<![CDATA[Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg]]>Welcome to today's thread - 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg

Borders already crossed:
Chiasso VG ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ - Como S. Giovanni ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Basel St Johann ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ - St. Louis ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Kehl ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช - Krimmeri-Meinau ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

First to Bologna for a breakfast meeting, then north across the Gotthard pass for the second time in just over a month. Todayโ€™s destination: Strasbourg to test a Rรฉgiolis.

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#7/46.369674/9.920654

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/05e6e5b0-84f1-48e6-bf89-add9770b62fc/welcome-to-today-s-thread-crossborderrail-2026-tour-day-31-4-may-rimini-bologna-milano-lugano-basel-strasbourgRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 21:55:12 GMTMon, 04 May 2026 04:37:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 20:18:29 GMT]]>@notsoloud @jon @mkoek second that

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fataqe/statuses/116518152402526093https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/fataqe/statuses/116518152402526093Mon, 04 May 2026 20:18:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 20:16:31 GMT]]>@jon Thank you for the video

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/meercat0/statuses/116518144641020677https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/meercat0/statuses/116518144641020677Mon, 04 May 2026 20:16:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 20:07:23 GMT]]>@jon as long as they don't require it as the only option. I was at a best western in Germany where they insisted my bike must be locked up outside. Then I asked them to cancel the reservation, and they relented.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116518108736381035https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116518108736381035Mon, 04 May 2026 20:07:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 20:06:43 GMT]]>Here's today's video, summarising what I learned taking the new Rรฉgiolis service. It's a BIG step forward, much better than the diesel trains it replaces https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/7FcqQDVUvhJmUk6pSifNvd

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518106162946542https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518106162946542Mon, 04 May 2026 20:06:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 20:06:15 GMT]]>@jon "You're gonna need a bigger sign".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EndicottAuthor/statuses/116518104305490479https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EndicottAuthor/statuses/116518104305490479Mon, 04 May 2026 20:06:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 20:05:27 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek Sure, that's also OK, but outside parking is handy *as well*

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518101184951596https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518101184951596Mon, 04 May 2026 20:05:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:51:20 GMT]]>@danbrotherston @jon unlike the recycling centre where (at least in my municipality which is one of the 10 biggest cities in the supposedly bike-friendly Netherlands) you can only enter by car (no walk-ins, no bike-ins and, although the municipality offers free removal of bulk at the doorstep, there are some garbage categories like paint and chemicals where trees no alternative).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.edu.nl/users/raphv/statuses/116518045630933653https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.edu.nl/users/raphv/statuses/116518045630933653Mon, 04 May 2026 19:51:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:50:38 GMT]]>@jon

Donโ€™t worry, Iโ€™m sure plans are already afoot to move that decimal pointโ€ฆ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/116518042917877779https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/116518042917877779Mon, 04 May 2026 19:50:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:49:29 GMT]]>@jon meanwhile https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/why/bike-friendly.html show how it can be done

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/wlukewindsor/statuses/116518038348028922https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/wlukewindsor/statuses/116518038348028922Mon, 04 May 2026 19:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:43:25 GMT]]>@jon I refuse to lock my bike up outside. It's my luggage, we wouldn't accept people having to lock suitcases outside. So who bikes. I've been ok in about 90% of the hotels I stay in.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116518014496245980https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116518014496245980Mon, 04 May 2026 19:43:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:42:20 GMT]]>@peterbrown it was friendly. I suppose! ๐Ÿ˜€

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518010276734334https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518010276734334Mon, 04 May 2026 19:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:41:35 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek thatโ€™s what I did. But given I need to leave at 6am leaving it locked outside would have been preferable!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518007301472260https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116518007301472260Mon, 04 May 2026 19:41:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:41:26 GMT]]>@quixoticgeek @jon Or annoy them by asking to park it in the secure baggage room? I mean, you're a paying guest, it's your property, it needs secure storage ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116518006689132212https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/116518006689132212Mon, 04 May 2026 19:41:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:37:01 GMT]]>@jon Haha...

