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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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Passow

Grand old station, now derelict

Tracks already renewed here (this bit was already electrified)
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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I’m getting a scenic tour of Uckermark as the road for the replacement bus doesn’t follow the railway! 🙂
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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And at Schönow and Casekow there are no signs of track works at all

I’ve heard the rebuilding plans here were delayed, but 🤯

(Was impossible to photograph from the bus)
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Let’s build a straight road!

Pond!

Ok, no then
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There’s no sign whatsoever of any works in Tantow either (last German station)

The EU flag dates from a previous renovation

There is a Schlager night though
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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Honestly this is a mess

Given the works are
only around Passow currently, you’re subjecting the people on the rest of the route to a torturous rail replacement bus for years while the railway is intact

Run trains Szczecin - Passow, and bus Passow - Angermünde?
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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I put up the drone to check I’m not missing something. There’s this digger in a field south of the station, but that’s it. Oh and a poster.
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Something is really weird here. The question is what is wrong. I’ll pedal off towards Poland and see what I find to the north.

2024 Extra Days - Berlin - Tantow - Gryfino - Godków - Wriezen - Berlin
Bike 1 of 2
Tantow - Gryfino

Distance: 35.4km
Est. duration: 2:30

This bike route, mapped on Komoot:
https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/1800541672
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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There was a DB employee doing maintenance at Tantow Vorwerkallee. When will building start I asked him? Shrug 🤷‍♂️ But the track is still operable here
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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Border control zone 🐗#CrossBorderRail
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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So I’m approaching border 1 for the day
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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Internet has been useless in the border region. But the only important news is I’ve passed the Kwas border 😃
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So I’m in Gryfino 🇵🇱

I’m not going to see the weird trees it’s famous for - been there before
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gryfino-forest

I’ll head to the station and await my train - and process what I’ve (not) seen once there - and post more pics into the thread
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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So this is the picture. That’s

Poland left, Germany right - between Szczecin and Tantow
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The problem is that while this looks orderly… it’s not really meant to be like this!

Nowhere at the border section did I see any sign of works happening. Something runs as the tracks are shiny, but passenger trains haven’t run for 8 months now

If you’re going to close a line to rebuild it, get on and rebuild it! There’s so little sign of works it’s worrying
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Ah they have evil manufacturer (NEWAG) EMUs here in Gryfino - same series as the ones that were designed to brick themselves, but a different region https://jonworth.eu/newags-digital-sabotage-of-dolny-slasks-trains-what-were-they-thinking/
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@jon not hard to see them everywhere over here, at that time pesa was not doing great
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@jon and western trains are hella expensive
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Jon Worth @jon@gruene.social
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@jeder Stadler builds in Poland. And sure the trains are ok, but NEWAG is still evil.
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@jon yes, Stadler builds here but their modern trains are only in Łódzkie, Mazowieckie and in intercity use (and Śląskie but these are quite old by now), they do not seem to send offers anywhere really, leaving them to newag and/or pesa
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender 🔜 eth0 @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@jon i suppose that's because polish provinces really love to buy like 3 units at the same time
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