Post #3990398

On the rails…STFU it’s #TGVTuesday Today it’s @darkphoenix@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net’s turn for a whimsical treat. When they were reminded by DB Navigator that they could take a TGV to Karlsruhe, they pounced on the idea. So we’re doing a silly and taking a TGV to Karlsruhe. Today’s itinerary: https://moof.space/trip/2026-07-21 There are two TGVs a day in each direction between Stuttgart and Paris, and in Germany they stick to German railway rules: no need for reservations, all the various DB passes apply, and you can just hop on without a gate check. It’s effectively another ICE, just that it’s a double decker with a worse Bordrestaurant. As a result, the TGV units that are adapted for running on DACH power and signalling also have reservation indicators on them, so you know which seats you can just flop into, something that isn’t there on the France-only trains. I was baffled when I first took a domestic TGV, as I thought it would be mandatory reservation. Anyway. AirPods in. Synthwave turned up to 11. Let’s ride!