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.

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.

I didn’t know the crew registers your seat when checking your ticket now.

@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 @partim It does (if it is at all possible to buy a reservation for a train that is already running, which I doubt). It also shows somebody is already sitting in that seat (when that somebody has e.g. gone to the Bordbistro for a moment), preventing discussions.

@patrick @partim Of course it is possible to buy reservations for DB trains that are already running. I have done it myself.

@tml @patrick There are special seats for that – they show “ggf. reserviert.” These are always a nice little gamble when you don’t have a reservation.

@partim @patrick Oh, that I didn’t know, that only a subset of the seats can be reserved while the train is running.

@tml @patrick It makes sense if you want the reservation displays to be truthful. But it really dates from when the displays were manually distributed paper slips or, later, dispatched by diskette to be read before a train’s departure.