Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 18 - 14 Apr - Budapest - Praha - Ústí nad Labem - Heidenau - Dresden - Berlin
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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*
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@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!
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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
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️ (but hold is big - would they let you put in a bike?)
🦽:️
🛜:️
️: ️
🧳:
(big hold)
🧽:
@jon no eu/interrail? It's bus but it's DB...
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There is *not even the pretence that this makes sense*
🤬🤬🤬
#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 69 of 115
S 1
16:59 Dresden Hbf - Heidenau-Großsedlitz 17:18
DB Regio AG SüdostTrain type: LEW Hennigsdorf 143 locomotive, 4 double deck carriages, driving control car
️ (15kV ac): 
🦽: (step free into lower level)
🛜:️️: ️
🧳: (good for a double deck design)
🧽:
Interrail: (accepted)
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#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 69 of 115
S 1
16:59 Dresden Hbf - Heidenau-Großsedlitz 17:18
DB Regio AG SüdostTrain type: LEW Hennigsdorf 143 locomotive, 4 double deck carriages, driving control car
️ (15kV ac):
🦽: (step free into lower level)
🛜:️️: ️
🧳: (good for a double deck design)
🧽:
Interrail: (accepted)S 1
16:59 Dresden Hbf - Heidenau-Großsedlitz 17:18Distance: 14.7km
Average speed: 46km/h8 stops:
Dresden-Strehlen
Dresden-Reick
Dresden-Dobritz
Dresden-Niedersedlitz
Dresden-Zschachwitz
Heidenau
Heidenau Süd
Heidenau-GroßsedlitzThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#13/51.000342/13.813465
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S 1
16:59 Dresden Hbf - Heidenau-Großsedlitz 17:18Distance: 14.7km
Average speed: 46km/h8 stops:
Dresden-Strehlen
Dresden-Reick
Dresden-Dobritz
Dresden-Niedersedlitz
Dresden-Zschachwitz
Heidenau
Heidenau Süd
Heidenau-GroßsedlitzThis train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#13/51.000342/13.813465
And the Dresden S-Bahn (that isn’t really a S-Bahn) has 1st Class
Which no one uses
Except me with a 1st Class Interrail
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And the Dresden S-Bahn (that isn’t really a S-Bahn) has 1st Class
Which no one uses
Except me with a 1st Class Interrail
@jon In S-Bahnen gibts keine 1. Klasse. De facto kann man sich auch mit DeutschlandTicket einfach hinchillen.
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@jon In S-Bahnen gibts keine 1. Klasse. De facto kann man sich auch mit DeutschlandTicket einfach hinchillen.
Im Rhein-Neckar-Bereich gibt es 1. Klasse. Sogar mit Tür abgeteilt.
Nutze den 3x im Jahr, wenn ich mit ner 1. Klasse Fernverkehrskarte nach Hause komme. Manchmal habe ich dann ein Faltrad dabei, da ist das ganz praktisch, weil viel Platz.
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And the Dresden S-Bahn (that isn’t really a S-Bahn) has 1st Class
Which no one uses
Except me with a 1st Class Interrail
@jon Had similar experiences with the pointless "1st class" in Stuttgart S-Bahn trains (a compartment behind the cab at one end -- no different from the rest of the train except for seat moquette). The only times I used it was with a first class long-distance ticket with "+City" option, or with the included 1st-class local network pass when staying at the InterCityHotel (when that was still a thing). Never paid for it expressly, and have never seen anyone else on these seats in several years.
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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)
🧽:@jon my co-workers are right behind you
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@jon my co-workers are right behind you
@maartje for this?
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@jon Had similar experiences with the pointless "1st class" in Stuttgart S-Bahn trains (a compartment behind the cab at one end -- no different from the rest of the train except for seat moquette). The only times I used it was with a first class long-distance ticket with "+City" option, or with the included 1st-class local network pass when staying at the InterCityHotel (when that was still a thing). Never paid for it expressly, and have never seen anyone else on these seats in several years.
@stingraz Right. It ought to be abolished.
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@maartje for this?
@jon yes! i miss her!
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@jon In S-Bahnen gibts keine 1. Klasse. De facto kann man sich auch mit DeutschlandTicket einfach hinchillen.
@MarkusTippner Ist das so? Wozu dann z.B. in Frankfurt ein 1. Klasse-Abteil? @jon
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@MarkusTippner Ist das so? Wozu dann z.B. in Frankfurt ein 1. Klasse-Abteil? @jon
@wrzlbrnft @jon Deko
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And the Dresden S-Bahn (that isn’t really a S-Bahn) has 1st Class
Which no one uses
Except me with a 1st Class Interrail
The info centre for the new line is in a building called Pechhütte
That can translate as bad luck hut
Surely no omen in there
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