On the rails… no, hang on. Zug fällt aus! #CrossBorderRail

We start this morning with the news that our 10:52 EuroCity Express 396 to Copenhagen is not running. Quite apart from the general annoyance of a cancelled train, this is particularly gutting as I wanted to tick off riding this version of the Talgo 230 back in December 2025, after the #ICEAgeChallenge, and it got cancelled with less than 2 hours’ notice whilst I was in Copenhagen.

There are plans later today to end up in the Hanseatic city of Lübeck via a couple of the pretty regional lines in Schleswig-Holstein. Our current plan is to grab the 12:52 ECE 1174 to Schleswig, which probably won’t be a Talgo 230, and continue our route from there. If that doesn’t run, we have backup plans.

Our (updated) itinerary for today: https://s.moof.space/trip20260204

On the upside… it’s snowing! I haven’t seen actual snow in years. Possibly not since before the pandemic.

On the downside… It’s snowing… let’s see what that does to the trains…