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Screenshot von der Eurail-Website mit folgendem Text: โ€žUpdate February 13, 2026: Eurail B.V. has confirmed that certain customer data affected by the previously reported security incident has been offered for sale on the dark web and a sample data set has been published on Telegram. We are continuing to investigate the scope and impact.โ€œ

Screenshot von der Eurail-Website mit folgendem Text: โ€žUpdate February 13, 2026: Eurail B.V. has confirmed that certain customer data affected by the previously reported security incident has been offered for sale on the dark web and a sample data set has been published on Telegram. We are continuing to investigate the scope and impact.โ€œ

Es gibt ein Update zum Interrail data breach, den Eurail es nicht wert findet, per Email auszuschicken ๐Ÿ˜

www.eurail.com/en/ni/data-s...

14.02.2026 16:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Prolongement du tram T6 : la Rร‰TROSPECTIVE
YouTube video by SYTRAL Mobilitรฉs Prolongement du tram T6 : la Rร‰TROSPECTIVE

Today T6 Nord tramway opened in Lyon. The project isn't very big (just 5.5 km) but the timeline is just impressive: the project was launched in 2020, 3 years for planning, design, public consultation, permitting and contracting and less than 3 years for construction.

youtu.be/XiJesxVJXFo?...

14.02.2026 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 152    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

How else can you run your heritage trams on two routes throughout the city every Sunday? ๐Ÿ˜

13.02.2026 08:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช ๐ŸšŠ3๏ธโƒฃ Cab Ride - STIB-BRUSSELS - Former tram line 3. Entire route from Churchill to Esplanade.
YouTube video by VLB / VlakyBane - All Ways by Rail ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช ๐ŸšŠ3๏ธโƒฃ Cab Ride - STIB-BRUSSELS - Former tram line 3. Entire route from Churchill to Esplanade.

Ah I see. Apparently there already is a track connection near Midi: youtu.be/9EuVyEjrNPY?... but operating your entire line via that seems tricky

12.02.2026 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Spotted a rare weekday metre-gauge tram today ๐Ÿ‘€

12.02.2026 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Equilibre budgรฉtaire enย 2029, Good Move, primes Renolutionโ€ฆ Voici ce que contient lโ€™accord de gouvernement rรฉgional ร  Bruxelles - RTBF Actus L'accord est tout chaud, aprรจsย 613 jours de nรฉgociations surย une dรฉclaration de politique rรฉgionale (DPR) etย 3 jours...

Brussels finally has a government, some 600 days after the election!

But unfortunately it's now confirmed that the metro 3 project is abandoned. They'll finish the grade separation of the tracks between Gare du Midi and Annessens but they'll keep running trams. What a fiasco this has all been.

12.02.2026 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also what's with Flemish political parties and their names lol

12.02.2026 22:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you know if trams would have run through the new Toots Thielemans station anyway? Or would there have been a shuttle M3 Albert - Nord

12.02.2026 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

evidently I haven't been in Brussels for a while, I was like "c'est quoi tram 10" haha

12.02.2026 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What really?? ๐Ÿ’€ That's crazy when you've already started construction

12.02.2026 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Erklรคrt auch warum grรถรŸtenteils eingleisige StraรŸenbahn damals ja durch sinnvoll waren. Warum zweigleisig bauen wenn so viel Kapazitรคt gar nicht gebraucht wird. Und woher soll Verspรคtung kommen?

12.02.2026 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finde so alte Videos immer so spannend. Bei 4:10 dieses handbetriebene Vierrad z.B. sieht irgendwie lustig aus

12.02.2026 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Ikebukuro station.

Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Ikebukuro station.

Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Ueno station.

Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Ueno station.

Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Shibuya station.

Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Shibuya station.

Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Tokyo station.

Diagrammatic map of the Tokyo railway network, focused around Tokyo station.

crossposting from twitter because @eco.tgirl.gay told me to but,

8 months ago i tried to find a rail map that covers the entirety of tokyo and there was none that i liked so i made one :)

full one in replies! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿš„

12.02.2026 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

7:03 was too late in the day? ๐Ÿ˜ณ

12.02.2026 14:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Why is this Europe's busiest bus line?
YouTube video by imperatur Why is this Europe's busiest bus line?

