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Ya Germany... do better.
😂😂😭😭
#Canada #Rail #Transportation
https://mastodon.world/@verdantsquare/115706907838681701

I felt out of place in a #PKP #InterCity train at first, but then I went to the toilet and it was like regional trains in the old days: the first one was out of service, in the second one the door lock was broken, and the third one featured stench and lack of toilet paper. Also, no paper towels and the dryer was broken.
#rail

Egypt is building three lines of high speed railways over 2000km. Meanwhile, in Canada, we are still ‘thinking' about building our first 1000km line. Maybe. If we talk nice to the rail tycoons.
#Rail #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cnn.com/travel/egypt-high-speed-rail-siemens-velaro-desiro-trains-spc

Some moron just rode an #ElectricScooter through a #rail crossing, 20 meters ahead of a running train. The engineer pulled the emergency brake and stopped 50 meters past the crossing. Fortunately, the moron managed to drive through in time.

1. Enter a train in which you have a (good) seat reserved.
2. Find a compartment where no seats are reserved yet.
3. Confirm that nobody sat there.
4. Change the reservation to reduce the risk of somebody else doing the same thing.
5. Set the heating, turn the lights off, decline the seat. Good night.
#rail

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Rail Replacement Bus Service:
🎵 Everyone's Business - The Cardigan Arms Version
#RailReplacementBusService
https://open.spotify.com/track/7i028CY4aMEqkA4w415Nb1

Hey wait, the new TTC Line 6 uses standard gauge (1435mm), not Toronto gauge! Have they also finally escape the tyranny of single-point switches??
#toronto #ttc #rail

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Rail Replacement Bus Service:
🎵 Everyone's Business - The Cardigan Arms Version
#RailReplacementBusService
https://open.spotify.com/track/7i028CY4aMEqkA4w415Nb1

The Green Engine, East Coast Mainline, Newark-on-Trent, August 2025
#photography #ukphotographer #railwayphotography

Our national railway is a global embarrassment. Canada is a transportation backwater.
#Transportation #Railway #Rail #VIARail #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-rail-toronto-ottawa-brockville-9.7011570

One of the absolute best things about #portalberni is the No7 Steam Train. It was under repairs for a few years and boy did we miss it but this year it has run on many weekends. It’s doing Santa runs along the waterfront and rail yard every Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening to Christmas!
#trains #rail #railfan #steam #logging #tourism #christmas #volunteer https://socialbc.ca/@vibyrail/115714553027370571

1. Put a display above seats stating "wolne / free".
2. Never bother actually integrating it with seat reservations.
#PKP #InterCity #rail

I will always be fascinated that the manufacturer (or the buyer? I don't know who adds the stickers) of a train costing a few millions can't afford a professional translator.
That's Polish EN63H-002.
The Polish version says not to *block* the door (with baggage).
#Engrish #English #rail

Past me: having a rough idea for one-two longer trips. Spending evenings trying to figure out where to go the following day.
Today's me: having seat reservations for the two following weeks. Spending evenings trying to figure out where exactly was I suppose to go with these reservations.
#rail

Typical #rail line reactivation in Poland:
1. For many years, reactivation is debated, meetings are held, studies are done — and nothing happens.
2. Suddenly funding appears, and preparations start.
3. Just before the work starts, some of the stakeholders start debating a New Better Route.
4. Mutual mudslinging starts, as some of the counties that already paid for the project, discover that the New Better Route omits them.
5. In the meantime, the railroad company proceeds with the original plan and doesn't care.