FWIW...in the Netherlands we often visit vacation parks and they will ask us for our car information...when we helpfully inform them we arrive by bike, they say, they don't need anything for that, we can just bring our bikes to the holiday home.

But it is interesting that the assumption even here, is that one arrives by car in these (admittedly rural) locations.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/danbrotherston/statuses/116517989336926099https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://types.pl/users/danbrotherston/statuses/116517989336926099Mon, 04 May 2026 19:37:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:32:30 GMT]]>@jon it's a folding bike. Surely you fold it up and take it into the hotel room. Hell I take my full size non folding bike into my hotel room where ever possible.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116517971619740046https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.v.st/users/quixoticgeek/statuses/116517971619740046Mon, 04 May 2026 19:32:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:31:56 GMT]]>RS4 (87460)
20:05 Offenburg - Strasbourg 20:34

Distance: 28.7km
Average speed: 59km/h

6 stops:
Appenweier
Legelshurst
Kork
Kehl
Krimmeri-Meinau
Strasbourg

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#12/48.530490/7.850715

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517969390438161https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517969390438161Mon, 04 May 2026 19:31:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:31:36 GMT]]> 2026 Spring Tour Train 109 of 125
RS4 (87460)
20:05 Offenburg - Strasbourg 20:34
SNCF for TER Fluo Grand Est

Train type: CAF Rรฉgiolis bi-mode MU, 4 short carriages
โšก๏ธ (15kV ac, 25kV ac)
๐Ÿšฒ: โœ… (loads of space)
๐Ÿฆฝ: โœ… (step free in France)
๐Ÿ›œ: โ›”๏ธ
๐Ÿฝ๏ธ: โ›”๏ธ
๐Ÿงณ: ๐Ÿ™‚ (good racks, big doors)
๐Ÿงฝ: ๐Ÿ™‚ (spotless)
Interrail: ๐Ÿ™‚ (accepted)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517968076084622https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517968076084622Mon, 04 May 2026 19:31:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:30:48 GMT]]>Back to railways ๐Ÿ˜€

RS4 (87455)
19:22 Strasbourg - Offenburg 19:52

Distance: 28.7km
Average speed: 57km/h

6 stops:
Krimmeri-Meinau
Kehl
Kork
Legelshurst
Appenweier
Offenburg

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#12/48.530490/7.850715

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517964889700683https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517964889700683Mon, 04 May 2026 19:30:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:26:44 GMT]]>Damn that Hormuz closure is pushing things to the limit! ๐Ÿคฏ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517948933113098https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517948933113098Mon, 04 May 2026 19:26:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:24:16 GMT]]>@peterbrown they need to convert one car space to bike parking. 1! Thereโ€™s a cycle lane to the front of the hotel.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517939183263316https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517939183263316Mon, 04 May 2026 19:24:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:22:56 GMT]]>@jon Glad you thought of that retort so quickly. Not everyone does and it's exactly the point to make. You're just as much a customer and it's clear they prepare for some customers' vehicles and not others'.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116517933965231289https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/meganL/statuses/116517933965231289Mon, 04 May 2026 19:22:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:20:30 GMT]]>โ€œYou could email us to tell us youโ€™re coming by bike!โ€ the guy said

Are you going to ask car drivers that, I said, gesturing to the car parking lot

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517924417479359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517924417479359Mon, 04 May 2026 19:20:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 19:18:21 GMT]]>Damn Iโ€™m tired of the car-dominated society

Get to my hotel, edge of Strasbourg

30 car parking spaces

Nowhere to safely attach a bike

The reception guy was friendly. Address your complaint to management! he said. I will indeed!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517915954404528https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116517915954404528Mon, 04 May 2026 19:18:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 18:22:00 GMT]]>@jon nice ๐Ÿ‘ alright, next time then hopefully ๐Ÿ™‚ take care, safe travels and till soon ๐Ÿ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/julienmarchal/statuses/116517694397437382https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.cologne/users/julienmarchal/statuses/116517694397437382Mon, 04 May 2026 18:22:00 GMT