Martin HoffmannChoices!
ProRail doesn’t seem to care about the night train any more. Rather than allow it to depart on time, they let a goods train cross through the station right in front of it.
Is it me or is the legroom in the new class 408 interior rather small in first class? Don’t even want to know how tight second must be.
“Welcome on the ICE to Frankfurt. We currently have a delay of twenty minutes, no idea why.”
It is always kind of odd when the passengers know more than the crew.
Could have taken the RE from Arnhem to Duisburg rather than the ICE because we are now stuck right behind it. Let’s hope they have enough tracks available in Wesel so we can pass it there.
I was considering Frankfurt as my overnight stop. Luckily I ultimately decided against it.
Good morning! Good thing I didn’t spend the six ninety (six ninety!) for a reservation. This morning’s ICE is running at half length and I would have definitely chosen a seat in the missing part.
DB Navigator briefly decided that my booked connection is not possible any more without there being any reason for it. It went back to claiming every is fine, but I am now allowed to use any train, anyway.
We’re also swapping trains in Frankfurt. While we will get a full length train, it’ll be a class 407 so some reservations will still be broken.
I’m leaving the ICE at Aschaffenburg for a bit of fun I managed to squeeze into this otherwise routine journey.
There is line between Gemünden and Schweinfurt that bypasses Würzburg. It only has a few passenger trains during the weekend – intended primarily for people going on bicycle tours in the Main valley – and one of them happens to fit my plans today. So, a bit of amateur streckensammeln it is.
Like all regional express trains on the Frankfurt – Würzburg line, this train is at least two carriages too short. I’m only doing this because I am in first class which, as expected thanks to Deutschlandticket and this not really being a connecting train for long distance services, is nearly empty.
Which is to say, the country where choosing first class for your Interrail pass is the best value for money is Germany, especially if you are planning to use lots of regional trains.
(Disclaimer: Just stating a fact, not arguing whether this is or isn’t good transport policy.)
Train is being split in Ebenhausen. But departure is delayed to due delayed oncoming trains. A lady steps out to have a smoke with staff and thus learns that she’s in the wrong portion. I guess smoking isn’t always bad for you.
Final train is three carriages long but the last two were signed as “Do not board.” But the doors were open and the couplers connected so I went and asked the driver and he said the signs are resetting and now I have the rear carriage all to myself.
Patrick Dersjant RCX@partim Is this without reservation? Cool!
Tor Lillqvist@partim But that doesn't prevent somebody else from buying a reservation for the seat, surely? And is this thus counter-productive, it might make the person sitting there think they have a right to it?
@tml I’m hoping they thought of this when they designed the system.
@partim Maybe they do this as a nice gesture to people in First Class, on trains they "know" will not be sold out, so they can as well let the person sitting in a seat without a reservation have it automatically reserved for free?
But it becomes a problem then if people start relying on this feature.
webhat@partim I had this too, then 1 person got on the train and said it was their spot, they had the ticket for it. I explained that when i got on it was free and the conductor assigned the seats to me and my group. A helpful person then told me it was not my seat, demanded to see my ticket, and told me I needed to move. I told them they could get the conductor to remove me if they believed it was this other persons' seat, however, I was not moving
Never saw them again
@webhat If it were my reserved seat, I’d make a judgement call. If there were lots of unreserved seats or I would only be on the train for a short time, I’d let you keep it. For a six hour stint on a fairly busy train, I would certainly insist and go fetch the train manager if necessary.
Emil (BMA-Störung)@partim Someone set off some fireworks in an ICE. As these are legally „explosives“, the federal police closed the entire station of Siegburg down, evacuated the train, got their explosive detection dogs – the whole spiel …
Two ICE were stranded on KRM and had to turn around („Zurücksetzen“) to Montabaur.
@tonfolge I read about the drama last night. Probably also the reason why we are running half length this morning.