There seems to be both a medical emergency on a train, and a points problem ahead in Köln, and I am now almost +30 departing Liège - hell knows whether I am going to get through this
Thankfully I am on Interrail today meaning I can take any train (and even route via Nürnberg instead of Dresden)
But were I using normal tickets I'd be both very nervous and possibly out off pocket due to what's ahead…
Also is there any digital way to find the composition of a Eurostar train? SNCF Connect can show me TGV compositions but not Eurostar. Railer can’t, so it’s not in any SNCB API. Bahn App can’t. Eurostar’s own app doesn’t. Is there any way?
Bundespolizei go through the train at Aachen
No one with dark skin in my carriage, so no one got checked
Oh well
No Czechia tonight
Diversion between Aachen and Köln, going via Rheydt
What do I do? Hmmm. Divert to Berlin, sleep on a friend’s sofa, try to get to Litomerice tomorrow? Still try to get to Dresden?
Ah no. Diversion cancelled. Heading to Köln. Likely not fast enough to connect with anything, but let’s see
Ok, this ranks as the most weird reason for one of my train delays ever - thanks @dl1eam for the info
https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/12415/5904802
Body of a dead woman found, suspect flees the scene, tries to cross a railway and is hit by a train! 🤯
Also, could Eurostar please just give up the Köln route, and we have a DB ICE Bruxelles-Köln every hour instead
Nicer trains, better prices, and ICE3neo has solved the train reliability issues
Eurostar is short of stock for Amsterdam - Bruxelles - Paris, so just stick to that?
A screen. With connections on it! 🥰 (yeah I’ve been in France too long, it’s nice to be back in Germany)
Forgot to post this in the chaos earlier. This was Aachen 🇩🇪 - Welkenraedt 🇧🇪 #CrossBorderRail But I’ve been there a few* times before
* - at least 200 times
#CrossBorderRail 2024 Extra Days Baltic Circuit Train 8 of 29
ICE 1911
15:55 Köln Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 17:03
DB Fernverkehr
Train type: Siemens Bombardier ICE4 long version, 13 carriages
⚡️
🚲: ✅ (needs reservation)
🦽: ✅ (has on board lift, lift on platform as backup)
🛜: ✅
🍽️: ✅
🧳: 🙂 (luggage racks big enough for a folding bike. FTW!)
🧽: 🙂
(It gets a top score!)
(I forgot to photograph it though)
ICE 1911
15:55 Köln Hbf - Frankfurt (Main) Hbf 17:03 (running +40)
Distance: 180.6km
Average speed: 159km/h
2 stops:
Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
3 extra unplanned stops:
Siegburg-Bonn
Montabaur
Limburg Süd
This train, mapped: https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/crossborderrail-extra-days-2024_1030682#10/47.4234/4.5779
What’s not to like about an on-time ICE Frankfurt-Leipzig? It even has a #BeerOnTrains holder 🙂
@jon Uuuuuhh, fancy Mr. 1st class. 😉
I was wondering why the current ICE train (2nd class) that I'm in doesn't have those special cup holders and that explains it
