With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
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With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/Have a read and let me know what you think!
@jon
That's a great and fun idea :). The winning team should of course get an interrail ticket each. I'd be happy to contribute to croud fund the costs of setting this up. -
With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/Have a read and let me know what you think!
@jon I’d like to think I’d be pretty good at that, but in reality I’m probably hopelessly useless once Bahn.de no longer works
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@jon I’d like to think I’d be pretty good at that, but in reality I’m probably hopelessly useless once Bahn.de no longer works
@q You're not going to be alone in that
And one of the things I am going to have to include is things where bahn(dot)de cannot plan you a route! -
@tristramg the general point I want to underline: this is a total mess now, even for SIMPLE cross border journeys. That point is disputed by Community of European Railways, and some Member States. I just want that message hammered home.
@jon ok, fair enough
I’ll still worry that they’ll come up with a technical solution that will never work, but at least if they acknowledge the current situation it will be a progress -
With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/Have a read and let me know what you think!
@jon I laughed. Cute idea. FWIW
(To make playing easy, fast and to maximize participation)
Collect actual experiences in a database. Number them. Allocate points according to criteria you decide.
Assign routes to participants randomly.
Press play = reveal results.
Repeat with player with worst score being eliminated.
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@jon ok, fair enough
I’ll still worry that they’ll come up with a technical solution that will never work, but at least if they acknowledge the current situation it will be a progress@jon by the way, I’m trying to find out if the Barcelona>Corodova the 02/08/26 at 15:16 will ever run (it disappears if you look on a shorter horizon) and whether I should buy a SpainPass.
Can you hold the competition soon?
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With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/Have a read and let me know what you think!
@jon do you need volunteers? i am in!
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@jon do you need volunteers? i am in!
@maartje You were one of the people I had in mind as a participant, yes
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@q You're not going to be alone in that
And one of the things I am going to have to include is things where bahn(dot)de cannot plan you a route! -
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With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/Have a read and let me know what you think!
@jon Put me down for helping out or participating…
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@q You're not going to be alone in that
And one of the things I am going to have to include is things where bahn(dot)de cannot plan you a route! -
With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/Have a read and let me know what you think!
@jon Excellent idea. You’d have to hold it in Inari, though.
(Yes, that was a timetabling championship. I guess ticketing is the new timetabling.)
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With legislation on rail ticketing due from the European Commission this spring, how can policymakers - who never normally see the problem - be shown it in a fun way?
The idea: the European Railway Ticketing Championship
https://jonworth.eu/a-silly-idea-to-prove-a-point-the-european-railway-ticketing-championship/Have a read and let me know what you think!
@jon next level should be "here are a bunch of ticket machines you have 30 seconds to book a journey"
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@jon next level should be "here are a bunch of ticket machines you have 30 seconds to book a journey"
@maartje Like that old TV show "supermarket sweep" - ticket machine sweep. Platinum level: Paris terminals
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@maartje Like that old TV show "supermarket sweep" - ticket machine sweep. Platinum level: Paris terminals
@jon you need a ticket from TER station to TGV over RER to TGV to TER in other region, you hold 1 local 1 national discount card you have 1 minute
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@moritzkraehe For a while, either searching or booking a ticket lead to an error claiming you are a bot, even if you were logged in and everything. Looks like at least right now this isn’t the case.
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@moritzkraehe @partim @jon @q I said the same, and since then I regularly run into issues when searching for connections. As in "you clicked too fast, and now we're not showing you anything anymore".
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@jon Excellent idea. You’d have to hold it in Inari, though.
(Yes, that was a timetabling championship. I guess ticketing is the new timetabling.)
@partim @jon Had to think of Inari as well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trains%27n%27Roses
