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ptrc: gelderland arc @ptrc@treehouse.systems
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i'm sorry but
the intercity train, ran with a FLIRT³ (vmax 160) and with 4 more extra stops on the route, made the journey in 2 hours and 22 minutes - only 2 minutes over the scheduled "express intercity premium" train ran with a Pendolino (vmax 200)

...why even have them /s
IC 3124 train departing Kraków Główny at 21:30 (delayed 13 minutes), stopping at Miechów, Włoszczowa, Opoczno, and Grodzisk, before reaching Warszawa Zachodnia at 00:00 and Centralna at 00:05
EIP 3100 train, leaving Kraków Główny at 20:00, and reaching Warszawa Zachodnia at 22:14, with Centralna at 22:20
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Inga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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@ptrc hmm you probably need to have slack in the scheduled timeline to prevent the tiniest problems from escalating the delay and fucking up the schedule? So sure, a slower train can make a journey in this time (when it's running late and when it's lucky); but would it be able to consistently do so, always?

Also looking at openrailwaymap, on this route there are only two small stretches with allowed speeds above 160, like 15km to the south of Włoszczowa and 15km to the west of Grodzisk Mazowiecki?
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@IngaLovinde @ptrc the problem with that line is that it's currently undergoing ETCS updates so while third of it still has 160km/h limit normally, most of it has it rn
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Inga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @IngaLovinde@embracing.space
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@jeder @ptrc and in 2024 at least some trains seem to have been covering this route in less time?
E.g. www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?rok=2024&id=3778 , Warszawa Ostbahnhof to Krakow in just 2:12 (which I guess means just a bit over 2 hours, if not less, from Hbf?)
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
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@IngaLovinde @ptrc yes, because the switch from 200 to 160 happened recently
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