Time to get out and about again, and today's destination is Wuppertal. The route goes from Bremen to Osnabrück, Essen, Wuppertal. The first problems are already cleared out of the way, where a quicker journey with more transfers is no longer available.
Here's hoping it goes well. The first coffee has been bought, a seat secured, and we're just waiting for the off.
We've picked up a three minute delay - before arriving at the first stop on our route - which will hopefully disappear. Plenty of changeover time, though.
And a route long enough to settle into reading "Witches, Bitches, It-Girls" from Rebekka Endler.
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Driving between rapeseed and asparagus fields. Overcast weather, but not too cold. Perfect for exploring the Schwebebahn system in Wuppertal and, maybe, getting a few photographs in the process.
First change, now onto the RE to Düsseldorf where it is already forecast, long before we depart, that there will be delays. Next changeover in Essen with half an hour, so I'm not too worried.
The rain continues.
Haltern am See, and we're at a comfortable five minutes delay, with the weather definitely not improving.
Still, you take a chance; sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Perhaps it's not such a good thing that I'll get there earlier. It will be another hour or so until the weather clears, according to various online sources.
And as to the old man checking his watch: I may well be old, but I don't own a watch. It wasn't me....
Velbert-Neviges
Velbert-Rosenhügel
Wülfrath-Aprath
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
Train station and village / suburb names along this route.
First views of the Schwebebahn from my train window - through the rain. I'll have a coffee and write up my journey (analogue) before making my way out to this adventure.
It's not my first time here, but I had little time then, and plenty now. Photos follow, but much later!
That's, if we get there. Stuck outside Wuppertal-Steinbrink at the moment, with no information....
I've heard these comments a few times, and absolutely love it.
For the "customer". The drivers rarely have any control over what happens underway, so there's no need to insult them. Even my continual comments about delays, missed trains, which are frequent for a traveller like me, don't sink to insults of the staff.
It depends on how it is done. This was clearly with other actions, and an obvious comment on a slight delay outside of the driver's control. I have experienced it myself as a driver and, with all the stress involved with these sort of jobs, it is not pleasant.
That happens and happened too. It is a requirement in German trains to explain and apologise for delays over ten minutes.
Dude, look at your watch as much as you want. It literally doesn't affect the likely arrival time in the slightest. Leave the staff trying (probably, unknown to you, in difficult or unusual conditions) alone to get the trip done as best they are able.
I agree there. If I hadn't checked earlier I would be eating a slice of pizza and not sitting in this train. But there are differences and times when such a gesture really isn't called for.
Wow. Such hardship.
Best life advice one of my former team-leads gave me decades ago was "Mate, don't get stressed about shit you literally cannot change".
Well, any way, it happened, and we can all have a giggle or a frown and live our lives .. ..
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