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Recreational Trainfluencer. Currently on Sabbatical. IT and Logistics are my industries. Travel and Linguistics are my hobbies. Hats are my headgear. Tea is my drink of […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ cupoftea.social/@moof, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 6h

Finally made it to my hotel in Mannheim! 17 hours after I started this morning, and 4 hours after I had originally planned to be here. It’s amazing how much a 130 minute delay can add to your day. And in a way, I’m lucky that I could make it all the way here… at one point it looked like I […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 7h

And at Karlsruhe, I actually got a real cross platform change. As I walked through the surprisingly crowded train, I noticed that there were a lot of twinks wearing large amounts of leather and ladies wearing dresses that emphasised their busts in ways you don’t normally see during a work day […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 8h

A little earlier @boatload pointed out that rather than changing at Appenweier, I could continue on to Offenburg (or Offenbourg as was advertised in a different time, in a different country), which would arrive on Platform 7, and then cross over to platform 6, where the RE7 would be waiting […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 9h

And as I sit and wax philosophically about Identity and Borders, some functionaries who have been empowered by their government to ensure that the process of moving through the border is noticed and taken note of by those that encounter it ask me to justify who I am and why I have a right to be […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 9h

It’s nice here, but I think I’ll let this rake of three BR650 DMUs trundle me down to Baden-Württemberg. Borders fascinate me. Not as much as @jon, but I have lived on islands without them, islands with them, near ports that have a very fluid definition of “Border” depending on circumstance […]

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Colin Rowat @rowat-c.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

@moof there is a moment when the maglev in from Pudong passes the outbound one. They close at 600km/h. There's a shudder.

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 9h

Strasbourg station itself is quite boring outside of normal commercial hours. There are no cafes or even bars open at 10pm in this station. And everything opposite the station is the other side of a square (circle?) large enough to feed my anxiety that I’d miss my train if I went to have a […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 10h

And as I am approaching Strasbourg, my fist thought is that 2 minutes’ delay is much better than 2 hours’ delay. Barring last minute developments, I’ll be there in 12 minutes. This TGV has been… nicely uneventful. The most eventful thing was the Chef du Bord getting on the blower and asking […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 12h

Thanks to @bovine3dom I have become aware of the TGV InOui Pro app, which appears to be aimed at business travellers who don't book their own travel. It can read and process interrail reservations, for InOui, Intercités, and Intercités de Nuit. It can […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Screenshot of TGV InOui Pro showing details of my delayed train, including the actual arrival at 18:12 rather than 16:12.

It also shows coach and seat numbers, and on-board services, including the platform it arrived at

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 13h

Of course, a trip to Valence TGV means another chance to watch trains go past at 300km/h. And we can never say no to things that go ny000m. Have a thing that went ny000m.

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 14h

…And so I decided to do the silly thing. Because, after all, what's the point of doing Interrail if you don't just do something silly every now and then. I decided to attempt to get to Mannheim for 01:30, via Strasbourg. I had the option of continuing to […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

The outline of the new itinerary - entitled “Diverted Mannheim Trip Silly”

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 17h

We are currently due to arrive at Paris Gare de Lyon at 18:32. My onwards train, the last of the day, is at 19:07 from Gare de l’Est. If you're unfamiliar with Paris, that is not a viable connection. The Chef du Bord agrees with me. I _could_ change at Valence TGV Rhône-Alpes Sud, and try to […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 18h

And we’re being held due to traffic congestion in Narbonne. Or, as the Google translation said “the station is overcrowded” I am starting to fear I may not make my connection in Paris. 55 mins is cutting it fine…

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 19h

And we are stopped once again, at Port-la-Nouvelle, a station we’d normally go straight through, supposedly waiting to be cleared to Narbonne. The Chef du Bord has gotten on the blower and has given a bunch of times for connecting services from Narbonne, but I note the first one on the list was […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 19h

…and we’re off, an hour and 45 mins late. Apparently, we’re cleared as far as Narbonne and there may be further delays as traffic is resequenced. My apps are showing a 2hr delay for arrival in Paris

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 20h

I didn’t quite have the nerve to exit the station complex, but there was a supermarket in the basement, and I picked up some chocolatines, a croissant, and a baguette. They also had Moroccan mint tea available, but not for takeaway. I’ve seen some videos of the rain in Narbonne, and it’s […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 21h

…and just as we start, we’ve stopped. We’re being held back for an hour at Perpignan as Narbonne station is flooded. Strangely enough, it’s a pretty nice day here in Perpignan, but we have had some unusually rainy weather over the past couple of days on the […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

View of the nice clear day on platform F at Perpignan station.

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 21h

France - je suis dans vous!

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 22h

On the rails again… Today @wendy and I are departing on the first leg of what promises to be a nicely varied trip. It’s going to be a long day though, a TGV Euroduplex up to Paris Gare de Lyon, crossing over to Gare de l’Est and then on an ICE 3 Velaro […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Wendy the DBJUNGLESKOG sat on a single first class seat on the upper deck of a TGV InOui Euroduplex facing a table with an iPad on it. On the window is a sticker that says #NoFilter and a through it you can see a yellow field and some woods in the distance.

Outline of itinerary for 2026-10-03

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 02/10/2026

How do we start a charity that will finance headphones to hand out to people who insist on playing phone audio in public? Complaining and shaming doesn’t work. Does bribery?

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 02/10/2026

OH: “Hey! It’s a gecko!” “Oh cute, they’re very welcome here…” “You say that, and then they try to sell you insurance…”

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 02/10/2026

Iryo just asked me to fill in a survey… I’m tempted to just link to this thread.

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Helge Wilker @hmwilker.social.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@moof Thank you for these thoughts. Maybe the missing 10 % are like an Uncanny Valley of service products? They are so close that the missing bits and the errors and negligent parts really stick out.