Not someone uploading a video about bus 5 just a few hours after me posting this :D youtu.be/ohDr9jle4Zo

11.02.2026 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crossing the Elbe on an icebreaker, I mean, on ferry 75 ๐Ÿ˜โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ›ณ๏ธ

10.02.2026 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some bridge is broken so they can only run trains Altona -> HolstenstraรŸe but not reverse, and it'll take a while to fix ... seems they can build a provisional bridge later this year, but I think they thought it might also take much longer

10.02.2026 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Before the Olympics started you could buy this special Bahncard that let's you travel unlimited for free on ICE/IC any day after Germany scores Gold. Most people have work/school, but I'm quite flexible at the moment so I can actually use this to go to other end of the country at short notice ๐Ÿ˜

10.02.2026 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Timetable of bus 5 at Rathausmarkt towards A Burgwedel. During the weekday peak every 2-4 minutes, otherwise even Sunday every 5, during the night every 30 during the week and every 20 during the weekend

Timetable of bus 5 at Rathausmarkt towards A Burgwedel. During the weekday peak every 2-4 minutes, otherwise even Sunday every 5, during the night every 30 during the week and every 20 during the weekend

Paris has the TVM bus, Hamburg has its number 5. Let's see when the replacement metro will eventually open on this corridor ๐Ÿซ 

10.02.2026 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
S-Bahn screen showing next departures including indicating how full the train is

S-Bahn screen showing next departures including indicating how full the train is

Digital screens showing lines running from the station and timetables

Digital screens showing lines running from the station and timetables

Screen at the ferry quay showing ferry departures and nearby bus, metro and S-Bahn departures as well as carsharing and bikesharing options

Screen at the ferry quay showing ferry departures and nearby bus, metro and S-Bahn departures as well as carsharing and bikesharing options

Relatively new wayfinding signs at Hamburg-Dammtor station. These seem to have be trials, as the new DB standard does not look like this

Relatively new wayfinding signs at Hamburg-Dammtor station. These seem to have be trials, as the new DB standard does not look like this

Otherwise it was fun to see a lot of interesting wayfinding, some tests I believe. Also even actual signs were very up-to-date with the recent introduction of S7!

Nothing spectacular, but I always compare it with home ๐Ÿซ 

10.02.2026 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Walked back through the 1911 Elbe Tunnel with its lifts that used to carry cars until 2019 ๐Ÿ˜ณ (since then either one of the tubes has been under renovation)

10.02.2026 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
View across the Alster lake at Jungfernstieg with Alster boats and the railway bridge in the distance, where an S-Bahn train is crossing

View across the Alster lake at Jungfernstieg with Alster boats and the railway bridge in the distance, where an S-Bahn train is crossing

icy Alsterfleet near Jungfernstieg

icy Alsterfleet near Jungfernstieg

Public transport ferry line 75 crossing the Elbe through the ice. In the distance the "Michel" church and a U3 metro train on the elevated Hochbahn section

Public transport ferry line 75 crossing the Elbe through the ice. In the distance the "Michel" church and a U3 metro train on the elevated Hochbahn section

View from the ferry onto the icy Elbe, with the Elbphilharmonie in the distance

View from the ferry onto the icy Elbe, with the Elbphilharmonie in the distance

I'm probably one of the handful that can take advantage of DB's Gold ๐Ÿฅ‡ promo, so today I went to Hamburg ๐Ÿ˜

The commuter ferries are almost icebreakers at the moment, strange feeling when travelling on them ๐Ÿ˜

10.02.2026 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I knew like Dutch and French people love to go to dm because apparently it's cheaper here, but wasn't aware of its popularity with Chinese people ๐Ÿ˜ณ

10.02.2026 09:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sign in a German dm showing the 30 Renminbi discount when buying things over 500 Renminbi

Sign in a German dm showing the 30 Renminbi discount when buying things over 500 Renminbi

Why does a German dm have a 30 Renminbi discount for Chinese mainland Alipay users ๐Ÿค”

10.02.2026 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

be careful, you're a resident of THE Lร„ND

09.02.2026 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿš„๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Die Slowakei plant den Anschluss des Knotens #Bratislava an das europรคische Hochgeschwindigkeitsnetz!

Eine neue Studie sieht eine Verbindung ins V4- und TEN-T-Netz vor โ€“ mit neuen Strecken bis 320 km/h, modernisierten Bahnhรถfen und kรผrzeren Fahrzeiten Richtung Wien, Brno & Budapest.

09.02.2026 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's giving Wehrhahnlinie vibes

08.02.2026 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

they did think about doing this as a tram-train thingy before focusing on buses in 2010

07.02.2026 22:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But it is working: all other French regional buses I have ever used were basically empty, this one was almost all seats taken on a late Saturday into town

Would be fun to see more of a network effect with better coordination of other routes timetables (e.g. most of them don't run at all on Sundays)

07.02.2026 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Near Strasbourg, an entire new stop was recently built on the motorway: bsky.app/profile/simo...

07.02.2026 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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