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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

@cycling_on_rails Good to know is that if your luggage doesn’t fit, there are extra racks in the seating car with security wires that can be locked with any NFC thing (like a bank card). When I travel with bags, I just board straight onto the seating car and lock the big bag there and then move […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

If this solution was explicitly mentioned in the Passenger Package, and possibly explicitly included as part of the sharing obligation, then we’ll also know that we will actually, in practical terms, get single tickets (from anyone willing to offer it, like Railfinder of course will). 5/5

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

The standard for the PDF layout already exists in standard IRS 90918-8. The standard for barcodes is being worked on: bt4pt.eu The only missing piece is for ticket vendors to know that they will be able to use said standards in partnership with the operators. 4/n

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Barcoded Ticketing for Public Transport - an EU Project

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Yes, there are caveats like how to communicate and handle multiple contracts of carriage that are part of the same ticket. But if ticket vendors solve that adequately and reissues a new single ticket after any changes, it still functions as a single ticket. Since many will agree that the […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Consider two basic requirements from the view of a traveller: 1) I’m getting passenger rights on all parts of a journey 2) I receive one PDF with one barcode on it that I can show for my entire journey. Now, if I have those two things then most people will reasonably see that as having one […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

I’m changing my mind: the European Commission is right to use the term ”single ticket” in relation to the Passenger Package regulation. Hear me out. This is coming after some reflection on all the great conversations at #OpenTransport2026, especially with @q et al and their work on a new […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

(I guess other people look at their vacation photos when coming back from a trip. Personally, I reminisce over the better functioning timetables.)

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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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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

[booze, food] @bovine3dom @moof Yeah I’m not jealous, just for the record.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

@moof You picked a VERY good day for this journey 😍

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Aaaaand I’m back home. A bit of contrast coming from hiking in shorts in Switzerland to waking up to views of frosty mountains from the night train back home.

View out a train window towards the Åreskutan mountain, covered with a very light touch of snow and frost at the highest visible point

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Ah yes, the classic zh_SV locale on the door leading to the power unit on this X2000 (This unit was initially sold to China and later bought by SJ back to Sweden, apparently they kept some trivia since!)

Door leading to the power unit of my X2000 today with warning signs in English and Chinese characters

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

A little AJC later and we’re onto the next X2C (upgraded X2000) and should still be more than fine to make our final night train tonight! The seats on this train are an upgrade from whatever train you came from before. Hard to beat this new X2000 interior.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Status of my journey home in one picture. (To no fault of Snälltåget - it was just the usual Hamburg - Padborg shenanigans.)

Small card with printed text ”Confirmation of delay” and handwritten details of my delayed Snälltåget train by the conductor.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Thanks #OpenTransport2026 for an amazing week. Learned and laughed a lot. See and talk to you all soon! Now it’s time for me to fall asleep on this Nightjet new generation built in 2020-something hauled by a Re 420 built in 1974. Old meets new in one of the best ways possible surely.

SBB Re 420 hauling a Nightjet new generation coach set

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

@moof It’s in Germany as far as my data sources say. There is no railway border point for the tram, though. The closest border point is Basel Bad Bf, same location code as the passenger station which is unusual.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

I threw an in the moment comment on the Youtube video for the stupid DHH keynote at Rails World and am now discovering my own quote has done rounds in the Rails community. It even got memes made! A bit odd bumping into your own words in multiple places in a community I’ve never had any […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Today we rode the Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn which is still hauled by steam power! Just a casual 2250 masl top station that was built in the 1800s. Hiking up here was a bit more extreme. It’s possible to follow a ridge for 20 km to get back to Interlaken, but that […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Steam loco waiting at the top station of the Brienz-Rothorn-Bahn. Brienzersee in the background.

Hiking trail following a grass-covered (very steep) ridge.

View from Rothorn top station overlooking Brienzersee. Grassy hillsides with a few farmhouses and mountain huts in front of the lake.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@moof @bovine3dom In either case (CIV 1087 or 1088), the reseller can only make changes according to the ticket conditions, ie cancel up to 30 mins after departure. After that you need to make a claim to the carrier (based on the CIV number on your ticket).

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@moof @bovine3dom Given how you booked this, I would assume your ticket has CIV 1088 and/or an SNCB logo somewhere on it? These are handled also by SNCB’s systems so that would be why you can’t make changes directly with SNCF. This is the same we do at Railfinder at the moment.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Having some fun this weekend in Central Switzerland riding old mountain trains and hiking. Yesterday we took the Schynige Platte-Bahn hauled by a He 2/2 loco which must have been one of the earliest electric mountain railways? Details welcome if anyone knows! […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Front sideview of a He 2/2 loco with traction on a cogwheel

End view of Schynige Platte-Bahn carriage with mountains in the Jungfrau area in the background.

