Today's new borders:
Roubaix-Wattrelos - Herseaux
Former 1000mm tramway - Herseaux - Wattrelos

Borders map, inc. borders re-visited:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-all-the-borders_935041#14/50.7113/3.2343

Today's trains on the routes map:
https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988?scaleControl=false&miniMap=false&scrollWheelZoom=true&zoomControl=true&editMode=disabled&moreControl=true&searchControl=null&tilelayersControl=null&embedControl=null&datalayersControl=true&onLoadPanel=datalayers&captionBar=false&captionMenus=true&datalayers=81dec5c6-f726-4392-9b81-45cf4b69153c#8/49.493/3.279

#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 72 of 76
IC 813
13:37 Brugge - Kortrijk 14:24
SNCB

Train type: BN/ACEC AM80 Break EMU, 3 carriages
️ (3kV dc)
:
🦽: (ramps on platforms)
🛜: ️
️: ️
🧳: (poor for big bags, steep steps down in Kortrijk)
🧽:

Interrail: (accepted)

IC 813
13:37 Brugge - Kortrijk 14:24

Distance: 52.7km
Average speed: 67km/h

7 stops:
Zedelgem
Torhout
Lichtervelde
Roeselare
Izegem
Ingelmunster
Kortrijk

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#11/51.0215/3.1946

#CrossBorderRail

And enjoy Stereophonics singing about Belgian railways #CrossBorderRail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFmLVtSqQo0

#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 73 of 76
IC 19720
15:14 Kortrijk - Mouscron 15:24
SNCB

Train type: Bombardier, GEC Alsthom, ACEC AM96 EMU, 3 carriages
️ (3kV dc)
:
🦽: (employee wheels wheelchair across track, then there’s a ramp 🤯)
🛜: ️
️: ️
🧳: ️ (stupidly hard to get in, no space for large bags once in)
🧽:

Interrail: (accepted)

IC 19720
15:14 Kortrijk - Mouscron 15:24

Distance: 12.2km
Average speed: 73km/h

1 stops:
Mouscron

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#13/50.7822/3.2332

#CrossBorderRail

#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Bike 17 of 17
Mouscron - Roubaix, via Herseaux

Distance: 11.3km
Est. duration: 1:00

This bike route, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#14/50.7185/3.2020

Ah. There’s the border. Tobacco shop. Berlin kebab. And a sign. #CrossBorderRail

That’s #CrossBorderRail

Former 1000mm tramway - Herseaux - Wattrelos

No sign there ever was a tramway!

And that was #CrossBorderRail Roubaix-Wattrelos - Herseaux

Roubaix #CrossBorderRail

#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 74 of 76
TER 19738
16:41 Roubaix - Lille Flandres 16:54
SNCB, SNCF for TER Hauts de France

Train type: Bombardier, GEC Alsthom, ACEC AM96 EMU, 3 carriages
️ (25kV ac)
:
🦽: (no obvious lift or ramp at Roubaix - is there one?)
🛜: ️
️: ️
🧳: ️ (high steep steps)
🧽:

Interrail: (accepted)

TER 19738
16:41 Roubaix - Lille Flandres 16:54

Distance: 9.9km
Average speed: 46km/h

3 stops:
Croix-l'Allumette
Croix-Wasquehal
Lille Flandres

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#13/50.6614/3.0939

#CrossBorderRail

New level of SNCF announcement irrelevance: that if I’m travelling with a dog it has to have a muzzle. How many first time passengers with dogs have we got on board I wonder? #CrossBorderRail

#CrossBorderRail Conclusions Tour Train 75 of 76
TGV 7060
17:16 Lille Flandres - Paris Nord 18:21
SNCF Voyageurs

Train type: Alstom TGV Duplex, 2x 8 short double deck carriages
️ (25kV ac)
: ️
🦽: (step free, then lift down inside)
🛜:
️: ️ (bistro closed all trip)
🧳: ️
🧽:

Interrail: (needs compulsory reservation, costs €10)

TGV 7060
17:16 Lille Flandres - Paris Nord 18:21

Distance: 225.3km
Average speed: 208km/h

1 stops:
Paris Nord

This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-2025-conclusions-tour_1266988#9/49.7664/2.7436

#CrossBorderRail

Your #CrossBorderRail word of the day

cafouillage

Means: shambles

Word used by the SNCF train manager about the mess boarding the Paris - Montbard TGV I‘m on but hadn’t originally intended to take