Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 14 - 3 Apr - Ravières - Paris - Saarbrücken - Saarlouis - Bouzonville - Saarbrücken

[jon@gruene.social]

@stefanlindbohm @partim weirdly it only just happened as a problem. 2 weeks ago on 26.3.x it showed ok.

[vosje62@mastodon.nl]

@jon I hope they come with a fix soon ...

[stefanlindbohm@mastodon.social]

@jon Maybe they’re trying to fix some of the issues with the glass still and breaking stuff in the process? I have seen they’re slowly walking back on some of the craziest design decisions (usability-wise) in the patches since 26.0

@partim

[interrailinfosvenska@mastodonsweden.se]

@andrew_shadura @jon It's possible to add journeys to any trip, regardless if they are connected to a pass or not. It's more consistent to be able to add to any trip than if past trips would disappear from view

As Jon suggests, a mix of Interrail and separate tickets in the same map view.

Not sure how it currently looks, but last year the map view didn't show past journeys if you had added future ones. I had a separate trip to show map view of trains so far.

[jon@gruene.social]

Across Paris next #CrossBorderRail

[andrew_shadura@mastodon.social]

@interrailinfosvenska @jon but what purpose does it serve? It clearly shows they’re expired, they’re not useful, why show them at all?

[andrew_shadura@mastodon.social]

@jon wow, that’s quite a stretch of an assumption. Honestly, I’d rather not even use it for Interrail if I could. It’s such a terrible app.

[patrick@mendeddrum.org]

@jon @partim @samy It really is a hassle when your workflow doesn' t work anymore yes. Just saying that afaik I've never used a save button when on the way (adding a pass, maybe, but never after that, always via adding a trip and activating it with the button next to it). I'll check once I have an active pass again...

[interrailinfosvenska@mastodonsweden.se]

@andrew_shadura @jon It's consistent at least. Besides, if the introduce conditions for where a journey can be added I'm sure theyl'll break something important. Bu use the feedback form in railplanner or some other way to express your wishes to interrail

[jon@gruene.social]

@andrew_shadura I know. But they think that. Really. I told them at HQ no one in their right mind would do that, but ‍️

[jon@gruene.social]

And pop goes the bike tire - nail straight through it #CrossBorderRail

[jon@gruene.social]

And then get to Gare de l’Est and train departure is delayed. But rather than explain that or apologise for that, they’re busy making announcements about lost luggage. Priorities, eh! #CrossBorderRail

[sobex@social.sciences.re]

@jon Ouch
You got what’s needed to fix it ?

[jon@gruene.social]

@bebraw.bsky.social I have a repair kit. But will only try once I’m at Saarlouis.

[jon@gruene.social]

@Sobex Yes! I have a repair kit.

[wmd@chaos.social]

@jon those luggage messages always remind me of this somewhat on topic french film: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aux_yeux_de_tous_(film%2C_2012)

[moof@cupoftea.social]

@jon This is gonna be an interesting read, as I am actually looking at potentially taking that crossing either from Luxembourg or Saarbrücken the week after next.

[jon@gruene.social]

@moof the Saarbrücken-Luxembourg bus works. Still a bus though.

[root42@chaos.social]

@jon oh. You will be in Saarbrücken today? Us too! Safe travels!

[moof@cupoftea.social]

@jon @andrew_shadura The stats page on journeys does read those trips, and people may put them in after the end of the trip, in order to have complete stats. People like those stats pages and don’t know about alternatives like @viaduct_world or https://trainlog.me which really rely on word of mouth, and there is a whole host of people who defend @traewelling and https://travelynx.de to the death, despite being difficult to use when not in real time.

I’ve had first time interrailers assume that the app is the only and best way to keep track of everything or even find train trips - and in some cases they aren’t even wrong, as a lot of the periphery isn’t covered by popular apps.

I’m not saying the Interrail app is good, but is it adequate for the job for an inexperienced traveller? Absolutely.