Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 18 - 14 Apr - Budapest - Praha - Ústí nad Labem - Heidenau - Dresden - Berlin
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@cycling_on_rails @rail it most definitely doesn’t go to Graz normally. It did last year when there were Tauernbahn works. This is tonight’s route but there are two possible options Wörgl - Schwarzach so we can’t conclude.
I’m on it on 21st April so we’ll see
@jon @cycling_on_rails @rail The Austrian open data shows it as going across the mountains via Zell.
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The WiFi on this train is so intermittent it’s not possible to do any work. Documenting the last couple of days is going to have to wait.
Oh and the Brno - Praha route is interesting so I’ll just watch the world go by
@jon The landscapes on the way to Pardubice are beautiful, enjoy!
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@jon The landscapes on the way to Pardubice are beautiful, enjoy!
@konsonantenboy right, exactly! Close to Praha now, but I have Elbe routes to come next.
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The WiFi on this train is so intermittent it’s not possible to do any work. Documenting the last couple of days is going to have to wait.
Oh and the Brno - Praha route is interesting so I’ll just watch the world go by
#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 68 of 115
RJ 176
12:31 Praha hl. n. - Usti nad Labem hl. n. 13:41
ČDTrain type: Siemens Vectron locomotive, 9 ComfortJet carriages
️ (3kV dc)
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🦽: (lift on platform)
🛜:
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🧳:
(very high steps at Praha hl.n.)
🧽:
Interrail: (accepted)
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#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 68 of 115
RJ 176
12:31 Praha hl. n. - Usti nad Labem hl. n. 13:41
ČDTrain type: Siemens Vectron locomotive, 9 ComfortJet carriages
️ (3kV dc):
🦽: (lift on platform)
🛜:️:
🧳: (very high steps at Praha hl.n.)
🧽:
Interrail: (accepted)RJ 176
12:31 Praha hl. n. - Usti nad Labem hl. n. 13:41Distance: 112.4km
Average speed: 96km/h2 stops:
Praha-Holesovice
Usti nad Labem hl.n.This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#10/50.371744/14.254761
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RJ 176
12:31 Praha hl. n. - Usti nad Labem hl. n. 13:41Distance: 112.4km
Average speed: 96km/h2 stops:
Praha-Holesovice
Usti nad Labem hl.n.This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#10/50.371744/14.254761
Let’s do some #CrossBorderRail
#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bike 17 of 25
Ústí nad Labem hl. n. - Chlumec and backDistance: 24.8km
Est. duration: 1:40This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#14/50.679981/13.985167
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RJ 176
12:31 Praha hl. n. - Usti nad Labem hl. n. 13:41Distance: 112.4km
Average speed: 96km/h2 stops:
Praha-Holesovice
Usti nad Labem hl.n.This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#10/50.371744/14.254761
@jon uh, there are two RJ176 🤯
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Let’s do some #CrossBorderRail
#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bike 17 of 25
Ústí nad Labem hl. n. - Chlumec and backDistance: 24.8km
Est. duration: 1:40This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#14/50.679981/13.985167
So it rained. And now there’s no rail replacement bus
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So it rained. And now there’s no rail replacement bus
️#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bus 7 of 11
SEV 10174
15:50 Ústí nad Labem hl. n. - Dresden Hbf 17:20
DB FernverkehrBus type: MAN Lion’s Coach 2 axle
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️ (but hold is big - would they let you put in a bike?)
🦽:️
🛜:️️: ️
🧳: (big hold)
🧽:
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#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Bus 7 of 11
SEV 10174
15:50 Ústí nad Labem hl. n. - Dresden Hbf 17:20
DB FernverkehrBus type: MAN Lion’s Coach 2 axle
: ️ (but hold is big - would they let you put in a bike?)
🦽:️
🛜:️️: ️
🧳: (big hold)
🧽:There’s method in this
The motorway crosses the border more or less where the future tunnel will! #CrossBorderRail
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There’s method in this
The motorway crosses the border more or less where the future tunnel will! #CrossBorderRailAh. That worked well. Lots to see
#CrossBorderRail
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Ah. That worked well. Lots to see
#CrossBorderRailSo the SEV bus got controlled by the Bundespolizei
I could SEE the road, not a single car was checked
In German I asked the policeman: “Why are you controlling buses not cars?”
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So the SEV bus got controlled by the Bundespolizei
I could SEE the road, not a single car was checked
In German I asked the policeman: “Why are you controlling buses not cars?”
“We can control more people in one go this way!”
Me: “Hang on. Shouldn’t you treat everyone equally and do this based on risk?”
“But we have lots of people of lots of nationalities on a bus!”
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“We can control more people in one go this way!”
Me: “Hang on. Shouldn’t you treat everyone equally and do this based on risk?”
“But we have lots of people of lots of nationalities on a bus!”
Me: “So you’re basically doing this to fill a stupid quota set by the interior ministry?”
Him: “What else can we do? We don’t have enough people to control everything!”
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Me: “So you’re basically doing this to fill a stupid quota set by the interior ministry?”
Him: “What else can we do? We don’t have enough people to control everything!”
The guy was friendly, young guy. I can’t blame him. And another passenger joined in, likewise considering the controls stupid.
And on went the bus.
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The guy was friendly, young guy. I can’t blame him. And another passenger joined in, likewise considering the controls stupid.
And on went the bus.
There is *not even the pretence that this makes sense*
🤬🤬🤬
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There is *not even the pretence that this makes sense*
🤬🤬🤬
@jon That's IMHO better than them stomping around all self-important and pretending they're doing it for YOU.
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There is *not even the pretence that this makes sense*
🤬🤬🤬
@jon I don’t think you need to convince the police officers that this is all performative bullshit.
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@jon That's IMHO better than them stomping around all self-important and pretending they're doing it for YOU.
@jens yes. It was honest! But hopeless.
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@jon I don’t think you need to convince the police officers that this is all performative bullshit.
@partim but they all too often are hostile if you ask them questions (as I always do). This guy was fair and honest!
