<![CDATA[Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg]]>Welcome to today's thread - 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg

Borders already crossed:
Chiasso VG ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ - Como S. Giovanni ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Basel St Johann ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ - St. Louis ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Kehl ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช - Krimmeri-Meinau ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

First to Bologna for a breakfast meeting, then north across the Gotthard pass for the second time in just over a month. Todayโ€™s destination: Strasbourg to test a Rรฉgiolis.

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#7/46.369674/9.920654

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/topic/96d1502d-4508-4ef7-b8da-362402baf9e2/welcome-to-today-s-thread-crossborderrail-2026-tour-day-31-4-may-rimini-bologna-milano-lugano-basel-strasbourgRSS for NodeMon, 09 Nov 2026 11:20:05 GMTMon, 04 May 2026 04:37:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Tue, 05 May 2026 07:21:42 GMT]]>@jon I mean, it's not like trenord has formed a partnership with the swiss train company to run cross-border local train decades ago, how can you expect them to actually know that it's a cross-border train and not one that stops at the border?

(sigh. it would be really nice to know whether your train has started or not, when there are disruptions, and the train is coming from Switzerland, but no, they can't find a way to *share* data internationally, that's evidently impossible!)

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-1869-f99a-86a1-fba070464110https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-1869-f99a-86a1-fba070464110Tue, 05 May 2026 07:21:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 10:11:29 GMT]]>However these data problems here are incomprehensible

DB and SBB think the 12:43 train is to Lugano ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Trenitalia thinks it only goes to the border station Chiasso ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ/ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

(It will go to Lugano)

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515765611712745https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515765611712745Mon, 04 May 2026 10:11:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 10:06:04 GMT]]>Take your pick of high speed trains in Milano. And a Rock

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515744277568004https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515744277568004Mon, 04 May 2026 10:06:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 09:21:06 GMT]]>Itโ€™s so nice travelling by train in Italy. Pity hasnโ€™t brought me here very much! (Not many borders)

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515567471463222https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515567471463222Mon, 04 May 2026 09:21:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 09:17:56 GMT]]>FR 9618
10:56 Bologna Centrale - Milano Centrale 11:58

Distance: 214.4km
Average speed: 207km/h

1 stops:
Milano Centrale

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#10/45.003718/10.273965

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515554998201667https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515554998201667Mon, 04 May 2026 09:17:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 09:17:30 GMT]]> 2026 Spring Tour Train 104 of 125
FR 9618
10:56 Bologna Centrale - Milano Centrale 11:58
Trenitalia

Train type: Hitachi Frecciarossa 1000 EMU, 8 carriages
โšก๏ธ (3kV dc, 25kV ac, 3kV dc)
๐Ÿšฒ: โ›”๏ธ
๐Ÿฆฝ: โœ… (lift on platform and on board)
๐Ÿ›œ: โœ… (needs registration)
๐Ÿฝ๏ธ: โœ…
๐Ÿงณ: ๐Ÿ™‚ (this carriage is ok - does it vary by carriage?)
๐Ÿงฝ: ๐Ÿ™‚
Interrail: ๐Ÿ˜ (needs compulsory reservation, costs โ‚ฌ13)

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515553338585697https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116515553338585697Mon, 04 May 2026 09:17:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 05:48:32 GMT]]>Every time VP of Grand Est Philipps has uttered anything about these trains, the regional press has been all too happy to transcribe it

Today *when the train actually runs*: nothing (at least not yet)

Almost as if you need a press release to make newsโ€ฆ

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514731642919620https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514731642919620Mon, 04 May 2026 05:48:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 05:01:01 GMT]]>About this Rรฉgiolis finally running, Iโ€™m not sure quite what to expect. I think today was determined most by operational logic, so Iโ€™m not sure thereโ€™ll be a big press thing about it.

But VP of Grand Est Philipps always makes a big song and dance about everythingโ€ฆ

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514544783182303https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514544783182303Mon, 04 May 2026 05:01:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 04:57:19 GMT]]>According to @hopla it looks like Rรฉgiolis is actually running France - Germany today, as planned https://zug.network/@hopla/116514407465211628

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514530212310862https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514530212310862Mon, 04 May 2026 04:57:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 04:43:19 GMT]]>Also some panel in the interior of this ex-FYRA ETR700 is vibrating and rattling. Makes for a rather loud journey.

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514475172135383https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514475172135383Mon, 04 May 2026 04:43:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 04:42:04 GMT]]>FR 8802
06:10 Rimini - Bologna Centrale 07:15

Distance: 110.9km
Average speed: 102km/h

4 stops:
Cesena
Forli
Faenza
Bologna Centrale

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2026-spring-tour_1361108#11/44.285496/11.958625

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FR 8802
06:10 Rimini - Bologna Centrale 07:15
Trenitalia

Train type: AnsaldoBreda ETR 700, 8 carriages
โšก๏ธ (3kV dc)
๐Ÿšฒ: โ›”๏ธ
๐Ÿฆฝ: โœ… (lift on platform)
๐Ÿ›œ: โœ… (requires registration - annoying)
๐Ÿฝ๏ธ: โœ…
๐Ÿงณ: ๐Ÿ˜ (lousy for large luggage)
๐Ÿงฝ: ๐Ÿ™‚
Interrail: ๐Ÿ˜ (needs compulsory reservation, costs โ‚ฌ13)

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]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514468102454326https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514468102454326Mon, 04 May 2026 04:41:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail 2026 Tour Day 31 - 4 May - Rimini - Bologna - Milano - Lugano - Basel - Strasbourg on Mon, 04 May 2026 04:38:49 GMT]]>Hereโ€™s this morningโ€™s intro video https://peertube.netzbegruenung.de/w/iJnEA2Xj8XfLz4Qq5U3LnU

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514457510993695https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://gruene.social/users/jon/statuses/116514457510993695Mon, 04 May 2026 04:38:49 GMT