lars' transport worldAug 13, 2025
Some days, 🚅, 🚂, 🚌, ⛴️, two switch failures (🇧🇪), fully booked trains with mandatory seat reservations (🇳🇱->🇩🇪), a lack of alternatives due to construction works and compatible rolling stock (🇳🇱->🇩🇪) later, #BlankSpots continues in northern 🇩🇪 Germany.
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My 238th obligatory Antwerp main station appreciation post 😍 #BlankSpots
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Lars at a train station so early in the morning... That means it's going to be an eventful day. 👀 #BlankSpots
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The Kiel-Flensburg line provides a curiosity. Due to the construction of a new bridge across the Schlei and the poor condition of the old one, the Schlei can only be crossed on foot. The train line isndisrupted and has two terminus station on both ends of the bridge: "Rieseby Schleibrücke Süd" and "Boren-Lindaunis Schleibrücke Nord". This may be inconvenient for locals, but is randomly interesting to me. #BlankSpots
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The advantage of this route is that I can change to the IC 🇩🇪 Flensburg - 🇩🇰 Fredericia, which doesn't require a seat reservation. Otherwise I would habe ended in the often crowded EuroCity Hamburg-Copenhagen. But more importantly, it is a DSB MF/IC3 also known as 'rubber nose', which is one of the most cozy train I have ever been on! #BlankSpots
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Tog er fantastiske! 😍
(Trains are fantastic!) #BlankSpots
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@larstransportworld The IC3s are so nice. (If one ignores that they have diesel engines.)

After "enjoying" the old DB IC carriages hired by DSB between København and Hamburg for some years, it was a relief in June to use the RE to Flensburg and then an IC3 to Kolding (and then an electric rubber-nose to København.) So much nicer, especially in 1st class.

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@tml Indeed. Unfortunately, the electrical IR4 have less space due to the 2+2 seating in first class, bur otherwise they are awesome as well!
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