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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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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 20, 2026, 7:55 PM

    With still more than an hour to spare, I had enough time to walk to Bologna's central square and back. Yes: a main station with night and high-speed connections less than 2km away from the center.

    And pleasantly, the direct street was totally empty of cars, as it will host the new tramway once the electric wires are installed. #Bologna #tramway

    Bologna's stairs next to a Roman ruin, with tram tracks in the foreground.
    Typical Bologna street with arcades on the ground floor of buildings, and a tramway stop in the middle.
    Another tram stop with platforms on the sides.
    Bologna's main square, as the sky is brightening up.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 21, 2026, 7:44 PM

    Not much time to scout trains in Milano, but some outside pictures for completeness.

    Old Trenord double-decker regional train, seemingly with a bicycle compartment in the locomotive.
    Entrance doors of the same train.
    Hitachi Rock in green livery.
    Frecciarossa 500 red high-speed train on a platform.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 21, 2026, 7:48 PM

    The journey went on with a direct intercity train to the French border in Ventimiglia. Older carriages but the seats are fine in first class too.

    Locomotive with a blue intercity livery in Milano.
    Intercity carriage on the platform in Ventimiglia.
    First class seating arrangement.
    Space for luggage behind the seats.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 21, 2026, 7:55 PM

    This train features a combined carriage with a large bicycle area, wheelchair space, and a bar. Unfortunately no food appears to be served nowadays. #CyclingOnRails #MiaBiciNelTreno

    I guess nobody would complain if you brought a surfboard or other bulky items here, too bad the interesting waves aren't on the Mediterranean sea. #NotSNCF

    Bike area with 6 vertical hooks on one side, and nothing on the other.
    Wheelchair area just behind the bike spots.
    Bar area with 4 stools.
    Closed vending area of the bar.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 23, 2026, 4:27 PM

    The journey continued into France, with a regional train from... Bretagne of course! The train made a long, scheduled stopped for illegal semi-systematic border controls breaking Schengen (the officer didn't even glance at my driving license from a meter away as my skin color didn't fit his target profile). #CrossBorderRail

    And on to Nice, with the typical modern French approach of one entry/exit per platform so everyone wastes time in bottlenecks and detours. #SNCFail

    TER Regio 2N Breizhgo in Ventimiglia, Italy.
    Nice's train station, with a crowded escalator to exit the platform, and unused stairs behind.
    Tracks and platforms towards Marseille. Some kind of trees/bushes are officially planted on the platforms. Unofficial bushes grow near the depot tracks.
    Depot of trains in the Zou! livery of the region.
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  • Cycling on Railscycling_on_rails@mastodon.social
    Oct 23, 2026, 4:48 PM

    I then saw a real Regio 2N in Zou! edition. Seats aren't too bad, but they borrowed the stupid concept of bicycle spaces with vertical hooks between walls that you also find for example in Pays-de-la-Loire and Normandie. So it's super complicated to manoeuver your bicycle up there.

    The space near the vending machine if ok, but were the 3 folding seats really necessary? 🤔 #CyclingOnRails #MonVéloDansLeTrain

    Regio 2N Zou! operated by Transdev on a platform.
    Bicycle space with 3 vertical hooks between deep walls surrounded by foldable seats around the entrance doors.
    Vending machine facing 3 folding seats with logos for bicycles, luggage and strollers. There are 3 more vertical hooks for bicycles behind the wall.
    Second-class seating area downstairs.
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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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  • MattNavmattnav@mastodon.social
    Oct 23, 2026, 4:32 PM

    @cycling_on_rails yep those BreizhGo units are set to stay here for quite a while (at least a year I believe on lease) but it's been quite amusing seeing them out and about along the coast. Drivers tell me that it gives them a chuckle when they get to use them on shift

    TER BreizhGo unit from Brittany pulling out of Cannes station whilst on lease to TER Zou in southern France
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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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