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 01/10/2026

And after that bit of melancholy… this train carriage gradually filling up with the sound of emergency alerts on mobiles as we pull in to Camp de Tarragona was quite a wake-up. (There’s a red warning for excessive rain and possible flooding in the area tonight and tomorrow morning) #WeeWoo

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 01/10/2026

I guess I’m wondering if in ten-fifteen years’ time, with this kind of attitude, this poor train will end up as unloved as the Renfe class 130 Alvia I was on in August, with the coach numbers drawn on the outside with marker pen, the inside doors that don’t close, and blown out PA speakers. I […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 01/10/2026

Maybe I’m being a little too autistic about this… but this sort of lack of attention to detail is then floating up in the company processes and attitude of the staff. It makes it feel that however pleathery and comfy the seats are, and however gourmet the on-board catering may be… It makes the […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @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! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 01/10/2026

Also, the inconsistencies in the little things annoy me - the station has been variously called “Pta de Atocha”, “Madrid Atocha”, “ATC”, and even just Atocha. In no document, sign, passenger information, email, or announcement has it ever been called Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. I […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 01/10/2026

And after an exhausting and somewhat bibulous day in Madrid, I am once more sat on a Red Arrow back to Barcelona. Whilst I don’t necessarily agree with Superalbs that this is the best train in Europe, I can say that it is amongst the best that I’ve travelled on, at least, purely on the […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @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”

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 01/10/2026

...and that's what a half-finished post looks like when I accidentally press "send” as we go over some points. Check-in and Security for long distance trains in Spain is an annoying farce as always. You're required to put your bags through a security scanner […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Passenger information sign announcing that on Platform 1 is Iryo 06012 to Sevilla Santa Justa, stopping at Camp de Tarragona, Zaragoza Delicias, Madrid Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes, Córdoba Julio Anguita and Sevilla Santa Justa.

On the bottom left of the screen is a little graphic that shows all 8 coaches of the train with their numbers on them, and a somewhat-difficult-to-understand icon that is actually a person on an escalator, positioned between coaches 6 and 7.

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 01/10/2026

On the rails again... Today, @wendy and I are taking what SuperAlbs recently called “The best train in Europe” on a day trip to Madrid. Today’s Itinerary: moof.space/trip/2026-10-01 This train is generally known as a Frecciarrossa, but is more […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Wendy the DBJUNGLESKOG sat on a second class window seat on an Iryo ETR 1000

Outline of itinerary for 2026-10-01

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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/…

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.

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 30/09/2026

#Interrail has a 50% discount on continuous passes, you say? I just refunded one of my passes that I got at 25% discount, and bought two, only paying up the 25% difference. Bargain. That’s travel for some of next year sorted.

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 30/09/2026

Iryo: oficialmente aguafiestas

No están permitidas celebraciones a bordo del tren

Iryo se reserva el derecho de admisión en caso de incumplimiento.

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Oliver Blanthorn @bovine3dom.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

sudgy.itch.io/akimbo-express i hear some of you like hyper-realistic train simulators

Akimbo Express by Sudgy

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 26/09/2026

The other thing I find interesting on these new night train designs is that they are making the day experience interesting too. Whilst it’s way too hopeful to think of a two- or three-night service, it’s not unreasonable to think about more long-distance night-and-day trains. The Sicily to […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 26/09/2026

One of the things that I can admire Nox Mobility for is that they have played the media game, and played it well. They’re the biggest news out of Innotrans, despite the fact that they are one of at least 4 night trains exhibiting there that I’m aware of. But not only that, a lot of the random […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 25/09/2026

I'm starting to get into XML again, and the first thing that rears its head is that there still seems to be no decent open source, or even just free XML editors. Particularly, I'm on a mac, and I'm trying to make sense of a bunch of XML files with definitions spread over hundreds of XSD files… […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 25/09/2026

Self-OH: There are Willy-Brandt-Platzen all over Germany. Many are, like, the main square of the town or city. They’re all generally pretty nice, though some are much more monumental than others, as if they wanted this square to be a source of pride. It’s almost like all of Germany’s town […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 23/09/2026

On the twenty-third day of the month of September, in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent, and unlikely of […]

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Open Source hot take: A software project is allowed to be *done*. Not everything needs to add features or rewrite things. You can just be happy with functionality and focus on just maintainance. "Maintenance mode" is not always bad but can just show a mature product.

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 22/09/2026

Like, seriously, you just know someone has put that into a spreadsheet, run through the IEEE floating point crap, and come out with an entirely untrue number. And that was before ai estimation

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 22/09/2026

Or in modern gen-z speak: “There are 8.589934592 gigabits in a Gibibyte” - statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged. They have played us for absolute fools.

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 22/09/2026

Like, seriously, if you’re going to do that, why not go all the way and redefine the byte as a decabit? How is this saner?

Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 22/09/2026

And since we’re at it, there are, and will always be 29 letters in the Spanish alphabet. _waves a fist as an old man_

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 22/09/2026

IEEE 1541 was a mistake. We chose to appease marketers, rather than resist redefinition of perfectly reasonable units, just because the general public can be successfully confused by them. This post brought to you by the fact that someone has apparently redefined the Megabit since I studied […]

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 20/09/2026

OH: My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio _drop_

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 18/09/2026

[Musical theatre/train crossover. Cannot be unheard] “Hey Big Spender…” to the tune of the SNCF jingle

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Moof! 🔜 OpenTransport2026 @moof.space · 18/09/2026

Renfe are organising a hackathon on the 3rd November in Madrid. Places are limited, so they’ll be going through applications to decide who gets the 50 places. data.renfe.com/hackathon I’ve decided to apply, given I’ll be going to the #OpenTransport2026 hackathon, and see if I can […]

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