Jon Worth
@jon.gruene.social.ap.brid.gy
Brit who became German and is moving to France. Runs the #CrossBorderRail project and writes about railways and EU politics. Politically green, lives happily without […]
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@Saupreiss When your long distance rail system - like France - runs with an *average* of 80% of seats full, and 40% of trains fully booked... well then you totally do NOT want to see what happens when one gets cancelled! It's not fun.
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
@Saupreiss When your long distance rail system - like France - runs with an *average* of 80% of seats full, and 40% of trains fully booked... well then you totally do NOT want to see what happens when one gets cancelled! It's not fun.
@Saupreiss Sure, same here. But having spent too much time not being able to travel *at all* because trains are sold out, I would still sooner travel on the floor than not at all.
November 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
@Saupreiss Sure, same here. But having spent too much time not being able to travel *at all* because trains are sold out, I would still sooner travel on the floor than not at all.
@Saupreiss or offer alternatives to the comp res premium trains as Italy and Sweden do. And France doesn’t.
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@Saupreiss or offer alternatives to the comp res premium trains as Italy and Sweden do. And France doesn’t.
@Saupreiss let people reserve seats, sure. Comp res, no. The best railways in Europe - Switzerland and Austria - don’t have comp res.
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@Saupreiss let people reserve seats, sure. Comp res, no. The best railways in Europe - Switzerland and Austria - don’t have comp res.
@Saupreiss if you need to go Berlin - München tomorrow you can with DB. Paris - Marseille, good luck. And that’s not right for a public service.
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
@Saupreiss if you need to go Berlin - München tomorrow you can with DB. Paris - Marseille, good luck. And that’s not right for a public service.
@Saupreiss Yeah. But if a train is public transport of last resort that’s crap.
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
@Saupreiss Yeah. But if a train is public transport of last resort that’s crap.
@Saupreiss You do until you need to travel on a day when every train is sold out. As is tomorrow‘s. And the day after. And you can’t get to your destination.
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
@Saupreiss You do until you need to travel on a day when every train is sold out. As is tomorrow‘s. And the day after. And you can’t get to your destination.
And just look at the insides of this. I 🥰 it. My grandfather - an industrial electrician - would be purring over this!
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And just look at the insides of this. I 🥰 it. My grandfather - an industrial electrician - would be purring over this!
The joy of old audio kit: you can still make something of this
All I need is the right converter cable and I’m playing MP3s off an iPhone on a 1966 amplifier and some 1970s speakers 😀
All I need is the right converter cable and I’m playing MP3s off an iPhone on a 1966 amplifier and some 1970s speakers 😀
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The joy of old audio kit: you can still make something of this
All I need is the right converter cable and I’m playing MP3s off an iPhone on a 1966 amplifier and some 1970s speakers 😀
All I need is the right converter cable and I’m playing MP3s off an iPhone on a 1966 amplifier and some 1970s speakers 😀
Tip: if you don’t follow me, and come up with a reply guy answer to this… well, just don’t? Because I am writing this based on a lot of knowledge of all European railways.
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tip: if you don’t follow me, and come up with a reply guy answer to this… well, just don’t? Because I am writing this based on a lot of knowledge of all European railways.
And the amp: a working one is for sale on eBay for €800!
WHAT?
I paid €10 for an amp worth €800? 🤩
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/257221838751
WHAT?
I paid €10 for an amp worth €800? 🤩
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/257221838751
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November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
And the amp: a working one is for sale on eBay for €800!
WHAT?
I paid €10 for an amp worth €800? 🤩
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/257221838751
WHAT?
I paid €10 for an amp worth €800? 🤩
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/257221838751
The turntable is Philips AG 2230, 1964-67. But I’m getting nothing from the motor here. Needs work https://hifi-wiki.com/index.php/Philips_AG_2230
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The turntable is Philips AG 2230, 1964-67. But I’m getting nothing from the motor here. Needs work https://hifi-wiki.com/index.php/Philips_AG_2230
This is the input 😀
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is the input 😀
@bovine3dom "too much investment in unproven technologies" (that happen to be made by French firms) could likewise have been on the list.
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@bovine3dom "too much investment in unproven technologies" (that happen to be made by French firms) could likewise have been on the list.
If your response to this is "but France is sparsely populated", and you think that is an excuse, well no.
Even parts of France that are just as dense as non-urban Germany (around Tours and Poitiers, Hauts de France, Lorraine, the coasts of Bretagne) have a lousy train timetable by German […]
Even parts of France that are just as dense as non-urban Germany (around Tours and Poitiers, Hauts de France, Lorraine, the coasts of Bretagne) have a lousy train timetable by German […]
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November 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If your response to this is "but France is sparsely populated", and you think that is an excuse, well no.
Even parts of France that are just as dense as non-urban Germany (around Tours and Poitiers, Hauts de France, Lorraine, the coasts of Bretagne) have a lousy train timetable by German […]
Even parts of France that are just as dense as non-urban Germany (around Tours and Poitiers, Hauts de France, Lorraine, the coasts of Bretagne) have a lousy train timetable by German […]
@anthrazit Apparently you're a reply guy. Because yes, I have been to Norway, because my work is to investigate all of Europe's railways, not that you'd bother checking, as you're a reply guy.
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
@anthrazit Apparently you're a reply guy. Because yes, I have been to Norway, because my work is to investigate all of Europe's railways, not that you'd bother checking, as you're a reply guy.