Capacity Coordinator Planning International Passenger Trains
@Infrabel_nl
- Night Train Enthusiast - he/him - Views are of course my own 🇧🇪 🇪🇺 - NL/FR/EN/DE
@eliasvandeun
Bonjour,
Ce trajet est affiché dans la catégorie "Bus et covoiturage" car il s'agit d'un voyage via le transporteur FLIXBUS qui est bien une compagnie de Bus.
Bonne journée.
Today, the Orient Express made a visit to Belgium.
Due to railway strikes in France, the train was diverted through Germany towards Brussels instead of Paris.
From the timetable change in December, an additional fast service will run between Belgium and the Netherlands.
And I was on board today on a commercial test run
Special delivery today in Bruxelles-Midi!
The Christmas tree for the European Parliament arrives by
@unsereOEBB
NightJet.
It's tradition that 🇦🇹 gifts the tree to the Parliament, and from this year on it's done sustainably by train.
Bonjour
@SNCFVoyageurs
, votre personel en gare de Nice Ville refuse actuellement de prévoir de l'hébergement cette nuit pour les voyageurs du Intércités de Nuit 5772 suprimmé ce soir et qui doivent prendre un TGV demain. C'est inacceptable.
Finally had the chance to test out this thing: the new Dutch Intercity ICNG (Intercity Nieuwe Generatie). I took it between Rotterdam and Amsterdam today, and was quite happy with it
Some of the most hard-to-get Interrail reservations are now available online: reservations for Renfe AVE, Euromed & Alvia are finally bookable via the IR reservation service!
A night train from Oostende 🇧🇪 to Warsaw 🇵🇱 by the end of 2022?
@EuropeanSlpr
has notified the Belgian Railway Regulator of a new Oostende-Warsaw night train. The train will be part of the earlier announced train to Prague and will be split in Berlin.
29th of June 2024 marks the final day for the Breaks on the S43 train to Maastricht.
From tomorrow on, this train will become the long awaited Drielandentrein to Aachen via Maastricht, a cooperation between Arriva, NS and NMBS.
Time to say goodbye! 👋
#bahnzeit
in Milano Centrale
The InterCity Notte train to Siracusa is ready for departure!
I've been wanting to take this train for a long time, and now I'm finally able to do it!
#trainsandboats
Op 15 juni worden de huidige ICE3-treinstellen die tussen Amsterdam en Frankfurt rijden vervangen door de gloednieuwe ICE3Neo. Voor collega's van NS International was er vandaag al gelegenheid om de nieuwe trein te bezichtigen.
To give those on board a real passenger experience, the Connecting Europe Express has now become a bus replacement service 😉
#ConnectingEurope
#euyearofrail
MÁV-START has started selling online discounted "Start Europa" tickets from Hungary to a lot more European destinations, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxemburg.
E.g. Brussels - Budapest for €57. Seat reservations are €1/train.
Hello and good evening from Gare du Nord 🇫🇷, where I've just arrived from Brussels 🇧🇪.
Paris is not my destination though, I will go as far as Salerno 🇮🇹, close to Naples 🇮🇹, on this trip!
Some information about the new
@EuropeanSlpr
/
@RegioJet
Night Train from their application to the Czech Transport Infrastructure Access Authority:
- Stops in Schiphol, Bxl (Centraal!), Ghent, Bruges...
- Timing of course subject to available train paths
Timetable year 2024 started some weeks ago, so it's time to start preparing for 2025
This week, railway undertakings and infrastructure managers are getting together to discuss the plans for 2025 in Ljubljana, so that's where I'm heading today!
Final rail trip of 2023. Today I'm taking the new direct suburban service from Liège to Aachen.
Since the timetable change this service originates in Liège and is run with a class 18 locomotive and i11 carriages, instead of the wonderful but outdated classiques.
