Post #4406103
2026-08-05 09:11 UTC
Replies (5)
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@acb@mastodon.social 2026-08-05 09:18
@cstross@wandering.shop I hope this ends up covered by Interrail passes.
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@pikarl@reporter.social 2026-08-05 09:44
@cstross@wandering.shop curious what @jon@gruene.social is thinking about it (though I guess he will share your scepticism about feasability).
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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange 2026-08-05 09:46
@cstross@wandering.shop I wish they'd do something like ThamesLink in Paris, or add some lines that bypass Paris. If you want to go to the south of France, you need to get the EuroStar to Paris, but then you've got a ten to fifteen minute walk to another station if you want to go to the South of France. That, plus the time you need to allow as slack means that flying (even with getting to an airport and allowing two hours there) is about twice the speed of a train to somewhere like Bordeaux. If I could get a sleeper that would take me from London to Bordeaux overnight, I'd probably prefer that to flying. The trains on the other side go across to Lille, I'm not sure if there's a path to connect them up to places in the South East.
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@thechildofroth@mastodon.world 2026-08-05 09:56
@cstross@wandering.shop Anything that helps bypass the Eurostar cost/inconvenience shambles would be welcome. Huge additional points if it was made bike friendly too!
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@patterfloof@meow.social 2026-08-05 10:01
@cstross@wandering.shop it'd be great if it could get the go-ahead at a good price, especially if they added a single north england stop