Long distance trains *with no interim stops* are sooooo good as a passenger

This ICE Sprinter Frankfurt - Berlin on the scenic line via Kassel on a summer evening 😍

And there’s this sort of zen calm on board here. No announcements. No passengers coming and going. The ticket check was hours ago…

(And I know there’s a sort of contradiction here - you can’t do a Taktfahrplan with trains like this. They’re not efficient in capacity terms. But let me enjoy my summer trip on an on-time calm ICE!)