- Terrible timetables - Under utilisation of cross border infrastructure - Compulsory reservation - Issues with language regime for train drivers - Total pain with Interrail - Sky high prices on international routes - The biggest headaches with approval of rolling stock - Under investment in non high speed infra - Super slow move to ETCS - Sour relations with neighbouring railways Pretty much ALL the problems of European rail are problems with FRANCE

I am having a look at Chinese built locomotives for EU railways And there's the curious case of the class 1004 for DB (S-Bahn Berlin and Hamburg)

DB-Baureihe 1004 – Wikipedia

In theory up to 20 could be ordered, but I can find no evidence of more than 2 of each sub type (so 4 total) being built - is that right? HH:

DT5 Online

„Kleinstlok Hamburg“: Baureihe 1004.0 endlich zugelassen

„Was lange währt, wird endlich gut“ – so etwa dürfte sich die Inbetriebnahme der Baureihe 1004.0 aus dem Hause CRRC am Besten z...

Berlin:

Baureihe 1004 / Tunnellok - S-Bahn Berlin - S-Bahn-Galerie.de

Baureihe 1004 / Tunnellok der S-Bahn Berlin - ist eine bei der S-Bahn Berlin eingesetzte Arbeitslokomotive ... mehr auf meiner Seite S-Bahn-Galerie.de

And damn it I *just wanted to go Maastricht-Köln-Maastricht* But now I have another case of messy #CrossBorderRail ticketing for my project 🤨

What does this sticker mean in Thalys Eurostar? No acrobatics doing pull ups on the overhead luggage racks?

Take that, SNCF! 🤣 European Sleeper to run Paris-Berlin night train from the spring of next year

Le Monde.fr

Le train de nuit Paris-Berlin abandonné par la SNCF va être relancé par une coopérative belgo-néerlandaise

European Sleeper compte ouvrir les réservations le 16 décembre et démarrer l’exploitation de la ligne entre les capitales française et allem...

There are hurdles - doing it by then isn’t simple - but this can happen.

„Bundesinnenministerium: Racial Profiling ist verboten“ I’d laugh if it weren’t so damned tragic. It happens ALL THE TIME. #schengen

SWR Aktuell

"Als sie meine Hautfarbe gesehen haben, sind sie hinter mir her": Rassismus bei Grenzkontrollen

Gibt es Racial Profiling bei Kontrollen an den Grenzen? Menschen mit anderer Hautfarbe haben oft das Gefühl, häufiger kontrolliert zu werden als ...

I‘m going to write a blog post about things highly unlikely or impossible regarding future #CrossChannelRail long distance services It’ll cover why these don’t work: - stations in the UK beyond London - night trains - new single unit 400m trains - re-opening the Waterloo terminal Anything else I should add?

17th Nov I will release the report from my #CrossChannelRail work All the STATIONS that could be served by trains from London, all the OPERATORS, and all the TYPES OF TRAIN, analysed and assessed Launch event - online & in person in Brussels 👇 https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/crosschannelrail/crosschannelrail-report-launch-17-november-1230-cet-event-in-brussels-and-online/