On the rails again…
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And we’re aboard the second bus. We somehow managed to fit everyone on. It’s stopping at a couple of intermediate stations, but not all of them. We’ll eventually make it to Borges, where we will take the next train.
Hopefully there is one waiting for us, as the next scheduled service is at 8pm…
Also, we will miss our AVE back. We will try to get put on one for free, but if the worst happens, there are a few of them left that are still pretty cheap.
The irony of this is that this was supposed to be the safe option, as we decided not to take the RL4, which had a known disruption with a rail replacement bus. This one arrived with a 2 hour delay.
Anyway, we go onwards…
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The irony of this is that this was supposed to be the safe option, as we decided not to take the RL4, which had a known disruption with a rail replacement bus. This one arrived with a 2 hour delay.
Anyway, we go onwards…
Sunset on the road…
The Arabic speakers on the bus are sharing small biscuits with each other. These people should have been breaking their fast at home.
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Sunset on the road…
The Arabic speakers on the bus are sharing small biscuits with each other. These people should have been breaking their fast at home.
@moof whelp, guess you’re staying in Lleida tonight.
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Sunset on the road…
The Arabic speakers on the bus are sharing small biscuits with each other. These people should have been breaking their fast at home.
Unfortunately there was not a train waiting for us at Borges. On the upside, this replacement bus is now taking us all the way to Lleida…
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Unfortunately there was not a train waiting for us at Borges. On the upside, this replacement bus is now taking us all the way to Lleida…
And we made it to Lleida finally! We arrived at 19:42, a mere 4 hours and 33 minutes after our timetabled arrival. We did miss our AVE, and we were told to buy new tickets, and then submit a compensation claim for the old tickets.
Thankfully, last minute tickets were a mere 14.60€ a head, so we’re not too out of pocket.
In the meantime, we are taking a well deserved refreshment
Cw: alcoholic drinks
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And we made it to Lleida finally! We arrived at 19:42, a mere 4 hours and 33 minutes after our timetabled arrival. We did miss our AVE, and we were told to buy new tickets, and then submit a compensation claim for the old tickets.
Thankfully, last minute tickets were a mere 14.60€ a head, so we’re not too out of pocket.
In the meantime, we are taking a well deserved refreshment
Cw: alcoholic drinks
@moof passing through in about half an hour. Should I be prepared to wave?
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And we made it to Lleida finally! We arrived at 19:42, a mere 4 hours and 33 minutes after our timetabled arrival. We did miss our AVE, and we were told to buy new tickets, and then submit a compensation claim for the old tickets.
Thankfully, last minute tickets were a mere 14.60€ a head, so we’re not too out of pocket.
In the meantime, we are taking a well deserved refreshment
Cw: alcoholic drinks
We are now aboard a Renfe S103 Velaro-E zooming along back to Barcelona at 270km/h. Our conductor has assured me we will hit 300km/h.
We are having beers. In a cafe car.
We are about to spend an hour and a quarter travelling the distance that should have taken 3 hours 24 minutes and in fact took almost 8.
@Darkskynet is suitably impressed.
Cheers!
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We are now aboard a Renfe S103 Velaro-E zooming along back to Barcelona at 270km/h. Our conductor has assured me we will hit 300km/h.
We are having beers. In a cafe car.
We are about to spend an hour and a quarter travelling the distance that should have taken 3 hours 24 minutes and in fact took almost 8.
@Darkskynet is suitably impressed.
Cheers!
@Darkskynet “Wait, that was a whole train that just passed by us in the other direction?! That quickly?”
“No, it’s only a half-train”
He’s also quite amazed by how long trains can get….
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@moof passing through in about half an hour. Should I be prepared to wave?
@tops I think we’re one train ahead of you
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@Darkskynet “Wait, that was a whole train that just passed by us in the other direction?! That quickly?”
“No, it’s only a half-train”
He’s also quite amazed by how long trains can get….
@moof @Darkskynet Seeing another high-speed train passing in the other direction is always impressive. “Foomp-foomp-foomp-gone”.
Differently impressive are stations with the high-speed tracks running through the middle, and stopping tracks with platforms off to the side. I had that experience in Japan a while ago: the non-stopping train was gone before I realised what was happening. I think DB has stations like that on the Frankfurt-Cologne line.
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@tops I think we’re one train ahead of you
@moof agreed. ENYOY.
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@moof @Darkskynet Seeing another high-speed train passing in the other direction is always impressive. “Foomp-foomp-foomp-gone”.
Differently impressive are stations with the high-speed tracks running through the middle, and stopping tracks with platforms off to the side. I had that experience in Japan a while ago: the non-stopping train was gone before I realised what was happening. I think DB has stations like that on the Frankfurt-Cologne line.
@hmwilker @Darkskynet You should make a point of changing train at Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud. There is a footbridge over the high speed line, and TGVs go through it at full speed every 5-15 mins or so
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We are now aboard a Renfe S103 Velaro-E zooming along back to Barcelona at 270km/h. Our conductor has assured me we will hit 300km/h.
We are having beers. In a cafe car.
We are about to spend an hour and a quarter travelling the distance that should have taken 3 hours 24 minutes and in fact took almost 8.
@Darkskynet is suitably impressed.
Cheers!
@moof @Darkskynet next time, send him through the Eurostar, maybe? (Or at least do the YJB-XOC)
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@moof @Darkskynet next time, send him through the Eurostar, maybe? (Or at least do the YJB-XOC)
@javicuna @Darkskynet We are doing Lleida Pirineus to Barcelona-Sants. This is currently the highest speed section of the train network in Spain
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@hmwilker @Darkskynet You should make a point of changing train at Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud. There is a footbridge over the high speed line, and TGVs go through it at full speed every 5-15 mins or so
@moof @Darkskynet *notiergeräusch*, as we say on German social media. Thanks for the tip.
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@javicuna @Darkskynet We are doing Lleida Pirineus to Barcelona-Sants. This is currently the highest speed section of the train network in Spain
@moof @Darkskynet Considering that most of it seems to be either closed or down for repairs…
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@moof @Darkskynet *notiergeräusch*, as we say on German social media. Thanks for the tip.
@hmwilker is this like "the sound of writing down"?
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@hmwilker is this like "the sound of writing down"?
@bovine3dom Yes. „Notetakingsound“ would be another literal translation.
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@bovine3dom Yes. „Notetakingsound“ would be another literal translation.
@hmwilker that's brilliant. thank you
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@javicuna @Darkskynet We are doing Lleida Pirineus to Barcelona-Sants. This is currently the highest speed section of the train network in Spain
@moof @javicuna @Darkskynet I used to take that train five days a week! My head breaks just thinking about it now.
