Oddbean new post about login | logout Oh well. Serve me right for my time optimism.. The train conductor assures me my ticket is still valid for onward travel, but I wonder if I will be sitting or standing to Dusseldorf... #CrossBorderRail https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/111/160/076/339/992/560/original/a35a3f864d6bc4ea.png
@ad951bfd the DB oracle spits out high demand expected (you most likely know that already), but recently this has been wrong quite often. Also the IC to Düsseldorf 16:50 only has high demand until Osnabrück/Münster so at least there might be a seat available for the last two hours. 🤞 Hope it turns out well.
@8d0e3c19 i have another satapoint to confirm this actually! I made the 2nd train and there are *plenty* of spare seats...
@ad951bfd My trick in those cases is: head straight to the bistro/restaurant. Usually, there is always a place to sit. And to have a tea is always a good idea. Good luck!
@f5f2cf0f yes! That's also my trick - did lead to me eating an unexpectedly large breakfast on a Czech train from Berlin once though....😳😁
On the last stretch from Düsseldorf to Utrecht. It's been a long but fairly productive day, I get to do this in reverse later this week and then all over again next week... #TrainToPolarCORDEX
@ad951bfd We absolutely need a fast and direct railway between Amsterdam and Hamburg. Really strange that there is not one already.
@70b3de28 A sleeper train too would be wonderful (again, I remember there used to be one).
@ad951bfd @70b3de28 indeed there are daily connections offered by Snälltåget, leaving Hamburg around 23:00! https://www.snalltaget.se/en/destinations/skandinavien
@d627294b @70b3de28 Yeah I'm happy the Berlin sleeper at least is back, but it would be nice to get Amdterdam and/or Brussels as well... I took the Amsterdam sleeper once before it was abolished...
@ad951bfd I sometimes book a seat on the next train when I see it is unlikely I'll make a connection. It only costs 6 euros in the DB app - from my seat on the late running train. It is worth it if the second leg is long.
@20e33bb6 I was trying to work out how to do that in the app too, without success... but in the end it's been ok, I've had a seat on all trains.
