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I am starting a new little service - predominantly on LinkedIn as it's full of rail bullshit - but cross posted here
My "Bullshit Meter"
A quick reaction to a rail story, assessing whether it will happen or not
Here are a few examples...
Want me to assess a story? Send it over!
@jon That's a pretty bold claim about the Gorizia-Nova Gorica connection. I mean, sure, they are literally the Italian half and the Slovenian half of the SAME CITY, but knowing the absolutely dismal state of Slovenian railways, I can see some way in which they can still screw it up.
@eribosot No. 1) Slovenian railways have improved a lot in recent years, 2) it's capital of culture and just 3km to run, and 3) test trains have run already.
@jon Sorry for being cynical (and sarcastic). It's just that I was recently forced to spend 4+ hours traveling from Ljubljana to Venice, and 4+ hours back... on a bus. Because there doesn't seem to be any train connection from Ljubljana to the nearest big Italian city.
@eribosot There is. You just can't book it online 
@jon There is? Google Maps appears unaware of it.
@eribosot Google Maps is crap for rail. NEVER trust it. Sorry. Said out of bitter experience. Always use Deutsche Bahn's planner for European rail.
@jon *clicks Follow button* thanks for the tip! I was aware of bahn.de's status, just didn't realize GMaps was so bad...
@eribosot It's weird. Google Maps for rail feels so.... totally under developed. It works OK in some places, not in others. In some countries the data is totally off - trains listed that don't exist.
Re. Slovenia - the main headache is the infra towards Trieste. The tracks are hellish slow due to the topography. Slovenian railways are doing the best they can, but can't change much that direction given the infra.
@jon @eribosot The best way to get from Slovenia to Trieste is indeed via Gorizia. Passing the mountains behind Trieste is just not an option. There is the very lovely Opicina tram line but I am not sure about the current operational state of that little gem of infrastructure engineering. The latest thing I know is that it was out of service.
@alterelefant @jon @eribosot there’s also a daily Vienna-Ljubljana-trieste Eurocity since 2021, but maybe it has the ticketing challenges mentioned above.
The Vila Opicina tram is about to get restarted in 3 weeks, if I understood correctly https://www.ilpiccolo.it/speciali/tram-di-opicina/trieste-dieci-giorni-test-tram-opicina-vaglio-data-ripartenza-a6ovir4j