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An update from the German / Swiss border lands
 
An update from the German / Swiss border lands
Posted by grahame at 08:37, 7th June 2026
 
Our planned trip from Melksham to Split has not turned out quite as we had pencilled in.  Austria attracted us and  rather that one two-day stop there, we had three two-day stops.  Loving the alpine stuff which gives wonderful views from the trains (if just glimples that don't photograph well) and we tracked on to Alpine northern Italy, then yesterday across Switzerland and to our final two day stop in Singen; Lisa resting up and I'm seeing some local rail.

I have - NOT been posting daily snaps here at the risk of boring members and biting in to holiday time, but I am taking huge numbers of pictures which will allow me to write up experiences not by location but rather by other subject - "what can we learn about pedestrianisation and town planning", "how do ticket sales and checking work", "what do people travel with and how do the trains cope" ... and a hundred other topics.

I am anticipating long autumn hours at "Information at the Station" while the project beds in, and while we fine tune the Faq to know exactly what IS "F" - frequent - to ensure than all that information is at hand and volunteers can be accurate and are comfortable giving it out - if not easily selectable on the big touch screen panel that will be there.

Pictures?   Little point in me putting many up today; they might look something like a brag ("look where I have been") and as a quiz far too obscure.

 
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