@Dubious Blur
Infrastructuralist: systems, people, software, hardware. Nerdish, and autistic, but mostly harmless. Previously @queer.af.
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- wss://relay.ditto.pub – read & write
Recent Notes
Glad to see the Baltic states 🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹 are behaving like proper 🇪🇺 states when it comes to #CrossBorderRail ticketing... i.e. they're as dysfunctional as everyone else!
Tomorrow...
@nprofile1q... and the descoping of rail Baltica to a single track while ordering even slower stock for it.
Truly a marvel of the accession process.
Truly a marvel of the accession process.
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@nprofile1q... example: a special purpose solar PV developer, to fund and then directly power electrification of the Felixstowe adjacent diesel freight lines.
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Top quality Siemens engineering, so a quiet and smooth ride
Sunny spring morning
Friendly DB on board staff
On time (for now!)
This is how to travel!
@nprofile1q... puzzles me why Siemens’ order book isn’t full for a decade, given this and the new Velaro.
It all looks so idyllic
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@nprofile1q... “And is it?”
“No, that’s where it all falls down of course.”
The train services are rubbish for a start! But great scenery. :)
“No, that’s where it all falls down of course.”
The train services are rubbish for a start! But great scenery. :)
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@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... is devolution helpful here? I am thinking of the stunning success of TfL, and maybe also (I think?) IdF/RATP?
The burgeoning Transport for Wales and Transport for Greater Manchester PTEs also important signs for what can be done with not much. But perhaps there is no recognised demand for such things (because everyone who might, takes the car?)
The burgeoning Transport for Wales and Transport for Greater Manchester PTEs also important signs for what can be done with not much. But perhaps there is no recognised demand for such things (because everyone who might, takes the car?)
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And while I am fine...
@nprofile1q... it is the pragmatic solution yes :)
They’re not going to like _any_ of this stuff are they? 🙃
They’re not going to like _any_ of this stuff are they? 🙃
One of the issues in the forthcoming reform of #RailTicketing #SDBTR in the EU: can passengers bundle tickets together themselves, or would a ticket reseller have to do it?
Booking horizons - basical...
@nprofile1q... on the plus side: if the operators really want to join tickets up at point of sale, they have to synchronise possessions. And the CER claims give them no excuse not to. And if they don’t want to join the tickets up at point of sale, we end op with ad hoc bundling rights (if the commission holds its nerve). Either way it seems to work 🙃
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@nprofile1q... yeah. A pragmatic attitude- not sufficient, but necessary. British rail seems to outsource even that to Branson, which is a shame. Unless Renfe want to get a head start over trenitalia!
I am tired of problem EXPLAINERS in railways
Can we please find more PROBLEM SOLVERS?
And sure, I fall into the trap of seeing problems everywhere as well sometimes, but Hamont 🇧🇪 - Weert 🇳...
@nprofile1q... I worked out, to run Manchester to Brussels twice daily, you need two terminals (and Stratford’s relatively easy!), and SNCF to lease the 373s they have in storage, and the WCML/NLL paths. As far as I can see, that’s it. Perfect case for open access. Would be great if someone picked that up, wouldn’t it.
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