#transports

Work referenced: The Star Wars Jedi video game/multimedia series

Art description: The Stinger Mantis, an S-161 luxury yacht, flies in high orbit above an unknown world.

Era: Imperial

Location: Unknown

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*smoosh on your head*

OHHH THIS IS A TOUGH QUESTIONNN but i'll try to answer! <3 also brace yourself because you just reawakened the insufferable train nerd in me with this ask SJDJFJSJ

1. the paris austerlitz - bordeaux-saint-jean line (+ the les aubrais - montauban and montauban - toulouse lines if u want the full polt (paris orléans limoges toulouse) line)

iconic. a classic. passes by my hometown and i can even see my house from the train! and this line being strategic and used by long distance trains is the reason why my branch of the rer c has four tracks, making it possible for the trains i take from my hometown's station to use the middle tracks at some point during the journey, providing express service in the mornings and evenings during rush hour <3 i appreciate it. this line carries a lot of sentimental value for me because it connects me with orléans and cahors (the lot... aka the rare instance of another region besides the paris region where i actually feel home, it's insane), and also because the paris austerlitz station contains so much of my core memories. it's one of these places where i can look at any corner of the station and there will always be a memory related to each spot :) also, this line is like. the og rer c infrastructure in its francilian part and i don't understand why île-de-france mobilités wants to make my branch of the rer c a separate line when WE WERE THE OG UGHHHHH like make the grande ceinture in its choisy le roi - massy-verrières section a separate line of transilien instead plik. also special mention to argenton-sur-creuse on this line, this city may seem small, random and uninteresting to many because it's (sadly) isolated from public services (healthcare/education desert rip) and doesn't offer much opportunities, but it's actually a beautiful place with lovely architecture and historic heritage that deserves better in my opinion... just look at the colorful houses alongside the river.... (if you ever get the chance to visit it, do it!! i finally understood why it was one of my friends' favorite cities when i did)

2. the paris petite ceinture

i have so much fondness for this line as well and i have nostalgia for it even though i have never experienced its glory days, it's so silly :') it was a commuter rail infrastructure that used to go around paris, kind of in a circle shape, and connected different parts of the city before the subway existed :) nowadays the majority of its infrastructure is disaffected and has been turned into pedestrian greenways and alternative third places, but there are some sections that are still in service today, they are used by freight trains and a part of the northern branch of the rer c line :) on instagram there's this association posting about the work of preservation of the line they do and it's awesome, they have vintage trains circulating on the still existing infrastructure on special occasions such as the journées du patrimoine and regularly share old photos and historical facts, it's so cool <333 i love you petite ceinture

3. the béziers-neussargues / aubrac line

i never actually took this one, sadly (although i really want to one day!), but i read an amazing comic about it titled silence sur le quai that talked about the importance of preserving train service in rural areas and the impact of the last decades' policies that deteriorated (if not completely gutted and interrupted) the quality of the service on this line, and it's been living in my head rent-free ever since. i am so scared of this line getting completely abandoned one day, like... aside from the obvious fact that defunding public services sucks, and that in time of climate crisis, governments should invest in alternatives to cars like trains instead of closing train lines, why would you get rid of THIS line when it passes by stunning landscapes in the massif central and at some point crosses a viaduct called the viaduc de garabit, which was made by mfing gustave eiffel??? @ la sncf je suis dans tes murs 🔫 while i don't agree with that philosophy at all, this line is not even incompatible with your current profi-driven policies, you could milk out the touristic potential out of this line and aren't even doing that??? WHY

(...also i kinda gaf more about this viaduct than the eiffel tower😭 it's just so beautiful snif snif)

4. the marseille - toulon section of the marseille-saint-charles - vintimille line

took it for the first time when i went to bandol with my best friend back in september and the landscapes were just beautiful, i loved getting glimpses of the sea from the train and the atmosphere of the stations <3 also it passes by la ciotat, where one of the first films ever (of a train!!) was filmed by the lumière brothers, which i think is pretty cool :) also i love the marseille-saint-charles station, it's on the heights of the city and the view on the urban landscape from its forecourt is amazing. yes i'm aware that it's also craignos at night but idgaf

5. ex aequo: the bréauté-beuzeville - fécamp line and the blanc-argent line

the first one is in normandy, it's been fairly recently reopened (in 2016) to passenger service after being closed in 1970, i love fécamp and i love when regions reinvest in abandoned train lines like yessss more of this plik<3

the second one is a very particular line -- actually a small section of a line that used to be much longer back in the old days --, with metric rail and tiny diesel trains, that crosses through the forests of sologne~ i fell in love with the description nassira el moaddem wrote of it in her books les filles de romorantin and et si on rentrait au bled en train? and i really want to take it one day :)

more generally speaking, i'm a huge fan of smaller train lines used for regional train service outside of the paris region, they are so easily forgotten and neglected by public powers and yet essential<3 i love you ter (<- french regional train) i love you small rural train lines i love you journeys between two cities via several ter connections instead of a tgv i love you small train stations in the countryside and mountains <- on that topic, i didn't mention it because my list would be getting too long but the section of the lyon-marseille via grenoble line that passes by small towns in the alps my beloved<3 and the view on the lac du bourget from the ter between lyon and annecy (which uses the culoz - modane line, i'm pretty sure) ??? absolutely stunning. those are some of my favorite train memories. ter supremacy 🚉

Jornada em Justaposição, 2024

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