So @smveerman keeps telling me I should do a #CrossBorderRail between French Régions

Today I’m in Dijon

I have trains labelled MOBIGO, FLUO and TER

These are TER Bourgogne Franche Comté, TER Grand Est and TER Auvergne Rhone Alpes respectively

And they’re ALL run by SNCF

Totally makes sense 😆

Why I don’t think Praha 🇨🇿 - München 🇩🇪 is going the same way as Padborg 🇩🇰 - Flensburg 🇩🇪 #CrossBorderRail - despite no contract being in place yet

Explained 👇
https://jonworth.eu/avoiding-another-cross-border-route-collapse-in-december-why-praha-munchen-should-still-work/

Avoiding another cross border route collapse in December: why Praha - München should still work

I admit it was not with great joy that I read this story from Zdopravy that states that no contract has yet been signed between Leo Express and Die Länderbahn for the operation of Praha - Plzeň - Domažlice - Furth im Wald - Schwandorf - Regensburg - München services that are to start just 8

While this week I have mostly looked at the 🇩🇰🇩🇪 #CrossBorderRail, there is a problem at the 🇩🇰🇸🇪 border as well - SJ’s rebuilt X2000 trains are still not allowed to cross the Öresund bridge to reach København

See: https://jarnvagar.nu/fler-tag-pa-sparen-2027/

But I still don’t know WHY this is. Typical Danish rail bureaucracy headaches, or something more serious?

SHOCK! 😳

Ah no, not a shock

Not many passengers on Tornio - Haparanda #CrossBorderRail trains
https://jarnvagar.nu/stort-intresse-men-fa-resenarer/

Because the timetable is total crap

All being well it should work better from 13 December onwards…

Stort intresse men få resenärer – Järnvägar.nu

För två månader sedan var det nypremiär för persontågstrafik mellan Sverige och Finland. Intresset för resor över gränsen har varit stort men antalet resenärer har varit mer begränsat.

With timetable change on the horizon 13 December, I am starting to systematically analyse what will change with #CrossBorderRail then

This first 🧵 is about lines that will change their status - places that had no service and will now get some passenger service

Any I am missing, do tell me!

🤔

A month ago trains from Beograd to Zvornik Novi (Republika Srpska) were announced:
https://noviglas.info/2026/09/18/nova-veza-srpske-i-srbije-zvornik-i-beograd-prvi-put-svakodnevno-povezani-vozom/

But only Zvornik (which is Serbian side) is shown in Serbia Voz’s timetables and online ticket booking

Did this ever happen @mejs ?

#CrossBorderRail