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#Helsinki region to introduce fare cap for #contactless payment on 2nd November 2026. Huge improvement for both visitors and residents! Details from HSL, the public transport auhtority. #PublicTransport #transit www.hsl.fi/en/hsl/news/...
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First section of Essen "Citybahn" to open on 30 November! After all the tram lines were routed underground in the 90s, this new line will serve the Hbf aboveground again. First section from Hollestr. to Hindenburgstr. will be used by new route 108 (sketch by me) www.ruhrbahn.de/essen/aktuel...
The eventual map with when the whole thing is opened sees route 105 diverted via Hauptbahnhof along route 108. I guess maybe nice to have a direct connection to the Hbf, but apart from that... current maps: www.ruhrbahn.de/essen/fahrpl... planned map: www.citybahn-essen.de/planung-bau/...
one for @petoushkoff.bsky.social to judge and for @thetransportpolitic.com's map ;)
First section of Essen "Citybahn" to open on 30 November! After all the tram lines were routed underground in the 90s, this new line will serve the Hbf aboveground again. First section from Hollestr. to Hindenburgstr. will be used by new route 108 (sketch by me) www.ruhrbahn.de/essen/aktuel...
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www.vrr.de/aktuelles/ne... RRX additional contracts decided 😱 Lot 1 DB Regio with four-car Hitachi Eurocaravaggio for RE2, RE3 and RE45 Lot 2 Westfalenbahn with six-car Stadler Kiss Mix for RE7 (goodbye National Express) and RE42
www.vrr.de/aktuelles/ne... RRX additional contracts decided 😱 Lot 1 DB Regio with four-car Hitachi Eurocaravaggio for RE2, RE3 and RE45 Lot 2 Westfalenbahn with six-car Stadler Kiss Mix for RE7 (goodbye National Express) and RE42
lel die Logos auf den Schönbuchbahn-Fahrzeuge bekommen bald ein S spendiert (WEG → SWEG) www.drehscheibe-online.de/foren/read.p...
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NEU: Monatelang erklärte die Union, das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz müsse aus Sicherheitsgründen eingeschränkt werden. Sie weigerte sich aber, Belege zu liefern. Wir verklagten also das Innenministerium, um eine Auskunft zu erzwingen. Ergebnis: Es gibt einfach keine. fragdenstaat.de/artikel/klag...
these long contracts are always scary to think about: sure let's decide now what service should roughly be like in a year that's closer to 2100 than 2000 RMV: Frankfurt S-Bahn S3 to S6 contract renewed with DB Regio from 2033 to 2055 www.rmv.de/c/de/ueber-u...
I think this is cute: a memorial to the first human beings captured on a photograph, a shoeshiner and their customer
🤓 Le saviez-vous ? La première photographie d’êtres humains a été prise par Louis Daguerre au printemps 1838 place de la République : c’était un cireur de chaussures et son client. Une œuvre de Maximilien van Aertryck, Axel Danielson et Kalle Boman rappelle désormais cette partie de notre histoire.
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In december voeren we lijnnummers in. En daar moet ook een goede kaart voor zijn. Bij een ontwerpwedstrijd heeft Alain uit Arnhem de winnende kaart ontworpen! Die komt op veel stations te hangen. nieuws.ns.nl/alain-wint-o...
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www.ndr.de/nachrichten/... Hm, ja, Elektrozüge gibt es z.B. in Brandenburg seit 2022. Mindestens. Wenn nicht sogar noch länger.
The curse of platform heights strikes again: the 113 new battery trains for Lower Saxony will have doors aimed at two different platform heights (presumably 55 and 76 cm) because Germany couldn't manage to unify a standard 📶
Huch. Niedersachsen bestellt batterie-elektrische Züge bei Siemens. 113 Stück. Wartung für 30 Jahre in Soltau und Goslar.
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transit cost ppl: here's a long list of German main-line rail projects with their costs www.bmv.de/SharedDocs/D...
transit cost ppl: here's a long list of German main-line rail projects with their costs www.bmv.de/SharedDocs/D...
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Today's the first time the city council session is live streamed 🥳 www.youtube.com/live/WX3lONm...
Karlsruhe tram company asking the brave question: what if you didn't have a tram service actually: www.kvv.de/fileadmin/us...