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A blog about trains, cycling, and taking bicycles on trains. More on cycling-on-rails.com. Might boost & follow #CyclingOnRails #BikeOnTrain […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@cycling_on_rails, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/10/2026
‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave. “Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way.” If you want people to choose not to drive, make the non-driving trip better & easier for them. It’s as simple as that, really.
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‘It’s the best feeling’: how Copenhagen gave cyclists a green wave
Traffic lights are synchronised so a rush-hour cyclist at 20km/h can catch green lights all the way
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Tor Lillqvist @tml.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Which German regional local transport organisations have sane apps: * No registration * Just Apple Pay is enough I don't remember how much boring info I had to enter for the BVG app back in the days, but at least Apple Pay works fine in that. The DING app (for the region where Ulm is): Bla […]
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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Inspired by this morning's toot about gauges from @jon here's a picture of some dual gauge track. Do any of the fedi train nerds want to guess the gauges ?
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Jaap Burger @burger-jaap.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
This is a massive weakening of the 2030 and 2035 targets at a time when it should be crystal clear to anyone that the future is electric. France and Germany will need to find enough Member States for the weakening, in Parliament they’ll find the EPP, ECR etc. on their side in their quest to […]
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Partage ta rue 94 @partagetarue-94.masto.bike.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Les gens commencent à se rassembler #pourpaul
Plein de gens certains bec chasubles bleus ou fluo se rassemblent sur le parvis de l’Eglise de la Madeleine sous un ciel bleu
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Trying the #CdNight tonight 🚂✨ This train between Zurich and Prague is only 2 sleeping cars + 2 seating cars, no couchette option. Very pleasant interior & amenities, and no loud noise like in the Nightjet (see previous thread […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Front of the night train with a CD sleeping car behind an SBB locomotive.Corridor with triple bed compartment.Sink and mirror with towels inside the embedded cabinet.Pillow area with reading light, water bottles and breakfast information.
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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
These visualisations of a day of trains in various countries have been going for a while, but I just saw one of Switzerland pop up on my feed. And it got me thinking, since Switzerland has a Taktfahrplan… why not beatmatch the music to the Takt? Please […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈 @moof.space · 12/10/2026
#TrainTourism
The rear of the RhB Regional Express with snow-capped mountains in the Bernina pass
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Martijn :europe: @martijnk.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
So #FediTrainBrain, anywhere I can find the exact height of luggage racks in trains? Because this was a really tight fit… (Lower lever first class on an M6, IC3438) #TrainTravel #BicyclesOnTrains #CyclingOnRails #BikeOnTrain
My folded SUGG bicycle on the luggage rack of a train
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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
*** New blog post *** Join me for a spin along Argentinierstraße, Vienna's Dutch inspired cycle street. therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/202…
A red surfaced road with a massive white cycle logo on it. There are people cycling towards us and planting both sides.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Results show that approximately 414 million metric tons of carbon emission could be reduced if everyone in the world cycled 1.6km every day like the Danes…This climate benefit could be increased to 686 million metric tons if the Dutch cycling pattern was followed with daily cycling of 2.6km.”
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Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use - Communications Earth & Environment
High bicycle ownership does not necessarily correlate with high bicycle use, with substantial health and environmental gains possible by worldwide pro-bicycle policy implementation, suggests a global ...
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Julianoë @julianoe.mastodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Très intéressant : la ville de Genève, soutenue par plusieurs communes genevoises, va déposer un recours exigeant l'arrêt immédiat des travaux pour l'A412 entre Thonon-Les-Bains et Machilly voulue par la France Un chantier très similaire à celui de l'A69 mais encore plus absurde : le Léman […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Hello @opentransport 👋 #OpenTransport2026
SBB headquarters with a big clock between office buildings surrounding a concrete square with a few trees, all under a rainy sky. The clock says 8:44:21.
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Curieux choix. Même le maire LR du 8è est contre. 🤔 Espérons en tous cas que la ville aura bien son mot à dire en termes d'infrastructures vélos! @parisenselle @altis
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Rivoluzione mobilità urbana🚲 @rivoluzioneurbanamobilita.poliversity.it.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
# Da una settimana a Torino c'è una lunga fila di persone che protegge una pista ciclabile www.ilpost.it/2026/09/30/torino-cic… La morte di Nicolò ha scosso gli animi. Era un bambino di sette anni, e _voleva solo andare a scuola_ A differenza di altre […]
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Oliver Blanthorn @bovine3dom.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Just updated On Voie Tous to add platform predictions to the old (and best) RFI departure boards for Italy. Existing users will have to accept new permissions to run on RFI (and Adif, which is currently down) over the next few days to update […] [Original post on masto.ai]
A screenshot of an RFI departure board open in two windows: on the left, platform predictions are shown in the platform column. On the right, most platforms are missing
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
If you don't want these kind of pricing practices to come to railways in Europe, it's time to join the @erpu. Not that I've seen any instance of this (nor proposal) for European trains, but better be prepared!