@seatsixtyone
NMBS has confirmed the Brussels-Mons-Paris from December on this week:
The publication of the timetable (created by yours truly) should follow in the coming weeks
@seatsixtyone
@SNCFConnect
But in this case, the regulations do say that passengers should be rerouted free of charge, force majeure is not applicable for that part of the regulation. SNCF is simply misinforming customers
Interrail reservations for the French night trains (Intercités de nuit) are now available directly as e-ticket via the Interrail reservation service.
Previously AFAIK you had to go to a French ticket desk or ticket machine in 🇫🇷 to be able to make the reservation...
"A TGV and an e320 do not fit together on any platform in Bruxelles-Midi. Stop blocking the whole grid of the Brussels North-South corridor!!!," is all I can think when seeing this render.
Old meets new in Saint-Ghislain.
Diverted due to construction works on high speed line 1, Eurostar 9352 on its way to Paris crosses locomotive 1805 formerly used on the TEE Brussels-Paris
DB (Super) Sparpreis tickets from/to 🇮🇹 Tirano are now also available as e-ticket
Previously they were only available as paper tickets due to an error in the DB sales system, especially anoying if you weren't in Germany.
Also, 🇮🇹 Tirano - 🇩🇪 Köln for €29, anyone?
In February, when non-essential travel was still the best kind of travel, I took the train from Leuven, Belgium to Lviv, Ukraine. Dream with me of better times and join me!
The central station in Amsterdam is a majestic building at strategic location in the heart of the city and at the waterfront.
A great place to arrive or depart by night train. Our train to Berlin departs from Amsterdam Centraal every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 22:34.
00:51, last departure of the day in Leuven.
The train is well filled, late night transportation by train is clearly appreciated (and could be even later).
This IC01-service will continue to Liège via classic line 36, as high speed line 2 is already closed.
The NMBS-SNCF Brussels-Paris via Mons EuroCity trains during the Olympic and Paralympic games are now for sale.
Prices from €34 in 2nd class during the Olympic games, €25 during the Paralympic games
Yesterday was the final day for the old Belgian classique EMU's to Aachen.
From today on, the local train to Belgium is run with a class 18 locomotive and i11 coaches. The train now offers a direct connection to Liège instead of Spa.
Due to construction works around Ekeren, passenger trains between Roosendaal and Antwerp were deviated via the port of Antwerp, a route otherwise not used by passenger trains
Service-tweet: next month I will join Belgian railway infrastructure manager
@Infrabel_NL
as Coordinator Annual Planning International Trains.
Looking forward to contribute to improving cross-border and international railway connections from and to Belgium 🇧🇪!
Good news for 🇧🇪 Belgium - 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
#crossborderrail
! From the new timetable on, all local trains between 🇱🇺 Luxemburg & 🇱🇺 Kleinbettingen will be prolonged on weekdays to 🇧🇪Arlon.
This will make for a 30 minute Takt throughout the day, not only during peak hours.
New possible RegioJet connections from December 2022, including night trains Warsaw/Praha-Brennero, Berlin-Ljubljana, & Munich-Wien-Budapest-Bucharest
I'm curious where they will get all the rolling stock from (if they will operate everything they requested)!
Interesting applications for new
@RegioJet
open access routes:
Berlin - Praha - Graz - Ljubljana;
Praha - Berlin; Praha - Brennero; Praha - Gdynia; Praha - München; Warszawa - Brennero; Wien - Warszawa.
First step is to get green light from regulators
🇧🇪🤝🇩🇪 Something new in timetable year 2025: ICE 318 and 319 will run daily between the 12th of April and the 2nd of November, providing a later option in both directions. Until now, this train only runs on Sundays. They will also run from/to Frankfurt instead of Köln.
Going back from Shiraz to Tehran can be done by flying, but why would you do that if you can take the excellent Polour Sabz sleeper train? Of course tea is served at departure, we are still in Iran! I was also offered some delicious sweets by one of my room mates.
@seatsixtyone
Vandaag voor de allerlaatste keer als crisisvrijwilliger
@RodeKruisVL
in woonzorgcentrum gewerkt. Hopelijk heb ik zo de voorbije weken toch een heel klein beetje een verschil kunnen maken.