#jagstannarpamarken — Public Fediverse posts

Home, sweet home!

This could have been so much smoother if the Deutsche Bahn wasn't so terrible, which makes me angry – when will we stop underfunding what are in effect public services?

And I'm grateful that I speak German and am familiar with German train stations and the Deutsche Fucking Bahn, because that certainly made it much easier.

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"Due to problems by the Deutsche Bahn as always, our train is currently delayed".

The Dutch conductor is as pissed as I am.

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The bloody jackasses announced at 18:14 that the train would depart at 18:16 FROM ANOTHER BLOODY PLATFORM.

I "ran" the best I can, was on the platform at 18:16, unlike the train, which was still announced and arrived a minute later.

The train left at 18:23.

I could have walked.

I'm going to pay for having pushed myself. FOR NOTHING. Fuckers.

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Currently baking in the sun on the platform waiting for my next train (for the few available seats are not in the shade), listening to an announcement that *drumrolls*
*jazz hands*
*sparkles flying everywhere*
...
it is late.

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You don't get to see that kind of messages at airports. Now that's a change from these ubiquitous HSBC ads. #noFlight #jagStannarPåMarken

Aircon broke in one car, thankfully not mine.

Now a door is defective and so of course we're accumulating more delay. Still plenty of time to eat more than a bretzel and get on the last train of my trip... for now.

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Bought a Butterbretzel at a food stall between the platform where my first train arrived and the one where my second train departed from (there was no line, first thing I thought of). Ate it while walking up and down the platform among people waiting for 3 delayed trains trying to figure out where my car would be (started the wrong way because my brain is... doing its best). More bridges over water to look at. My body is letting me know I'm not supposed to do that.
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The general consensus is that people on board this train are happy they're not flying but they wish the Deutsche Bahn wouldn't make it so hard on them to do the right thing.

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I'm being appeased with some more bridges over water. #noFlight #jagStannarPåMarken

Love listening to other travelers discussing how they're still happy that they're not flying instead though 🙂

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Finally found out by looking up tickets from the next stop to my final destination that I now officially have less than half an hour to get off the train, buy food, eat food, get on the next train.

I am TIRED.

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The very minute we crossed the border into Germany there was an announcement containing the words "Verspätung".

(I have no idea of the details, as the speakers system sounds older than I and in a poorer shape.)

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I'll never cease to be amazed that we're building bridges and putting trains on them.
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In the first of 3 trains (not counting the metro to/from train stations) for my trip home. Arrival in Paris is scheduled 14.5 hours from now. Let's see if having to repurchase from Deutsche Bahn tickets I had already bougt from SNCF but forgotten at home and canceling the first ones is the extent of the adventurousness of this trip...
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So far this is quite different from my memories of French night trains from 25 years ago.

I don't know whether this is really less comfortable or whether it's just that I'm not 15 any more.

Also I remember freezing in night trains and I'm currently boiling hot.

Nighty-night, everyone.

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In the night train. Unsure how we'll all fit in that tiny space, but I'm on board, the bassoonist is on board, that's all that matters.

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The DB employee sold me a new ticket.

For a train that was already canceled when I paid 100 bucks including a seat booking for it.

But I can take the next train with it.

There are no free seats.

I'm disabled and unable to stand for long.

It's a 4 hour trip.

I hate the DB.

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The train doors closed just in front of me as I was about to enter the train.

My travel companion got in.

What fresh hell is this.

Waiting to get a new ticket. Should still be able to make it to the next station in time for the next train. (Maybe not for dinner.)

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