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Suzanne Veerman @smveerman.zug.network.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
The end of Corail on Strasbourg - Basel is coming. Région Grand Est is investing 600 million euros in new trains capable for 200 km/h to be in service in 2034 […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Another #CrossBorderRail challenge, let's say you have a family event in Prague on a Saturday evening, and have to be at work in Nice on Monday morning. Is it possible by train? @erpu It's certainly a privileged scenario to begin with, sadly not uncommon for […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Prague-Nice on Google Flights with a 19:10 -> 21:00 direct flight for 102€ on Sunday 18th. And a big greenwashing label that you spare 3105 daily trees by choosing this flight (obviously the baseline is skewed).Prague-Nice on Flixbus:
Prague 14:15 - Munich 19:05
Munich 20:15 - Nice 08:05
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Exactly as @jon predicted: jonworth.eu/your-deutsche-bahn-joke… Big delays also affect SNCF, but because it's on an intercity line that has so few trains in the first place, the news doesn't spread beyond the bubble of regular passengers and the local journal of […]
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Suzanne Veerman @smveerman.zug.network.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
It works! 22 years after final approval, tram 19 is in use for the general public on the TU Delft (mo-fr 7:00-19:00 every 15 minutes) 🎉
Two trams carrying passengers on the early morning on the TU Delft campus.
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
RE: sigmoid.social/@csantosb/1173653697… @nassigny Du coup le casque est obligatoire seulement hors agglomération ou partout? Le graphique n'est pas clair... Dans tous les cas un grand recul. Et en principe ce n'est même pas un gouvernement de droite en Espagne...
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210561 ✨ [Q] @q.glauca.space.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
both the DB and the SNCF refuse to sell me a ticket for Luxembourg to Basel (an entirely TER route). normally I’d do this with a SaarLorLux ticket but they’re only valid on weekends; how do I ticket this???
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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈 @moof.space · 01/10/2026
Similarly, all the signs in the trains say “Barna Sants”. If you’re not a native of Spain, you probably don’t know that Barna means Barcelona. Having had an experience recently in Barcelona where someone in Passeig de Gràcia station didn’t realise they were in Barcelona… the full name is […]
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Moof! 🏳️‍🌈 @moof.space · 01/10/2026
I, and it seems most of the people on this train, have just received a WhatsApp, letting us know that the train is running 20 minutes late. Yes, WhatsApp. I really wish companies has not decided to use a Meta app as essential communications infrastructure […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]
Translated:
Information from IRYO about your train.

Train 06012 BCN-ATC on 2026-10-01 at 09:12h

IRYO INFO: train 06012 has a delay of 20 minutes due to an incident in ADIF’s infrastructure. We apologise for the inconvenience.

You can look up, modify, or cancel your ticket by pressing  “look up ticket” and you can look up timetables or find out more information in “Information”
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210561 ✨ [Q] @q.glauca.space.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
For the fedi public transport nerds: get paid to work on NeTEx www.cencenelec.eu/news-events/news/…
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Call for Experts: Help Shape Europe's Future Standard for Transport Data Exchange
The European Commission, through the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), is seeking experts to contribute to the development of the future harmonized EN 16614 Network Timetable Exchange (NeTEx) standard. This strategic initiative will support the implementation of key EU legislation on multimodal travel information and rail data interoperability, helping to build a more connected and digital European transport system.
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Oliver Blanthorn @bovine3dom.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
RE: masto.ai/@bovine3dom/11736073878133… i have only had a mastodon account for three years so i don't know how it works. but i think you usually can't see replies deep in threads on your main feed? anyway i made a userscript github.com/bovine3dom/railfinder_ha… for the […]
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Marc Robinson-Rechavi @marcrr.ecoevo.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I like it better when my mountains are not top international news 😢
Front page of The Guardian app, with an image of a glacier landscape with melting ice, highlighting a large crevice with deep blue water visible. The news headline is 
‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@cycling_on_rails/1… @HaTetsu @bovine3dom Looks like I talked badly about PKP's API endpoint. I got an API key for the standard plan (5000 queries/day) activated in less than a day without putting much rationale in the form. So I may have something […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
RE: gruene.social/@jon/1173589901843897… Yep, sounds like the ultimate strawman to avoid competition. If you have too many API calls, that's possibly because you return too little data per request, so building something useful requires many inefficient calls. The solution to that is […]
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Oliver Blanthorn @bovine3dom.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
i love it when companies rate limit access to their data. why would anyone want all the data. just a small view of it is fine. luckily the company in question runs a balkans-inspired level of rail service to most stations, so i can be more strategic about which stations to ask for at which […]
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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
I’m going through exactly what is proposed to change in the Passenger Package and wanted a way to easier see things word by word, so I did what any programmer would do and put it in source control to view it as a code diff 🤷🏻‍♂️ If you’re used to reading code diffs and are interested in […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: eupolicy.social/@erpu/1173434526184… My new "favorite" challenge: trying to buy a Prague-Munich ticket on the direct EuroCity. 👉 With SBB: 106€ 👉 With DB: 55€ 👉 With CD: 24€ Details below 👇
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
RE: social.tchncs.de/@partim/1173414768… Since we're talking about weird pricing quirks from Deutsche Bahn, did you know that you can get a Super-Sparpreis Europa fare for: - Paris-Berlin - Zurich-Berlin - Berlin-Warsaw - Zurich-Warsaw (via Berlin) ...but not Paris-Warsaw (via […]
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🔏 Matthias Wiesmann @thias.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
RE: flipboard.com/@france3regions/franc… Ce projet, c'est que c'est un échec programmé: • C'est une autoroute pour diminuer la congestion dans une zone péri-urbaine, le truc qui ne marche jamais. • […]
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Maartje @maartje.dev · 27/09/2026
Waaaaait Westbahn now accepts 1st class Interrail in 1st class??
