@lewd good luck!

klara_tag@leipzig.town

@lewd

So cool.
I wish you a smooth start!

pierreozoux@mastodon.indie.host

@lewd wow! You are the.most motivated!

hrw@society.oftrolls.com

@lewd how do you manage it without using transsiberian line?

lewd@zug.network

EuroCity acquired . Bonus content : a cute steam locomotive .

Next stop : Warsaw

#FOSSRail #CrossBorderRail

hrw@society.oftrolls.com

@lewd Right. You have to choose Russia or Iran to pass from Europe to Asia.

Hard to tell which is worse now.

alberto_cottica@mastodon.green

@lewd way to go! Godspeed then.

skolima@hachyderm.io

@lewd @jon They should be used to this - the Polish machines wouldn't sell tickets for the Rzepin - Frankfurt(Oder) part for a very long time too (though I think that was eventually fixed a few years ago). There's still pricing differences - for regional trains, it used to be much cheaper to buy the over-border addition separately than as a single ticket e.g. Zielona Góra - Frankfurt(Oder).

jon@gruene.social

@skolima @lewd everyone who crosses that border regularly is used to the mess. But it doesn’t make it right!

dawid@packowski.net

@lewd isn't it possible to through turkey to baku, and then cross the kaspian see and continue through kazahstan. i have planned to go that way with my friends to china.

lewd@zug.network

@dawid Yes, that's possible but boats are not trains.

skolima@hachyderm.io

@lewd @jon Well at least some things improve. Back before COVID, I used to take that train every weekend. Had to help multiple travellers as the conductors only spoke Polish and would fine anyone without a paper ticket. Ugh.

jbb@social.tchncs.de

@lewd @jon While there was rail-replacement service there last year, the driver looked at me in disbelief for trying to buy a ticket for a rail-replacement service xD

geeeero@mastodon.social

@lewd Epic. Thanks for taking us with you!

char@chaos.social

@lewd stay warm

ignaloidas@not.acu.lt

@lewd@zug.network There were a couple nights with -30C here a couple of days ago, you're lucky you're coming when it's getting warmer

wrzlbrnft@troet.cafe

Have a great trip through #braidspoor land.

ignaloidas@not.acu.lt

@lewd@zug.network outskirts of Vilnius is a bit of a strech lol, it's closer to Kaunas for basically everything

Also, sad that it's the 630 instead of 730 that it should be..

lewd@zug.network

Arriving in Kaisiadorys, #FOSSRail day two ends. 900 km further east and five countries crossed so far, I'm prepared to get up early tomorrow morning in order to catch the Baltic express connection bringing me across Latvia to the Estonian-Russian border.

#WhatsMissing : a night train Berlin/Praha/Krakow - Warszawa - Kaunas - Riga - Tallinn .

Good night !

#FOSSRail #CrossBorderRail #Lithuania #Baltics #RailBaltica