Also, has not enough carriages, so journey will probably be cramped…
As a foreigner, ICE was so great a decade ago when I went to Germany regularly. What happened to destroy this beacon of fine travel?
What happened […]?
The long term effects of privatization and decades of car centric politics.
That sucks. I saw the DB as a model of envy.
Sadly a thing of the past…
Hmm. Maybe ICE deserves to be in Nuremberg right now
It certainly should be here by now.
But I still value the work ethics of the ICE personal very much.
It’s not their fault that their employer isn’t able to coordinate procedures efficiently…
In Italy, our train system is notorious for being always late… They actually celebrate when they are on time, no joke
Celebrating sounds very Italian… We Germans just share some sarcastic comments with our fellow travellers. :-)
Honestly, all countries should handover train management to Japan.
Or the Swiss.
I don’t trust their ‘neutrality’
meanwhile, die Züge in Polen:
So we are still not worst?
I guess that’s… uplifting?
Only 30 minutes? That’s cute.
I am confident that there is still growth potential along the remaining route!
Let me tell you about me once trying to get from Mainz to Nürnberg some time…
The other day I was supposed to take an ICE, which was canceled, and all the next ones as well for that day. So they had replacement buses. 4 per train… which means that when i arrived at 11.30 for my “train-bus” replacement, the 4 buses that left were from the 9.30 slot. By the time the buses for the 10.30 slot arrived, there were people from the 12.30 train there. You can imagine I gave up and did not go.
You can imagine I gave up and did not go.
Not an option for me, mandatory appointment.
But something similar happened for as with your buses, but fortunately in a good way:
The preceding ICE was even more delayed, so I was able to catch that one instead. :-)
fuck ice.
worst train experience of my life.
Let me tell you about the wonders of DSB. You expect a train and lo and behold, it’s a “train bus”!
If I have to take the “train” anywhere the next 4 months I need to take one of those infamous “train busses”
But hey, at least the trains are working and on time when there’s not construction work? Think again! That is the time for signaling errors, brakes that fall off the trains, or leaves on the track! And guess what that means? More train busses!!
at least the toilets were working on dsb. last time i was on an ice every toilet except one was out of order. on a full night train from münchen to hamburg.
There was a bus substitute on one of my routes some time ago.
Turned out it was faster than the train because it took the Autobahn.
First time in my life arriving 20 mins early at that destination…
Ugh, been there. Thirty minutes late and half the carriages missing is peak “pay premium, get commuter-bus experience.” Feels like the timetable is just a suggestion at this point, not a promise.
Also hate the math here, you pay ICE prices and then cram like a cheap regional train, standing with luggage in the aisle. Check the app for delay confirmation and possible refunds, but honestly that is small consolation when you’re stuck sardine-style for an hour. Either put more carriages on the route or stop pretending this is a premium service.
