Welcome to #CrossBorderRail - Day 03

Today I’m going to be crossing these borders:
🚲 Neuenhaus 🇩🇪- Coevorden 🇳🇱

I’m going to be taking 6 trains (total 364km), 1 bus (22km), and a cycle leg Twist - Coevorden - Neuenhaus (53km)

Today’s live blog page is here 👇
https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/live-blog-day-03/

And this is the first toot of today’s Mastodon thread

Here’s the video summary of what’s coming up today! https://urbanists.video/w/76z5PZubcxBpS6AMgf3QQ7

#CrossBorderRail Train 09

RE18 (82352)
06:59 Oldenburg Hbf - Osnabrück Altstadt 08:23
NordWestBahn

Distance: 111 km
Average speed: 80 km/h

Train type: Alstom LINT DMU, 2 carriages
⛽️
🚲: ✅ (lots of space)
🦽: ✅ (step free if platform allows)
🛜: ⛔️
🧳: 🙂 (someone fitted proper overhead racks in a LINT!)
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ✅

Not sure this pic does it justice, but the sky is ominous west of where I am (north of Osnabrück). And that’s pretty much where I’m going later…

Oldenburg - Cloppenburg - Osnabrück is how a branch line ought to run

Stopping trains with a regular schedule. Used by all sorts of people (there have been kids going to school, building workers going to work, a couple going off on holiday on board)

Oh and the train manager is funny and helpful, and is helping people with all sorts of queries…

Not my train today, but this is a solid #CrossBorderRail regional service - RB 61 Hengelo 🇳🇱 to Bielefeld 🇩🇪. Here at Osnabrück Altstadt.

#CrossBorderRail Train 10

RE60 (95772)
08:49 Osnabrück Altstadt - Rheine 09:21
WestfalenBahn

Distance: 46 km
Average speed: 87 km/h

Train type: Stadler double deck EMU, 6 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (lots of space)
🦽: ✅ (but step down inside, needs ramp)
🛜: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (lots of multi function areas - if you get on at the right door)
🧽: 🤔 (grimy outside, ok inside)

#Deutschlandticket: ✅

Two bags fewer for my bike leg (over 50km!) today - @deanerschnitzel helped me work out where to leave my bags at Rheine. So the heavy stuff is there until later - as I’m passing back through Rheine later on

That’s what’s wonderful about social media - people you don’t even know help you solve problems!

#CrossBorderRail Train 11

RE15 (90274)
09:32 Rheine - Meppen 10:04
WestfalenBahn

Distance: 51 km
Average speed: 96 km/h

Train type: Stadler single deck EMU, 2 x 4 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (lots of space)
🦽: ✅ (step free if platform allows)
🛜: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (lots of multi function areas)
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ✅