XMPP Summit - 2026-01-25

> Is there more news on the rumored railway strike in Belgium It's not a rumor, it's very much real. The way I get it, they know for sure only 24 hours in advance. I think this page is a good way to know about yours: https://www.belgiantrain.be/en/travel-info/train-network-travel-info/strike ↺

(they actually know 72 hours in advances, but the time to reorganise everything, they end up with announce 24h in advance).

> MattJ/my train got cancelled, but other Eurostars are running. Do you know if you still can make it? ↺

Eurostar let me move to a different train which is (supposedly) still running, and Dave did the same, so we should still get to Brussels at least

Deutsche Bahn says that German trains into Belgium maybe affected. But doesn't specify what that means exactly. I guess that could mean anything from 5 minutes late to no trains running at all 🤷‍♂️

I looked at my journey online but no canclelation or delay information yet

Daniel, So normal for DB?

Indeed

Last year it took me 27 hours to come, let's see if I'll break the record this year 💪

There's always Flixbus.

I did this last year, and now have zero fear about last-minute travel around Europe: https://lupine.co.uk/race/2025-london-to-tallinn-race-report.html

> There's always Flixbus. I used to do it, but honesly, I'm feeling too old for 15/20 hours in a bus. While I have not problem for the same duration in a train (in normal conditions at least). ↺

Where are you coming from?

dwd, Slovakia

Oh, that's quite a distance indeed.