Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 14 - 3 Apr - Ravières - Paris - Saarbrücken - Saarlouis - Bouzonville - Saarbrücken
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@jon speaking of which, I don't understand why Interrail app allows adding trips to expired passes. What purpose does it have? Why overcomplicate the UI? I don't get it.
@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.
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Across Paris next #CrossBorderRail
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@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.
@interrailinfosvenska @jon but what purpose does it serve? It clearly shows they’re expired, they’re not useful, why show them at all?
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@andrew_shadura I think they think you might use it even for days Interrail isn’t valid?
@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.
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@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...
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@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 @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
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@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.
@andrew_shadura I know. But they think that. Really. I told them at HQ no one in their right mind would do that, but
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goes the bike tire - nail straight through it #CrossBorderRailAnd 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
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goes the bike tire - nail straight through it #CrossBorderRail@jon Ouch
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@bebraw.bsky.social I have a repair kit. But will only try once I’m at Saarlouis.
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@jon Ouch
You got what’s needed to fix it ?@Sobex Yes! I have a repair kit.
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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
@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)
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And what to do about Saarland - Lorraine - Luxembourg #CrossBorderRail will be the topic of my newsletter this week, going out at 14:00 today
Previous newsletters: https://jonworth.eu/tag/newsletter/
@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.
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@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.
@moof the Saarbrücken-Luxembourg bus works. Still a bus though.
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Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 14 - 3 Apr - Ravières - Paris - Saarbrücken - Saarlouis - Bouzonville - Saarbrücken
New borders:
NoneBorders already crossed:
Saarbrücken
- Forbach 
Niedaltdorf - Bouzonville Once a year – on Good Friday – there are special passenger trains on the otherwise freight only Dillingen – Niedatdorf – Bouzonville line, and I am determined, finally, I am going to take one!
Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#9/48.498408/4.674683
@jon oh. You will be in Saarbrücken today? Us too! Safe travels!
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@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 @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.
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@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.
@moof, sure that’s a valid use case. What I actually want, I guess, is a button to "close" or "archive" a trip. I know I went to FOSDEM in February 2025, and I don’t want that to be offered each time I travel with Interrail, but I don’t want to delete it as I like to keep archive data.
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@bebraw.bsky.social ah true. I have a spare tube too. I’d forgotten
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@jon oh. You will be in Saarbrücken today? Us too! Safe travels!
@root42 going to Bouzonville too?