Tell me, where does my reasoning go wrong?
If:
1. The conductor cannot tell if a child is less than 4 years old visually, and requires a birth certificate.
2. The birth certificate suffices to determine the age, even though it provides no reliable way of confirming the child's identity.
Therefore I should also be able to travel free as "a child less than 4 years old", provided that I have an appropriate birth certificate on me, right?
#rail

Today's adventure: the train departs, and a minute later I notice that the lamps outside are moving in the wrong direction. The following thoughts pass through my mind in express speed:
• Illusion? Nope, definitely going front from where I'm sitting.
• Did I confuse directions before taking the seat? Nope, we're definitely moving south.
• Did I really take the wrong train?! I think it departed at the right time, what's the likeliness…
Then I suddenly realize that it's apparently taking the roundabout route, through #Poznań Franowo rather than Poznań Wschód.
#rail

One screenshot, two memes.
Variant 1:
Polish people: going crazy about tickets for 1 PLN.
Me, raised in thriftiness characteristic of Poznań area: "I don't know, 1 PLN is still some money."
Variant 2:
Carbrains: "trains are expensive!"
Me: "are they now? This sounds like a pretty good deal to me."
#rail #InterCity

#Poznań: platform numbers can't have letter suffixes anymore, as people would confuse them with sector labels!
#Bydgoszcz: sectors are labeled with digits, and nobody finds that problematic.
#rail

1. Plan going to Opole, via Kościan.
2. When you enter the train to Kościan, you discover that the change to Opole is delayed 15 minutes already. Consider changing in Leszno instead; if the delay increases, you'd have more options there.
3. Discover that there aren't any more options in Leszno today. Your change is delayed 30 minutes already. Return the reservations, and take one the other way, to Poznań instead.
4. Train station in Kościan. The displays aren't showing any delays, trains are announced normally. Tell people about the delays, so they won't stand in the -10°C waiting for the train to arrive.
5. Take the train to Poznań, and try to figure out what to do next.
6. Discover that the only reasonable choice going forward is Inowrocław: no delays and good return connection. It's the same train, so take another reservation. Your current seat is already taken there, so move elsewhere.
7. Your train should be followed by another one in the same direction, that departs from Poznań 6 minutes later. However, your train ends up waiting for another delayed train, so the other train goes first. The delay further increases as your train needs to slow down after the other train.
8. Reach Inowrocław 10 minutes later. That's not a problem, since you didn't have enough to see for all the time there anyway.
9. Discover that the town is more interesting than you thought, and you'd use more time.
10. When you almost get to the station, discover that your train is 10 minutes late. Not that you have any use for that time at this point.
11. When you're at the station, the train keeps increasing delay while waiting at the previous station, in Bydgoszcz. The station displays are completely useless, as they show only a random subset of regional trains, for no apparent reason. The announcements include all trains, but are rarely given.
12. The delay keeps increasing. Start thinking about getting a reservation for the next train to Poznań, in case it arrived first. You can't return the reservation after the planned departure time, and you can't have two reservations simultaneously, so reserve the seat from Mogilno, the next station.
13. The next train arrives first. While on board, you discover that you're not going to have any train home for 1.5 hr. Take another seat reservation to Leszno, where you can change into a suburban train and get home 15 minutes earlier than from Poznań. This time, your seat is still free.
14. The train departs 15 minutes delayed from Poznań. After all, you're changing trains in Kościan.
So I was going to go south, to Opole, via Kościan. Instead, I've ended up slingshotting north to Inowrocław, and getting back home via the same train as if I were in Opole.
#rail

🤚 Checking train delays every day to estimate the risk of missing a 5-minute transfer.
👉 Checking train delays every day until the train is finally delayed, to see if the other train waits for it.
#rail

Perhaps we should have more than one relatively fast trans-Canada option for travel!?
#accessibility #Transportation #Affordability #trains #rail #westjet
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westjet-power-wheelchair-weight-limit-9.6982990

Rehashed meme
The myth of consensual train maintenance
#KolejeDolnośląskie: I consent.
SPS Mieczkowski: I consent.
Is there somebody you forgot to ask?
#Newag: I don't.
#rail #meme #kolej

#PKP #InterCity: we're launching an express train from #Warsaw to #Poznań that doesn't stop anywhere in between!
Passengers: oh, so it's going to reach Poznań faster, right?
PKPIC: we're routing it through Poznań Franowo [the bypass track].
Passengers: …
(yes, it takes 10 minutes longer than a regular express)
#rail

And here's the Frezeitpark Bahnhof. #Görlitz, Germany.
#rail

I was supposed to play a game, but let's finish bahnposting instead.
1. Bahnhof in #Görlitz. #rail #train