to fix that mundane problem!
ÉcoTrain: €3 million to answer the wrong question
It is one of the 100 startups to watch in France, according to Challenges - ÉcoTrain wants to build a new train to run on abandoned branch lines, and they have €3 million of initial funding. They even brought their prototype to the Elysée, and you can find more background
That piece is obviously one sided, in that it basically reports the RegioJet view
A friend of mine in Poland who took it a few times tells a story of an operation fraught with incompetence
The reality is likely that RegioJet underestimated the scale of the task AND the incumbents were malevolent
Important 🇪🇺 rail news
🇨🇿 private operator RegioJet is pulling out of Poland on 3 May, not even a year after entering the market there
Run this through machine translation:
https://zdopravy.cz/regiojet-konci-v-polsku-peklo-ktere-ohrozuje-nasi-firmu-vysvetluje-jancura-278394/
Holger HellingerARD: »Wie könnte man dem Wal in der Ostsee helfen?«
Ich habe da so eine Idee, dem jetzigen würde das nichts mehr bringen, aber allen anderen:
Vegan leben, Fischernetze kappen unter Millionen-Strafe stellen, Grundschleppnetze verbieten, Ölförderung einstellen, private Schifffahrt zur Belustigung verbieten.
Mich fragt aber halt niemand. Das Spannende ist ja, dass eines davon jede verdammte Person in Deutschland von jetzt auf gleich machen kann.
Sven ScholzIn wenigen Tagen müsste der letzte Tanker, der noch vor der Sperrung der Straße von Hormus losgefahren ist, an seinem Ziel ankommen (ja, die fahren so langsam, unter 30km/h). Mal sehen, wie überrascht alle sein werden, wenn die Lieferungen aus dem Golf dann _wirklich_ ausbleiben. Und wie nochmals überrascht alle sein werden darob, wie lang es dauern wird, bis die ersten Tanker, die irgendwann, wenn sie wieder fahren können, tatsächlich wieder wo ankommen. Hab ich erwähnt, wie langsam die fahren?
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