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
I didn't realize today's TGV Lyria was gonna be routed via LGV Est. That explains why it takes 30 minutes longer than usual. We took about 30 minutes to join LGV Est via LGV Interconnection. A bit odd to start in Gare de Lyon but I guess it'd be weirder to switch Paris terminals and would […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Just had a look at the cancellation policy from #NoxMobility and it seems like the most sensible one I've seen on trains. Rather than a hard no-cancellation policy (which can lead to no-shows on a full train, preventing other passengers to travel), the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Screenshot of the NOX mobility rebooking and cancellation policy. The fees are:
- up to 30 days: 10%
- 30 to 7 days: 25%
- 7 to 1 days: 50%
- 24h to 3h: 75%
- 3h before departure: no cancellation possible.
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
RE: eupolicy.social/@backontrack/117331… New tool just opened for crowdsourced night train proposals across Europe: targetnetwork.back-on-track.eu #NightTrain #BackOnTrack #CrossBorderRail
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∫∀⊂∅ @laslab.waag.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
How to keep your kids entertained on a long distance train. Very luxurious train for Norwegian railways. #innotrans #trains
Clourful indoor children’s playground with green stairs, bleu floor and wall, and red slideChildren playhouse inside a passenger train.
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@lemonde/1173259637… Jancovici disait déjà il y a 10 ans (et plus) qu'une fois la baisse de production de pétrole enclenchée, les pays producteurs réduiront drastiquement leurs exportations pour préserver leur consommation interne. Nous y voilà! Pendant ce […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
RE: mastodonapp.uk/@CLondoner92/1173167… 8 bicycles spots for 403 seats in the new intercity trains in Italy. That's a 2% ratio, not great, not terrible. In my experience, we should aim for at least 5% (20 bicycle spots) on long-distance trains and 10% on regional trains […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
Sometimes looking at the new photos on VagonWeb gives hope: an old railcar with seats on the left and something like 16 bike spots on the right www.vagonweb.cz/fotogalerie/H/MAV/B… (I know it's not step-free and vertical hooks aren't great for accessibility, but the […]
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Partage ta rue 94 @partagetarue-94.masto.bike.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Sur la maladie des feux tricolores à Paris, @altis est particulièrement éclairant #velotaf #amenagement
Un graphique comparant le nombre de feux subis par les gens à vélo dans 5 grandes villes, 4 des Pays-Bas (12 feux max) et Paris: 32 feux! Et on regarde pas les temps de rouge...
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Vlado Vince @mejs.mastodon.vladovince.com.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Srbijavoz and Željeznice Republike Srpske announced the first new "international" rail connection to Bosnia and Herzegovina in years - Belgrade to Zvornik Novi. My take: this is not only a purely propaganda move ahead of Serbian and BiH elections, it also makes little sense for passengers […]
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Cycling on Rails @cycling-on-rails.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
I won't make it to #InnoTrans this year, but randomly spotted this bad boi last night. Will it enter service this year? #Alstom #TgvM
A TGV-M in inOui livery out of the Alstom warehouse in La Rochelle behind the facility's fence at dusk.
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Robert Kingett @weirdwriter.caneandable.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026
Even though I have my PassKeys portable, and even though I don’t have them locked to one device, this is why I honestly removed some PassKeys for accounts and just increased my password complexity . I don't like passkeys | Ethan Hawksley hawksley.dev/blog/i-dont-like-passk… #InfoSec […]
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Bob Downie @geomannie.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
A timely safety reminder from Natalie Horberg 🤔 #roadsafety #drivinglaw
Cartoon of two women in car front seats. In front of them is a modern touch screen typical of modern cars. Caption is of the passenger saying to the driver "Remember it's illegal to use your phone while driving. Instead use the giant iPad built into the car".
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PolGM @polgm.masto.bike.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
🫵 Besoin de vous 🫵 Vous vous rappelez de l'offensive pro-bagnole, anti-mode doux du nouveau maire d'Avignon ? Nous avons fondé une association pour contester en justice les pires aménagements. Et pour être crédible, on a besoin d'adhérents - de vous, Avignonnais ou non ! On a déjà 50 adhésions […]
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n1k0 @n1k0.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
dans l'Aigoual, cette année on chasse 5 jours sur 7 bah ouais la sécheresse et les incendies n'ont pas tout tué, il reste des trucs vivants, faut régler ça vous comprenez et ça inclue les mercredis, samedi et dimanche, jours des promenades en famille, sinon c'est […] [Original post on mamot.fr]
calendrier des jours chassés dans le massif de l'zagoual
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