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Chiel
@chiel.uk
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Transport lover, bit of a nerd :)
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@bahn.de Hi! I made a seat reservation for Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Hbf on the following trains, but due to delay and cancellation of my previous ICE's I was unable to get to Stuttgart in time for my ICE, can i get the €6.50 back? I don't see any way to get it back via db navigator or the website.
My booked reservation train, IC 461 on friday 13 June Proof of delay from NMBS showing my cancelled ICE to Frankfurt My alternative ICE after an Eurostar to Köln that was over an hour late and thus causing me to miss my train in Stuttgart
June 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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And now on the Eurostar towards the Netherlands again, but not before seeing the train that delayed us from Peterborough.
Departure screen showing Amsterdam E320 solo seat St Pancras International coming up from the escalator, with an e320 on either side A steam train in London King’s Cross
May 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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It was a great time! Now unfortunately back to the Netherlands again :(
A group picture next to the voyager that carried us from Penzance to Aberdeen Sunset over the water Sunset over the coastline A game of monopoly (I won)
May 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Aaand here is the special stuff, Penzance to Aberdeen (via Newport south wales) direct train
Crosscountry voyager at sunrise in Penzance Playing Minecraft on a steam deck
May 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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And then today, from London to Penzance to do something special tomorrow👀
A London Underground train, a pride flag can be seen above the train Paddington station from the entrance at Paddington Square A lot of beers on a table, a GWR First class logo can be seen on the seat opposite A fallen bag that once held some port for tomorrow…
May 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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And after some EMR enjoyment with @coastwaywill.me it’s off to the hotel for me.
Emr first class seat A Thameslink class 700 at Brent Cross West
May 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Definitely enjoyed myself yesterday even tho the delay
Avanti breakfast with scrambled eggs St. Pancras approaching from euston A LNER hop on board beer A cancelled Liverpool lime street train I was hoping to get
May 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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And then off towards Liverpool via Carlisle and London
TPE West Coast Kitchen Carlisle Castle Beers in an Avanti Pendolino
April 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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A lovely early morning Swansea-Manchester TfW premier service!
A DB class 67 locomotive next to a TfW class 150 at Swansea Interior of TfW Premier service, in first class The menu for the TfW Breakfast The Big Breakfast
April 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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And after completing that it was on towards Wales for an early morning special
A certificate showing “congratulations chiel for completing the longest journey on our network between Aberdeen and Penzance” from CrossCountry Back in the same unit again as we did Aberzance with, in first class The Bull of Birmingham new street A GWR first class seat
April 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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And then the original (foreshadowing) sole goal of this trip, Aberzance
A crosscountry voyager at Aberdeen Some food and a lot of beers A reservation display showing Aberdeen to Penzance The same voyager as before at Penzance, with Penzance on the destination display
April 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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After a lovely 225 breakfast, meeting up with @april064.bsky.social in London and then northwards to London
Crumpets in a 225 A game of monopoly in LNER first class A scotrail HST An HST seat
April 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Bit more radio silence, I was with a friend, went caving near Ribblehead! And to get back we did some Saturday only track to Clitheroe.
Me in a cave entrance The view of Ribblehead station Settle railway station, showing semaphore signals Doing some rare track, shown are the two tracks over the normal route which we leave behind
April 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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And that trend continued on the Bentham line, although I did see some other interesting things
A sign saying customers should call the signaller for train times. A view of the sky A sign showing the Bentham line A 158 train at Lancaster
April 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Well the main thing I remember from the Cumbrian coast line is the sheep😅
A class 156 at Carlisle Steep cliffs next to curving railway track Some sheep with babies Water under the bridge
April 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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And now fully on the northern network, starting with a return to Newcastle, next is the northern train to Lancaster.
A semaphore signal All the bridges at Newcastle A class 158 from Northern A class 156 from Northern
April 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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And because who needs sleep, 07:07 train to Carlisle the long way around because new track, plus bonus view from my hotel room window
View from hotel window, showing a scotrail train at Glasgow Central A sign showing welcome to Glasgow and the train departure board A scotrail class 156 in Glasgow central heading towards Carlisle via Dumfries Mountains in the background out of the window, in the train there is a seat with multiple X’s, like scotrail logo
April 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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And afterwards a very tired me is watching the beautiful landscape
Mountain with sun peaking through clouds General rugged landscape General animal keeping fields with a hill in the background A long strechting cloud over a hilly landscape
April 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Aaand then I got stranded in Liverpool for a couple of hours. Was hoping on doing coast to coast dining but oh well, that’s for another time.
TransPennine Express placemat for the coast to coast kitchen and their own branded Ale, with some still Harrogate spring water The Avanti lounge showing a laptop, a Coke Zero and an empty coffee cup A class 397 in Manchester Piccadilly platform 14 The vegetable stew as on West Coast Kitchen menu by TPE
April 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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I made a train I thought I couldn’t make thanks to delays, but hey, I’ll take it
Screen showing final destination Liverpool Lime Street The Breakfast Grill from Avanti A cup of coffee The first class qr menu
April 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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And now within 30 minutes from booked departure, still outside the terminal🫠
The front of the Eurostar departure terminal in Rotterdam
April 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Well, it seems like people can find the direct trains to London again, this queue is long even just 45 minutes before planned departure!
A long queue of people for Eurostar to London checkin
April 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Aaand due to police arresting someone we are now +15, oh well that 4 minute transfer at Utrecht was always gonna be tight. Instead, enjoy some more pictures (these not taken by me) of the 3M tour
Screen showing Farewell Br 406 Bordrestaurant with NS logo, the very last type of NS train with on board catering
April 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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And now onto the IC 60402/NJ 402

To my surprise we passed the border at Venlo bang on time!
An NS Vectron locomotive at Köln Hauptbahnhof An Nightjet carriage, and a SBB first class carriage at Köln Hauptbahnhof A laptop showing the time (07:04) and a first class SBB CFF FFS seat A picture out of the window showing a SBB Cargo Vectron at Venlo
April 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Early ICE’s are in fact early🫠
Platform 19 in Frankfurt am Main Hbf, showing empty track A picture of the seats in first class in an ICE4 A cup of coffee, a cinnamon roll and some spezi
April 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM