Welcome to the lovely landlocked land of Luxembork, where the fares are free, and the terminals are techno

There ain't no party like a tap-in party, as nobody ever said. And so it is that one of Luxembourg's mostly redundant tap-in / tap-out terminals is amusing itself by putting on a light show for passing passengers. The terminal is an INIT unit, rolled out on the country's public transport network and now mostly idle since fares were zeroed out in 2020. First Class and cross-border trips still attract a charge, but for everything else (trains, trams, and buses) there is no fee. Eagle-eyed Register reader Dominic spotted the terminal doing its thing at the Rout Bréck / Pafendall rail station in Luxembourg City. "Maybe it's got bored," he suggested, "and is trying to attract attention by cycling through video test patterns." Perhaps. …