Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 03 - 18 Feb - Ravières - Dijon - Culmont Chalindrey - Paris – Genève

[jon@gruene.social]

And we have #CrossBorderRail videos too

Here’s today’s intro

#CrossBorderRail live stream - 2/18/2026, 5:14:48 AM

Morning previews of the day ahead, and evening summaries of what I learned during the day. During Jon Worth's #CrossBorderRail Spring Tour 2026.

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[jon@gruene.social]

And Nuits-sous-Ravières has a LCD screen for train times

Revolution!

Ok, it doesn’t show the right info (yet?) - but it’s a start

[jon@gruene.social]

#CrossBorderRail 2026 Spring Tour Train 5 of 80
TER 91371
06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Dijon Ville 07:28
SNCF for TER Mobigo

Train type: Bombardier AGC Bi-mode MU, 4 short carriages
️ (1.5kV dc)
:
🦽: (step free if station allows)
🛜: ️
️: ️
🧳:
🧽: (grimy, worn inside)
Interrail: (accepted)

[jon@gruene.social]

TER 91371
06:39 Nuits-sous-Ravières - Dijon Ville 07:28

Distance: 89.3km
Average speed: 109km/h

3 stops:
Montbard
Les Laumes-Alésia
Dijon Ville

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#11/47.525547/4.619064

#CrossBorderRail

[jon@gruene.social]

@pglux.bsky.social that they *moved to a new location* 🤯

[jon@gruene.social]

My train after this one is listed as a compulsory reservation TER

It has a 47 mins total trip, Dijon to Culmont Chalindrey with 1 stop en route

I’m semi sure this is a data error and it’s not comp res. But we’ll see

[jon@gruene.social]

@pglux.bsky.social no. I refused to pay €20. So I’ll take a premium TER via Chaumont instead!

[jon@gruene.social]

@pglux.bsky.social Right. But Coradia Liner is ok in 1st class.

[jon@gruene.social]

SNCF Connect can’t help me work out if it’s compulsory reservation. By now I think it just assumes everyone thinks everything is.

[jon@gruene.social]

Also Dijon - Culmont-Chalindrey train times 🫣

Basically un-useable

[jon@gruene.social]

@pglux.bsky.social no. That guy is doing works. He’s not normally there. But yes, they installed new lighting. But the underpass still has a drainage problem and most of the platforms are full of holes.

[jon@gruene.social]

🤯

So @12train makes it clear

The train is COMPULSORY RESERVATION

AAAAGGGGHHHHH

It’s a regional train for a 47 minute trip

[jon@gruene.social]

Also how Dijon shows in @12train 🤬

If TER Fluo (ie Grand Est) operates the train: Dijon Ville

If TER Mobigo (ie Bourgogne Franche Comté) operates it: Dijon

It’s the same station

[jon@gruene.social]

And discovering this sort of total ridiculous shit is why there’s no substitute for going to the places and testing the trains on #CrossBorderRail

You only *get this* once you’ve experienced it

[moritzkraehe@zug.network]

@jon "You can board up to 2 minutes before departure" -- on a regional train!?

[smveerman@zug.network]

@jon It's a data failure. The 8:19 from Dijon to Culmont-Chalindrey is not reservation required, other trains from Culmont-Chalindrey are for the section Nogent-sur-Seine - Paris.

[bastro@maly.io]

@jon I,m reading about this COMPULSORY RESERVATION. What is the idea behind this? Making more money or protecting something? I really don't understand this. Why not on all trains if it is important. Why this bullying off the travelers?

[smsm1@mastodon.green]

@jon @12train get the same with Edinburgh where some systems say "Edinburgh", others "Edinburgh (Waverley)", and I'm sure I've seen "Edinburgh (City Centre)" all refer to the same station. In my quick look at some apps it looks like the city centre variant isn't showing any more, but not all include the Waverley.

[smsm1@mastodon.green]

@jon @12train oh, the issue is with Djon is within the same app and journey plan results list. Ok that's a lot worse that the Edinburgh issue which is at least consistent within each app.

[jon@gruene.social]

@smveerman I will ask the train manager. I assume it’s because it’s a Coradia Liner and a train number in the series of Paris Est - Belfort. It’s not only an Interrail or Merits data problem.