Damn I am tired of people laughing about Deutsche Bahn.

Travel in many other places in Europe and you will discover Germany is trying to do many things right with its railways. A quick blog post / rant from me:
https://jonworth.eu/your-deutsche-bahn-joke-is-no-longer-fu/

#CrossBorderRail

Your Deutsche Bahn "joke" is no longer funny (if it ever was)

Before attempting my record attempt between Kemijärvi, Finland and Lagos, Portugal, people told me over and over it would break down in Germany. So much so that I even tried to re-but (pre-but?) some of the likely critique.Now, having made the trip, and none of the total

My final #CrossBorderRail train of the day: Frankfurt - Bruxelles, Siemens built ICE3neo. The nicest high speed train anywhere in Europe for on board comfort, ride quality, service.

EC 132
07:45 Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig Hbf 13:04

Distance: 476.4km
Avg speed: 90km/h

11 stops:
Opole Glowne
Wroclaw Glowny
Legnica
Chojnow
Boleslawiec
Wegliniec
Hoyerswerda
Ruhland
Elsterwerda
Riesa
Leipzig Hbf

🚆 mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#8/50.913424/15.295715

#CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU

#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2026, inc. Longest train journey in the EU

Tours in Autumn 2026.Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map.The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.

#CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Train 45 of 49
EC 132
07:45 Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig Hbf 13:04
PKP IC

🚆: Newag Griffin locomotive now, Siemens Vectron later, carriages
⚡️ (3kV dc, 15kV ac)
🚲: ✅
🦽: ✅ (lift on board)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅ (at least part of the trip)
🧳: 😐 (narrow corridors, tricky with big bags)
🧽: 🙂
Interrail: 😐 (compulsory res, €3)

Welcome to today's thread - #CrossBorderRail to/from #LongestTrainEU Day 17 - 28 Sep - Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Leipzig - Frankfurt – Bruxelles

New borders:
None

Borders already crossed:
Horka Gbf 🇩🇪 - Wegliniec 🇵🇱
Aachen 🇩🇪 - Welkenraedt 🇧🇪

Today's routes on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#8/49.882371/6.766070

R 64642
19:35 Racławice Śląskie - Kędzierzyn-Koźle 20:13

Distance: 33.5km
Avg speed: 53km/h

6 stops:
Glogowek
Twardawa
Pokrzywnica
Kędzierzyn-Koźle Zachodnie
Kędzierzyn-Koźle Przystanek
Kędzierzyn-Koźle

🚆 mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-autumn-2026-inc-longest-train-jour_1443266#12/50.333628/17.982731

#CrossBorderRail #LongestTrainEU

#CrossBorderRail Autumn 2026, inc. Longest train journey in the EU

Tours in Autumn 2026.Each day of the project is a Layer in the map - these should be displayed by default, or if not click the three layered diamonds icon "Open browser" to the left side of the map.The icons are all for borders, roughly coloured to differentiate the borders. A cross through a track means NO TRAINS CAN RUN. A cross through trains but not track means TRAINS CAN RUN BUT NO PASSENGER TRAINS. And TRAIN AND TRACK (no crosses) means there is a passenger service.