23 pages of manure (literally, sometimes. I hate manure) that is the extreme-right Dutch Agreement can contain interesting stuff nevertheless. For #crossborderrail there's two sentences (both on page 9):
'In the border regions, good rail connections with the neighboring country are essential.'
´There will be a proposal for cross-border rail transport, including the connection of five train stations to international HSL lines (e.g. Hengelo, Venlo, Heerlen, Groningen and Zwolle).' (1/3).
The devil is in the details - which are of course still buried deep in said manure and may never surface. The first point does point towards some pressure (NSC probably) towards improving #crossborderrail in Twente and Brabant. More pressure for electrifying Enschede-Gronau (real problem in .de though)? Better connectivity in Groningen? Hammont-Weert finally? (2/3)..
One more thing: What goes in must come out, and whilst the person doing the onboard lavatory reviews doesn’t seem to have arrived here yet, the station loo facilities in the UK- free and mostly clean - should serve as an example to all station operators (looking at you, NL and DE)!
Today I find comfort in the words of Sophie Scholl: 'The sun still shines today.' 'And I could weep at how mean people are and how they betray their fellow creatures, perhaps for the sake of personal advantage. It is enough to make a person lose heart sometimes.' 'Laws change. Conscience doesn't.' 'Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.' Yesterday's (Dutch) results make me even more determined to work together on making this world a better place and reduce hatred.
@titia@smveerman@jon@patrick If my night train gets in late and I miss my connection, I cannot count on the folks behind the counter honouring the CIV rules and rebooking me — and that only covers international travel, and only the next connection.
So, we need to do stupid shit like @jon had to do today.
@apicultor@titia@smveerman@patrick Not going to be fixed now. It's going to have to be after the EP elections, but then there is a window of opportunity… If the Commission brings forward a decent MDMS proposal, and if the EP faces down industry opposition and makes it happen!
So #bahnbubble, do the passes in the #interrail sale (specific 10d/2m) still feature 3 in/outbound days? It seems impossible to see this before activating.
:mtag: The Drum is filled with 1,000 Elephants - which means the top domains have now been reset avatar-wise. The queues are filling up to restore them; but as stated this can take up to a week (the system spreads it out to not swamp servers). Please be patient!