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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 18, 2026, 11:23 AM

    At least you'll find a pedestrian zone in the historic center. And bicycles aren't banned there, you may even find racks to attach your bicycle!

    Wide pedestrianized avenue, leading to the national museum in the background.
    Sign announcing the entrance of the pedestrian zone, with bicycles and taxis allowed, and some bicycle directions.
    Pedestrian zone with bicycle racks.
    Bicycle directions. The bicycle routes are numbered, the upcoming street is route A40.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 18, 2026, 12:25 PM

    And now off to a 26h journey all the way to Nice! 🚂 It could have been 24h, but I prefer having more buffer before the night train.

    The trip starts with lunch in a brand-new ComfortJet train. It was wise to start eating straight away, as the 5 restaurant tables got crowded as soon as the next stop of Pardubice. Some people even sat in 3+2 configuration instead of the planned 2+1.

    #CeskeDrahy #ComfortJet

    Control car at the first class end of the ComfortJet train.
    Entrance door with 4 steps to the back of the restaurant.
    Restaurant table for 2 people on each side, but some ended up sitting 3 abreast.
    Vegetarian meal with rice and chickpeas.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 18, 2026, 2:05 PM

    Former coal power plant (now gas) right in the center of Brno, where most people left.

    Finally passing close to Austerlitz after so many train journeys from Paris' Austerlitz station.

    The famous locomotive depot of Břeclav.

    Brno Špitálka power plant, with the former coal cooling tower, and the more recent gas chimneys.
    Brno station with the cathedral in the background.
    Hilly landscape between Brno and Břeclav, near what was known as Austerlitz some centuries ago.
    Břeckav station at the end of a shunting yard, with a row of PKP Cargo locomotives parked in the background.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 18, 2026, 5:33 PM

    Arrived in Vienna with only a couple of minutes of delay. Verdict: the ComfortJet is a very good option, prefer it over RegioJet on the Prague-Vienna route if you value comfort.

    The generous bicycle space was unused today at the arrival in Vienna, but I didn't check earlier in Czechia. #CyclingOnRails #KoloVeVlaku

    Special mention to the children corner with on-board cinema, a classic of Czech railways.

    Danube in Vienna taken from the railway bridge.
    Bicycle area with 7 foldable seats lined up on one side.
    Second-class seating area.
    Children cinema corner.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 18, 2026, 5:42 PM

    With 3 hours to my night train, there was plenty of time for another train spotting session. Even the next generation of train spotters was there! 😄

    Parent and child seated at the end of a platform, looking towards tracks in the evening light, while an old diesel railcar approaches.
    Old ÖBB diesel railcar behind a red signal.
    Same railcar covered in graffiti from the other side.
    Bicycle area (4 vertical hooks) at the entrance of this railcar.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 19, 2026, 8:16 AM

    RegioJet Prague-Budapest in more detail but not too much, the platform was full of people and don't expect any bicycle spot nor large luggage space here.

    RegioJet Pool yellow locomotive.
    Yellow carriage with lots of logos for amenities (hot beverage, bottle beverage, journal, snowflake, WiFi), even though not much else than seats to see from the windows.
    A glimpse at seats and overhead luggage racks through the windows.
    A sign indicating the narrow luggage rack at the end of the carriage. It's translated as "storage room for passengers" 🤔
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 19, 2026, 8:23 AM

    The first night train of the evening is headed to Brussels. Apparently SNCF lobbied to keep their logos on there despite slashing the Paris-Vienna/Berlin services. 😤

    I then went for bite across the street, with a departure board in the restaurant. Which of course told me I missed the night train to Kyiv. 😯 But I was too hungry anyway, so that'll be for another time.

    Red ÖBB locomotive.
    Dark blue nightjet couchette car.
    Sleeping car with a "nightjet team SNCF" logo.
    Meal with a list of departures and platforms on the background screen, including the 19:08 to Bucuresti & Kyiv.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 19, 2026, 9:08 AM

    About the storage boxes: it took me a while to firgure out how to unlock them: you have to tap your card on the *main* (and only) reader next to the cabin entrance. Then all your lockers flash green and open.

