This is solid advice, although in my case it has been a ticket without Zugbindung, as it has been for a work trip.
I got reimbursed 25% one time last year, but had several trips where the delay annoyingly just stayed a few minutes below the magic 1hr mark. :-)
If it was just that, it would be totally ok.
But in reality, cop-controlled flying cameras flying around checking out things like minor traffic violations sounds scarily dystopian to me.
Feeling the need to state “they are closer to Antifa than anything else” about your opponents might be a good point to rethink your ethics…
Wow, that must be the most frustrating feeling ever.
“Your halt has been canceled today…”
Love the idea of fire juggling unicycle clowns!
But the real news I took from the article:
Police drones captured footage of a man wearing bright-colored clothes riding a unicycle in a crosswalk
Your police uses drones to patrol the streets and respond to calls?
Return voyage working out much better, so l am happy again! :-)
Yes, seatbelts and comfortable seats.
Definitely an improvement to the Regionalexpress!
Sadly a thing of the past…
Celebrating sounds very Italian… We Germans just share some sarcastic comments with our fellow travellers. :-)
What happened […]?
The long term effects of privatization and decades of car centric politics.
Or the Swiss.
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. :-)
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…
So we are still not worst?
I guess that’s… uplifting?
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…
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…
Oh no, 8-bit is back again… 🫣
Wow, didn’t think about it this way…
But for me: Hell, yeah! Added bonus!
Signals the primeval parts of your brain:
“Here you have to fight to survive the horrors of the pleistocean ice shield!”
Or, after changing the room:
“This is your dimly fire-lid cave, here you are save to relax!”
Whale oil gang unite!
TBF, this doesn’t look like a security feature, but just a convenient way to span the chain taut.