Welcome to #CrossBorderRail Day 06

A lot of re-planning, due to a rail replacement bus!

Borders
🚲 Aachen (DE) – Montzen (BE) – active freight line
🚲 Aachen-Vetschau (DE) – Bocholtz (NL) – active line
🚲 Avantis (DE) – Spekholzerheide (NL) – planned line
🚲 Eynatten (BE) – Ronheide (DE) – dismantled tramway
🚲 Kelmis (BE) – Bildchen (DE) – dismantled tramway
🚲 Moresnet (BE) – Preuswald (DE) – dismantled line
🚲 Raeren (BE) – Sief (DE) – dismantled tramway

Video
https://urbanists.video/videos/watch/90c8ef7c-0ed6-4543-a226-7f060633117f

So it will be 3 trains rather than 2 today, and more than 70 km cycling, and 7 borders!

Here's the amended route map

And the full zoomable version https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-de-2023_835860#9/51.0690/6.4215

And there are loads of #CrossBorderRail EVENTS coming up this week! https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/events/

This evening: AACHEN
Tuesday: SAARBRÜCKEN
Wednesday: KARLSRUHE
Thursday: KONSTANZ, MÜNCHEN

Come along and say hello!

#CrossBorderRail Train 17 (forgot to post this yesterday!

30435
12:23 Apeldoorn - Winterswijk 13:10
Arriva Nederland

Distance: 61 km
Average speed: 78 km/h

Train type: Stadler GTW 2 carriages
⛽️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free)
🛜: ✅
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

But no 🚽 on board!

#Deutschlandticket: ⛔️

#CrossBorderRail Train 18

VIA RE19 (77015)
09:15 Bocholt - Düsseldorf Hbf 10:43
VIAS Rail GmbH

Distance: 78 km
Average speed: 53 km/h

Train type: Stadler single deck EMU 5 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free)
🛜: ✅
🧳: 🙂
🧽: 🙂

#Deutschlandticket: ✅

Ah. Delays mean new connections… a RE1 direct to Aachen!

#CrossBorderRail Train 18

RE 1
c. 10:50 Düsseldorf Hbf - Aachen Hbf c. 12:21
National Express (RRX)

Distance: 110 km
Average speed: c. 78 km/h

Train type: Siemens Desiro HC, 2 x 4 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (step free)
🛜: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (mix of single / double deck works well)
🧽: 🤔 (graffiti outside, clean inside)

#Deutschlandticket: ✅

I must admit I’m struggling a bit this morning… short notice re-planning and then pottering across Nordrhein Westfalen in busy and delayed trains.

I’m in Aachen soon, and then it’s onto the 🚲.

It’s sunny for now. I’m on the bike, and this is the old line at Spekholzerheide 🇳🇱. Going now to check the cross border parts!