I wanted to make a promotion that SNCB Youth Holidays aka Go Unlimited was back this week… to realise this amazing offering of unlocked travel was killed by the new tariffs.

SBB board book

I am a bit sad these are mainly replaced by digital operator specific versions 😢
Always nice to read the history of a carriage even before they transferred ownership!

Even SNCF thinks i know the composition of their TGVs…

“Je traivaille pas pour L’SNCF, je suis de Train Charter”

Never thought i had to tell SNCF this themselves 🤣

SNCF style is making 100 announcements that a train doesn’t take passengers including weird noises…. But refusing to close the doors 🤣

OH “ne laissez pas votre train sans surveillance”

@lewd oooooof okay no vending machines it is

What is the easiest way to buy Thalys tickets in person in Paris-Nord?

Asking for a bunch of friends… or enemies… depends

Manual of AB33s sleeping car

Some light reading in the morning…

Behind every international train is a crew who knows which hotels allow check-out in the middle of the night 🤣

Station in dark

Blue train on platform

3am: start shift in Aachen hbf

Aachen hbf

Time for an eep, see you tomorrow my little hauptbahnhof

Power sockets above seat

Oooh the I10 with sockets.. but with old SIV 😅

TGV-M is in Leuven.... and this is no joke

Pro tip on saving energy: go work full time on international trains! You will never see your home ever again, so no energy!

Hmmm… go to Aachen early find dinner there or find it on the way to Aachen 🤔

“Do we run in UIC mode?” “Lemme turn on the lights over UIC” “Carriage with UIC number” “Can lock close the door according to RIC (well UIC 😆)”

I do mention UIC too much on a daily basis without even touching on 918 and friends

@quixoticgeek just give us 6 months extra then yes

But Paris Luasane Milano you say huh…. Looks like a good route to run except Paris make that Brussels!

Picture in hotel room of train attendant next to orient express

In 80 years I will be on the wall of hotel rooms remembering the great area of the “European Sleeper” (probably somewhat after invention of teleportation, until then night trains best trains!)

I learned I am not working on April 1st… sad…
Anyway

“Dear Passengers, in 15 minutes we will be arriving in Paris-Nord. Passengers with a connection to the Euroster to New York you have a guaranteed connection on platform two. Passengers for the TGV to Sydney please contact the station staff […]

From 1st July SNCB is stopping sales of tickets on board, even with the 9 euro surcharge.

And back to Paris 😅 statistically I live there this week 😆

@q same in my village but it was in the form of a trashbag

@smveerman they hide them all over maintenance depots in france so nobody can use them

Aulnoye-Aymeries is my new favourite station in France…

First time the whole local community came cheering. Second time the chef du gare came to officially welcome me with 2 kisses 😇

[Link to meta platform]

www.instagram.com/reel/DWXAzRGDK31/

Ah somebody filmed that arrival!

AB33 sleeper in paris nord, me in hi vis next to it

Historical moment for myself and railways, arrival in France of the first European Sleeper, my first time chef du bord in France 🇫🇷 💕

As i wasn’t in any safety or commercial function i was in my private chlotes yet people kept asking me questions 🤣 not sure what gave away I did work there…

Me (not in uniform) assisting the train manager and Mark Smith

Somebody managed to capture me assisting a certain man to his room in berth 61