#trieste

Good news! (We need some.)
As of Feb. 1, the Opicina, the famous tram-funicular of the city of #Trieste, is back in operation.

What's a tram-funicular, you ask? Hold my Illy, I'll explain...

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From 2013.

#SilentSunday #Sea #Trieste #Italy #Nature #NaturePhotography

Still no #tram in sight on the #Trieste 🇮🇹 to #Opicina line, when I quickly stopped at its downtown terminus at Piazza Oberdan today. Newspaper articles, however, mentioned these days that a re-opening might be imminent, probably even for 2024. (Or 2025, 2026 etc, as people say.)

"We are a private company, we cannot stay open longer". Thus is the answer I had when I comment on the fact that the #baggage deposit at the #Trieste #train #station was closing at 5.30 pm.

This is why I want #PublicServices!!! (Or automatic boxes!!)

#CrossBorderRail #privatisation
Ping @jon

The #Trieste 🇮🇹 to #Opicina tram is still “fuori servizio”. Resumption of traffic is (again) a rather distant perspective.
Meanwhile, the lovely “Bar alla Tramvia” at the upper terminus continues serving coffee, drinks and snacks, to potential passengers and tram spotters alike.

At #Opicina 🇮🇹 station earlier today. An #ÖBB 🇦🇹 Class 1216 #E190 #Taurus in #nightjet livery has hauled #EuroCity #Emona up the ramp from #Trieste. A Slovenian #SŽ 🇸🇮 Class 342, nicknamed #Moped, takes over. It’s a short consist: three ÖBB open plan 2nd class carriages only. No 1st class and no bicycle van today.

Miramaren amaitu dut Jan Morris idazle eta kazetari galestarraren 'Trieste', kronika historiko, literario eta pertsonala . Oso gustora irakurri dut, bereziak Triesteko hainbat anekdotagatik, eta gaur egungo izaera melankoliko post-inperialaren argazkiagatik. #Trieste #irakurketak #JanMorris #Miramare

Bad news for the #Trieste to #Opicina #tram: new requirements to be met before traffic resumes (or thereafter, that’s the question).
Altri lavori per il tram di Opicina, il sindaco di Trieste Dipiazza: «Così rischiamo di non ripartire mai più» writes Trieste’s daily “Il Piccolo”.

https://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/speciale/tram-di-opicina/2024/08/15/news/altri_lavori_per_tram_opicina_trieste_sindaco_cosi_rischiamo_non_ripartire_piu-14558007/

When visiting #Opicina 🇮🇹, a stop at the lovely “Bar alla Tramvia” is always part of our programme. However, once again, there aren’t any trams operating on the line to and from #Trieste, a line which includes a funicular section. Some paperwork is still outstanding, we are told.

Our holidays in #Istria usually come with a visit to the #Parenzana trail. This is a hiking and cycling route, built on the trackbed of the disused #Trieste 🇮🇹 and #Koper 🇸🇮 to #Poreč 🇭🇷 narrow gauge railway line which dates back to Habsburg times. Some mileposts are still there.

Evening light at Molo Audace, Trieste

#sunset #sunsetphotography #adriaticsea #trieste #photography

The (non-)resumption of traffic on the #Trieste 🇮🇹 to #Opicina tram line: a never-ending story. I made a brief stop at the line’s upper terminus earlier this week, for coffee at the “Bar alla Tramvia”. There was plenty of activity going on in the workshops - yet it seems that the re-start of any scheduled tram service is far away.

Among the finest moments European rail travel can offer: enjoying the freshly cooked breakfast ☕️🍳 in the lovely Slovenian @slozeleznice @diningcar of #EuroCity “Emona” from #Vienna 🇦🇹 to #Ljubljana 🇸🇮 and #Trieste 🇮🇹 while travelling over the scenic #Semmering line.

Saluti da #Trieste e dalla splendida Piazza Unità d’ #Italia!

È arrivato quello che, per me, è il momento più atteso dell'anno: la meravigliosa settimana di #cinema #scifi del #Trieste Science + Fiction Festival, arrivata con questa edizione 2023 ai suoi incredibili 60 anni.

Per chi ancora non la conosce, questa rassegna è una delle più importanti e longeve rassegne sul genere in #Europa, e per il 3° anno di fila, qui su #Bida, potrete leggere il mio personale "threaddone" dei film (e non solo) che troverò lungo la strada, attraversando il festival.

Se volete vedere fare un salto nel passato, o capire cosa vi aspetta, potrei trovare il thread 2021 qui

https://mastodon.bida.im/@malerbabomba/107174916280549153

e qui il thread 2022

https://mastodon.bida.im/@malerbabomba/109273202183126662

Ma ora, cominciamo! 🎬🛸