    The shoe box is just enough for regular shoes but you have to slide them sideways. My 40 liter duffel bag fit with a bit of margin in the front. #Nightjet #MiniCabin

    Card reader next to the mini-cabin.
    Green light next to the luggage locker.
    My shoes slided sideways in the box.
    Duffel bag in the box.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 19, 2026, 9:37 AM

    As noted by @stefanlindbohm, you'll find generous luggage racks for larger items in the seating car just after the last mini-cabins.

    Back to the cabin: I'll note that it's just large enough to fit myself lying, with shoulders and feet touching the walls. On the plus side it's well soundproof (at least in the middle of the car away from the wheels i.e. cabins 50s), except when talkative passengers board late. 🙄 Main downside is the lack of temperature control, it was on the hot side for me.

    Corridor with 3 luggage shelves on each side before seats.
    Detail of the luggage shelves, with 3 levels and small embedded lockers. Shelves are separated by plastic walls, so items that are too long don't officially fit, but I guess you could leave them on the floor in front of them.
    Closed separator and mini-cabin window.
    Opened air ventilation above the head in the cabin.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 20, 2026, 6:53 PM

    After a 4:40am wake-up knock on the door by the crew (around Padova), the train arrived with just 5 minutes of delay at 5:44 in Bologna. I was bracing for a dreadful 2h wait in an empty morning station, but Italy being a sensible country, there were already plenty of regional trains running, as well as coffee places opening around 6am. #NotFrance #NotSNCF

    So the day started with another impromptu #TrainSpotting session!

    Breakfast box with 2 bread buns and a hot chocolate in the foldable table of the Nightjet mini-cabin.
    ÖBB locomotive at the front of the Nightjet with the Bologna Centrale sign at the end of the platform.
    Departure board with 20 trains + 1 bus scheduled from 05:42 to 06:45.
    Hitachi Rock double-decker regional train just across the platform.
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  • Stefan Lindbohmstefanlindbohm@mastodon.social
    Oct 19, 2026, 9:23 AM

    @cycling_on_rails Good to know is that if your luggage doesn’t fit, there are extra racks in the seating car with security wires that can be locked with any NFC thing (like a bank card). When I travel with bags, I just board straight onto the seating car and lock the big bag there and then move inside the train to the cabin. Same procedure when getting off, I get out via the seating car.

    Additional benefit is that many times you can sit in a real seat there after they steal all the beddings :)

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  • Denisnassigny@toot.aquilenet.fr
    Oct 20, 2026, 7:24 PM

    @cycling_on_rails j'ai eu l'occasion d'aller ces dernières années fréquenter le réseau ferré italien (nord) et j'avais halluciné sur les systèmes de stockage de vélos dans les trains. Je me souviens que sitôt arrivé au pouvoir, le poutinolâtre Salvini s'était empressé de supprimer tout ce qui ressemble à une aide nationale aux vélos. Il y a peut-être le rôle particulier des régions en Italie ?

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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 20, 2026, 7:42 PM

    @nassigny Je n'ai pas cherché en détail pourquoi tel ou tel pays a de bons ou mauvais emplacements vélos dans les trains. En principe le client (région) décide du nombre de places minimum, mais ça dépend de ce que le fabricant a conçu et en stock. Chaque pays a son fabricant préféré donc la culture accessibilité du fabricant joue. Et il y a des économies d'échelle à commander le même intérieur (toutes les régions d'Italie semblent avoir le même modèle), donc ça peut se jouer au plus demandant.

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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 22, 2026, 2:31 PM

    @paraliebe Haha I gave up on Reddit as (besides all the algorithmic doomscrolling) posting self-made stuff is banned in most communities as self-promotion regardless of quality. Thanks for forwarding!

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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 19, 2026, 10:08 AM

    @oheso Bottom. I figured it'd be easier to go in and out. Although that sometimes means feet from the person above in front of your face. 😅

    View from inside of the mini-cabin, looking outside towards the corridor. The person from the above mini-cabin is seating, with their shoes just in front of me.
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  • plactagonicplactagonic@f.cz
    Oct 19, 2026, 7:47 AM

    @cycling_on_rails The bike space is quite generous but for bikes I still prefer bit different trains just because of the fact that the rear derailleur digs in to the seat. It wasn't an issue when I took it 2 months ago but I was still bit scared when I noticed it.

    If you want feel free to "borrow" my photos with more bikes and details of the hook.

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