@rail wait. they staffed a train with one attendant per car. why? that seems like such a waste of money on staff cost

@quinn @rail i mean, when pretty much every train is running with 4 cars, that doesn't sound so bad

@ptrc @rail okay but the press release mentions seven cars and seven crew members? which seems more than the required crew for long ICE 4

@quinn @ptrc they *wanted to* run trains with 6-8 cars the same way they do in Czechia but well, didn't manage to before pulling out of the PL market

one of the requirements for longer trains was getting a technical depot near Warszawa-Praga from PKP Cargo that they actually won in a tender last year

but due to alleged pressure from PKP IC, the purchase is still not finalized so they can't use that depot

all coaches and locomotives they used were assigned to Praha-Smichov depot and had to go back to Czechia for maintenance every few weeks which heavily limits logistics