Jon Worth
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the #CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car.
Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle.
Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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2d ago
Right then, how to - rather onerously! - get the loading gauge information
Thanks @bovine3dom@masto.ai & others
1) Use this map
https://data-interop.era.europa.eu/map-explorer
This shows the lines to the north of Roma 🇮🇹
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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2d ago
Are SNCF's TGVs too big for Italian tunnels?
The answer: check a map
But the problem: I do not know of a public loading gauge map for all Italian lines
Can anyone point me to one?
Grazie mille! Merci beaucoup!
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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3d ago
Ooops
SNCF Alstom built TGV-M entry into service delayed *again* (1st July will not happen)
And I just put 1st July in this week's newsletter! 😳
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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3d ago
This is *far from* the end of this.
I can't tell you how I know, but I'd still think it more likely than not that there'll be the Italian Riviera night train to Marseille this summer...
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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3d ago
Creative Commons images of SNCF's forthcoming TGV-M / Avelia Horizon are rather rare still, so I have done my bit
The best pics from when I happened to see one on test, now on Flickr, high resolution, and all CC BY-SA 4.0
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonworth-eu/albums/72177720332496715
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 27, 2026
Also "bundle up multiple train tickets and still guarantee passenger rights" is GOOD ENOUGH for everyone
It is SIMPLE ENOUGH for an occasional passenger who wants a simple booking procedure, and is sure they will not be left out of pocket
Is FLEXIBLE ENOUGH for regular passengers, who might have monthly passes or reduction cards too
Is EASY ENOUGH for rail companies, in that they only need to sort occasional compensation claims, and not integrate their whole IT systems
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 27, 2026
I am tired of problem EXPLAINERS in railways
Can we please find more PROBLEM SOLVERS?
And sure, I fall into the trap of seeing problems everywhere as well sometimes, but Hamont 🇧🇪 - Weert 🇳🇱 is one of the easiest cross border railway problems to solve
You need:
⚡️ 7km of track
🏗️ a platform in Weert
🌱 some environmental mitigation measures
THIS IS NOT HARD
The line features in this week's newsletter https://jonworth.eu/positive-talk-about-the-future-of-rail-between-netherlands-and-belgium/
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 20, 2026
Damn this exceptionalism in France
“"C'est unique au monde, nous sommes les seuls à pouvoir le faire": comment la SNCF prolonge la vie de ses TGV afin de répondre au besoin croissant de trains”
Errr EVERY railway does this to some extent!
https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/entreprises/industries/c-est-unique-au-monde-nous-sommes-les-seuls-a-pouvoir-le-faire-comment-la-sncf-prolonge-la-vie-de-ses-tgv-afin-de-repondre-au-besoin-croissant-de-trains_AV-202602200066.html
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 20, 2026
Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 05 - 20 Feb - Genève - Coppet - Divonne - Crassier - Nyon - Paris
New borders:
Crassier-La Rippe 🇨🇭 - Divonne-les-Bains 🇫🇷
Borders already crossed:
Russin 🇨🇭 - Pougny-Chancy 🇫🇷
A former cross border railway line at Divonne les Bains – and oddly it looks to be more intact in France than in Switzerland. I wonder if there is any way to re-activate it? Then back to Paris on a Lyria.
Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#8/47.489406/4.305239
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 19, 2026
RE: @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social
This was a good conversation with @europeanspodcast@mastodon.social - do have a listen!
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 14, 2026
SNCF sent me some marketing about Zoo Park de Beauval
Oh a zoo you can get to by train, I idly thought…
Ah no
https://www.zoobeauval.com/preparez-votre-visite/acces
Taxi FTW! But you do get €2 off your entry
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 13, 2026
I had a rather amusing "success" in my rail work this week
I was perplexed why 10 pages seemed to be missing from an annex of a 2017 European Commission report (the annex is >300 pages)
I contacted two of the authors - who I know
Turns out...
... these pages have been missing, right since 2017
... and 🥁
I am the first person ever to notice! 😆
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jon Worth
@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 09, 2026
Yeah
A loop railway line connecting British and Irish cities
🐂💩
And to think Chris Williamson is apparently serious, normally
https://jonworth.eu/loop-line-to-connnect-british-and-irish-cities/
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 07, 2026
In the vein of @OlivierRazemon@piaille.fr 's recent post about SNCF announcements, on this TER we HAVE been told
- to not inadvertently press emergency buttons in the toliets
- that smoking in toilets will lead to an immediate stop of the train
- to not open doors when the train is stopped outside stations (you can't anyway)
- keep luggage off seats as the train is full (about 20% of the seats are occupied)
What we HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD
- that we are 30 minutes late (my estimate)
- the reason for that delay
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Feb 05, 2026
When @tops@im-in.space was travelling in Serbia he thought the Subotica - Novi Sad - Beograd line was quite bumpy
There might be reasons!
This is 🤯
https://www.lok-report.de/news/europa/item/64916-serbien-erste-berichte-lassen-qualitative-maengel-an-der-durchfuehrung-der-bauarbeiten-zur-hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke-erkennen.html
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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@jon@gruene.social
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jan 28, 2026
It’s fixed!
Three Dell U2715H monitors cannibalised into one
I’ll explain tomorrow how I did it. And there were two issues, not just one
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@jon@gruene.social Just as an aside, I had a set of JBL Creatures and the sound quality was piss-poor. You'd do much better with a budget hi-fi amp and old-school speakers. Cheaper, too, from most cha
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Jan 23, 2026
@cstross@wandering.shop Then you somehow got a bad set, because the sound from these speakers is just fine, and I have owned them for years.
I have two impeccable quality hifi systems in the house as well, but not where my desk is.
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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@cstross@wandering.shop @jbenjamint@mastodon.scot maybe it’s me, but I think with a compass, not names. I’ll never remember if Queen is before or after Dundas!
I’m in Paris now, I can never remember if Melun is before or after Malesherbes on the RER
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@jon@gruene.social But please for the love of Cthulhu don't number platforms like Edinburgh! (The station building is in the middle of the station, and the platform numbering is counted *clockwise* bu
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the # CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without a car. Normally found stuck on a train or stuck in a village in Bourgogne, or escaping either on a folding bicycle. Toots mostly in EN, einige auf DE, parfois en FR.
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@cstross@wandering.shop I’m surprised Czechia hasn’t done that. It has lots of middle building stations 😃
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