Hiking trail climbing a ridge with clouds right behind the mountain side.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

@moof Try specifically getting an AJC delay confirmation? Say you’re on your way onto Sweden or something where they don’t have access to the Railteam realtime data system 😅

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@Sobex @cycling_on_rails @q This won’t actually work, and we’re currently investigating how to handle these cases. SNCF has a commercial limit of 3 trains on one through-ticket, so if you try to book a connection with 4 or more it will simply always be unavailable. Railfinder is built to […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@interrailinfosvenska Såg att de har gjort så här för att minska risken att folk missar slutet på rean, dvs annonsera midnatt men låt reapriserna ligga kvar till morgonen efter. Återförsäljare har dock inte hajjat poängen och kör sitt eget race med egna nedräknare så helt bra blev det nog inte.

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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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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

@Sobex Ah yes, thanks! Maybe I should have stated that explicitly 😅

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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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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

When in Köln! Found the spot where apparently loads of people train spot, judging by the desire path leading to nowhere but a sight over the tracks. Before we left there’s another person showing up to ask as to take a photo of her with the trains behind. Good times 🤓

Tracks leading into Köln Hbf. One regional train departing and one ICE arriving.

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Thanks to almost heroic efforts by the Norrtåg staff, we made our connection in Sundsvall! Our connections to Hamburg and Köln live another day!

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

@tml Ibland är snabbaste vägen mellan Trondheim och Oslo att åka via Stockholm 😂

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I should say that had we known about the sparser than normal timetable between Sundsvall - Stockholm and the total line closure in the evening between Stockholm - Malmö we would not have planned it like this. Normally there are backup options on both segments. Expecting a regular timetable - […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I’m heading on a trip south and we’re off to a very Trafikverket kind of start already. Late announced speed restrictions on our way to Sundsvall means we’re in the hands of operations centre decisions to make our connection to Stockholm because nobody thought it was important enough to adjust […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

@moof I found that Eclipse has a functional (although not super enjoyable) plugin for working with XSD’s, including built in support for cross-file references. It takes a good moment to load the NeTEx definitions though, if that’s what you’re working with 😂

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

@Sobex Hmmmm sounds like a data export issue. I’ll look into it, I’m actually running a new import as we speak. Thanks for reporting it!

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

”Explore Roman Roads” You know what? Don’t mind if I do It’s kinda like OpenRailwayMap 150 AD edition 😅 itiner-e.org/?app_name=Dagens+Nyhet…

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Quote @jon about Swedish night train rolling stock: ”these carriages were built in 1991 and 1992, so not the most modern” My friend, these are 30 years newer than the majority of currently running night train stock in Sweden :D

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

@lewd Someone reported these as observed compositions multiple times this year 🤔. Are they only running within Poland and shunted out of the train before the border or something?

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

@lewd They do run in the Kyiv Express, but I’m not sure if that train pair has been shortened before the border at the moment or if data is just missing at the moment (we know why). www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zem…

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

@tml If we’re lucky they’ll get things going enough that the project will be unpopular to stop later 😅

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Looks like we’ll soon have a government that actually likes trains in Sweden. We just might get a restart on the project of direly needed new mainlines between Stockholm - Gothenburg and Stockholm - Malmö (both via Jönköping). Election results are not final yet but look likely to stay. The […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@lewd ”Door to door” journey planner means we show you how you take a car to and from a single train :)

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

@tml Autocars look like this on SNCF Connect, with the bus icon and the arrow which leads to schedule information. And if the ”car” leg would be a schedule it wouldn’t likely match exactly the minimum connecting time of 9 mins in Saint-Charles. Looks to me […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Do we have someone with French knowledge in the #bahnbubble (#bulleferroviare?) who can explain the reasoning/methods that SNCF Connect uses to propose a travel leg by car in their planner? Is this something they promote somehow? What is an actual intended […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Journey result from SNCF Connect showing a transfer between Marseille Saint-Charles to Marseille Blancarde by car

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

First time in 2 decades we see Trondheim on this departure board! And first time ever an electrified passenger train runs direct on this route from Jämtland to Trøndelag. I’m boarding for some (mini) #crossborderrail history 🙌 (it is only a trial run - […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Departure board in Duved (Sweden) showing the next departure for ”Storlien Trondheim”

Arriving Snälltåget train at Duved station

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

@bovine3dom ”That’s just a 700k population train ride away”

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

RE: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUComm… I would like to correct this slightly because Railfinder already sells Brussels-Vienna-Budapest in a single search and single booking 🤓, BUT the Passenger Package will be a great upgrade to passengers and also support us […]

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Stefan Lindbohm @stefanlindbohm.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

@lewd Oh! I didn’t know Optimum had that. I should study the products I sell 😅

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