Matt Fullerton
@mattbirgit.de
Sustainable Mobility enthusiast working for DB Fernverkehr on international ticketing, amongst other things. Used to work on Open Data and Air Quality measurement & management. All opinions just mine :-)
Although reading between the lines of the translation, it looks like the main problem will be running Hungarian trains on the line. If others have ETCS-compatible trains things might look better (if and when the equipment on the line is approved).
January 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Although reading between the lines of the translation, it looks like the main problem will be running Hungarian trains on the line. If others have ETCS-compatible trains things might look better (if and when the equipment on the line is approved).
Hadházy: Chinese high-speed train will only be able to travel at 40 km/h in foggy conditions, safety equipment will not be available for an indefinite period
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Traffic will start without safety equipment on the Chinese "super railway" in Kelebia. 😱
@jonworth.eu
hvg.hu/kkv/20251222...
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Traffic will start without safety equipment on the Chinese "super railway" in Kelebia. 😱
@jonworth.eu
hvg.hu/kkv/20251222...
Hadházy: Ködben csak negyvennel mehet majd a kínai gyorsvasút, biztosító berendezés bizonytalan ideig nem is lesz
Tiszta időben is csak 100 kilométer per órás sebesség lesz a megengedett maximum a független képviselő szerint.
hvg.hu
January 8, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Great! I confess I didn't get to flagging it anywhere yet 😊
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Great! I confess I didn't get to flagging it anywhere yet 😊
Termination was missing on the drive, surprise surprise. Fixed that. Localtalk works with my Beige G3/G4 😊
January 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Termination was missing on the drive, surprise surprise. Fixed that. Localtalk works with my Beige G3/G4 😊
Progress, it now can somehow boot the harddisk after I plugged in an external SCSI CD-ROM drive with termination, even though it looked before like the drive was terminated. Confusing...
January 6, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Progress, it now can somehow boot the harddisk after I plugged in an external SCSI CD-ROM drive with termination, even though it looked before like the drive was terminated. Confusing...
I brought my Apple LC475 (90s Mac) back from Ireland and it still works... kinda
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I brought my Apple LC475 (90s Mac) back from Ireland and it still works... kinda
I'll report it, it doesn't sound like something deliberate
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I'll report it, it doesn't sound like something deliberate
So geoblocking on ticket sales!?
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
So geoblocking on ticket sales!?
I took a bit of a stare in that direction because I wasn't sure if the moving walkway was the right way to go. I didn't notice anything or have the impression that we were being inundated with people from the front of the train.
January 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I took a bit of a stare in that direction because I wasn't sure if the moving walkway was the right way to go. I didn't notice anything or have the impression that we were being inundated with people from the front of the train.
Is that on the cards? Would mean a massive rebuild. As long as they don't remove the piano 😅
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Is that on the cards? Would mean a massive rebuild. As long as they don't remove the piano 😅
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social The connection corridor / shortcut at Brussels is open, two long moving walkways down, out into a corridor and up again to the ICE. No annoying and narrow trip to the escalator/steps.
January 3, 2026 at 11:37 AM
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social The connection corridor / shortcut at Brussels is open, two long moving walkways down, out into a corridor and up again to the ICE. No annoying and narrow trip to the escalator/steps.
But at the prices they charge (and I only pay the fixed FIP rate, x4 for a family), that's how it is. And I'm sure all that security in the background will keep prices high, even with new operators. We'll see!
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
But at the prices they charge (and I only pay the fixed FIP rate, x4 for a family), that's how it is. And I'm sure all that security in the background will keep prices high, even with new operators. We'll see!
The shops within the waiting area are not that big, but yes, that would help a bit too.
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The shops within the waiting area are not that big, but yes, that would help a bit too.
I'm really torn between "being able to take the Eurostar is a luxury privilege and I should pipe down" and "the security and waiting conditions at St Pancras are unacceptable"
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
I'm really torn between "being able to take the Eurostar is a luxury privilege and I should pipe down" and "the security and waiting conditions at St Pancras are unacceptable"
Revolutionary (and probably not novel) idea for St Pancras: get rid of those silly passport scanning machines and separate cubicles for French/UK immigration. Let them sit together in one cubicle with plenty of shift rotations. Would free up oodles of space and no doubt improve UK-EU relations!
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Revolutionary (and probably not novel) idea for St Pancras: get rid of those silly passport scanning machines and separate cubicles for French/UK immigration. Let them sit together in one cubicle with plenty of shift rotations. Would free up oodles of space and no doubt improve UK-EU relations!
Eurostar from St Pancras just after New Year, Saturday morning, connection for the ski train at Lille (we're on till Brussels). Check-in & boarding predictably awful, but I have to applaud them keeping some seats free for bags (which in our area weren't needed).
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Eurostar from St Pancras just after New Year, Saturday morning, connection for the ski train at Lille (we're on till Brussels). Check-in & boarding predictably awful, but I have to applaud them keeping some seats free for bags (which in our area weren't needed).
Reposted by Matt Fullerton
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
Reposted by Matt Fullerton
Wir könnten das an Silvester haben aber nein, es braucht amputierte Gliedmaßen, etliche Brände, Angriffe auf Rettungskräfte, traumatisierte Tiere, Mio. Tonnen Feinstaub und zahlreiche Tote, damit der Deutsche sich beim Feiern spürt🤬
Bitte unterschreibt das Böllerverbot innn.it/boellerverbot
Bitte unterschreibt das Böllerverbot innn.it/boellerverbot
January 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Wir könnten das an Silvester haben aber nein, es braucht amputierte Gliedmaßen, etliche Brände, Angriffe auf Rettungskräfte, traumatisierte Tiere, Mio. Tonnen Feinstaub und zahlreiche Tote, damit der Deutsche sich beim Feiern spürt🤬
Bitte unterschreibt das Böllerverbot innn.it/boellerverbot
Bitte unterschreibt das Böllerverbot innn.it/boellerverbot
Fun fun fun with a capital F
December 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Fun fun fun with a capital F
Watch Ronnie Barker's speech at 24m52s and tell me I'm not crazy for being reminded of a recent UK prime minister?
Happy Christmas!
Disclaimer/warning: The special is over 50 years old and reflects attitudes from another time. A bit like that PM...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bs7...
Happy Christmas!
Disclaimer/warning: The special is over 50 years old and reflects attitudes from another time. A bit like that PM...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bs7...
The Two Ronnies' Old Fashioned Christmas Mystery 1973
YouTube video by Abigai Brook
m.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Watch Ronnie Barker's speech at 24m52s and tell me I'm not crazy for being reminded of a recent UK prime minister?
Happy Christmas!
Disclaimer/warning: The special is over 50 years old and reflects attitudes from another time. A bit like that PM...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bs7...
Happy Christmas!
Disclaimer/warning: The special is over 50 years old and reflects attitudes from another time. A bit like that PM...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bs7...
Brussels, London, Liverpool. Next stop Belfast and that's enough travelling for a while.
December 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Brussels, London, Liverpool. Next stop Belfast and that's enough travelling for a while.
Unfortunately, we weren't booked on to this one
December 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Unfortunately, we weren't booked on to this one
A look around your average German long distance bus station shows the market for sitting long-distance overnight in a seat is huge. And the economics are bound to be better for whoever's running it with seats.
December 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A look around your average German long distance bus station shows the market for sitting long-distance overnight in a seat is huge. And the economics are bound to be better for whoever's running it with seats.