#traewelling — Public Fediverse posts
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How does one use #Traewelling ? I signed up, connected it to KDE Itinerary, but selecting "Add to Traewelling" shows a generic failure message.
Can I export my journeys to it otherwise, or is it all manual input?
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How does one use #Traewelling ? I signed up, connected it to KDE Itinerary, but selecting "Add to Traewelling" shows a generic failure message.
Can I export my journeys to it otherwise, or is it all manual input?
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How does one use #Traewelling ? I signed up, connected it to KDE Itinerary, but selecting "Add to Traewelling" shows a generic failure message.
Can I export my journeys to it otherwise, or is it all manual input?
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How does one use #Traewelling ? I signed up, connected it to KDE Itinerary, but selecting "Add to Traewelling" shows a generic failure message.
Can I export my journeys to it otherwise, or is it all manual input?
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How does one use #Traewelling ? I signed up, connected it to KDE Itinerary, but selecting "Add to Traewelling" shows a generic failure message.
Can I export my journeys to it otherwise, or is it all manual input?
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Etwas Verwirrung wegen Gleiswechseln etc am Hauptbahnhof Nürnberg und zwei verschiedenen Zügen an einem Gleis.
Nach Abfahrt Ansage der Zugführerin: " Willkommen im RB16 über xx und weiter nach <ALLE Halte bis München>. Ich hoffe, ihre Station war dabei."
Gelächter im ganzen Zug...
#Bahn #traewelling -
Etwas Verwirrung wegen Gleiswechseln etc am Hauptbahnhof Nürnberg und zwei verschiedenen Zügen an einem Gleis.
Nach Abfahrt Ansage der Zugführerin: " Willkommen im RB16 über xx und weiter nach <ALLE Halte bis München>. Ich hoffe, ihre Station war dabei."
Gelächter im ganzen Zug...
#Bahn #traewelling -
Etwas Verwirrung wegen Gleiswechseln etc am Hauptbahnhof Nürnberg und zwei verschiedenen Zügen an einem Gleis.
Nach Abfahrt Ansage der Zugführerin: " Willkommen im RB16 über xx und weiter nach <ALLE Halte bis München>. Ich hoffe, ihre Station war dabei."
Gelächter im ganzen Zug...
#Bahn #traewelling -
Etwas Verwirrung wegen Gleiswechseln etc am Hauptbahnhof Nürnberg und zwei verschiedenen Zügen an einem Gleis.
Nach Abfahrt Ansage der Zugführerin: " Willkommen im RB16 über xx und weiter nach <ALLE Halte bis München>. Ich hoffe, ihre Station war dabei."
Gelächter im ganzen Zug...
#Bahn #traewelling -
Mal ein Lob an die #Bahn für die Fahrt mit #ICE750 heute, trotz Frankfurt (Main) auf der Linie kaum Verspätung, super Nette Zugbegleitung und kurzweilige Ansagen! So macht Zugfahren Spaß 🤩 #traewelling
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Mal ein Lob an die #Bahn für die Fahrt mit #ICE750 heute, trotz Frankfurt (Main) auf der Linie kaum Verspätung, super Nette Zugbegleitung und kurzweilige Ansagen! So macht Zugfahren Spaß 🤩 #traewelling
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Mal ein Lob an die #Bahn für die Fahrt mit #ICE750 heute, trotz Frankfurt (Main) auf der Linie kaum Verspätung, super Nette Zugbegleitung und kurzweilige Ansagen! So macht Zugfahren Spaß 🤩 #traewelling
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Uhhhh ... bei @traewelling gibt es ja jetzt auch Polylines für Busse! Wie cool ist das denn?! 😍
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Uhhhh ... bei @traewelling gibt es ja jetzt auch Polylines für Busse! Wie cool ist das denn?! 😍
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Wenn ich zu einem potentiellen neuen Arbeitgeber fahre, ist das dann privat, geschäftlich oder Arbeitsweg #traewelling (teilt gerne in euren Zugbubbles)
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Wenn ich zu einem potentiellen neuen Arbeitgeber fahre, ist das dann privat, geschäftlich oder Arbeitsweg #traewelling (teilt gerne in euren Zugbubbles)
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Wenn ich zu einem potentiellen neuen Arbeitgeber fahre, ist das dann privat, geschäftlich oder Arbeitsweg #traewelling (teilt gerne in euren Zugbubbles)
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Wenn ich zu einem potentiellen neuen Arbeitgeber fahre, ist das dann privat, geschäftlich oder Arbeitsweg #traewelling (teilt gerne in euren Zugbubbles)
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Wenn ich zu einem potentiellen neuen Arbeitgeber fahre, ist das dann privat, geschäftlich oder Arbeitsweg #traewelling (teilt gerne in euren Zugbubbles)
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On https://trains.shakik.de/travelynx-map/ you can watch how all the other #travelynx / #traewelling fedi posters are arriving at #GPN24.
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On https://trains.shakik.de/travelynx-map/ you can watch how all the other #travelynx / #traewelling fedi posters are arriving at #GPN24.
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On https://trains.shakik.de/travelynx-map/ you can watch how all the other #travelynx / #traewelling fedi posters are arriving at #GPN24.
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On https://trains.shakik.de/travelynx-map/ you can watch how all the other #travelynx / #traewelling fedi posters are arriving at #GPN24.
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On https://trains.shakik.de/travelynx-map/ you can watch how all the other #travelynx / #traewelling fedi posters are arriving at #GPN24.
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Weiß mittlerweile von mind. 5 weiteren Personen aus dem Chaos die in diesem Zug sind aber keiner bei #Traewelling öffentlich eingecheckt im Event 🥲
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Weiß mittlerweile von mind. 5 weiteren Personen aus dem Chaos die in diesem Zug sind aber keiner bei #Traewelling öffentlich eingecheckt im Event 🥲
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Weiß mittlerweile von mind. 5 weiteren Personen aus dem Chaos die in diesem Zug sind aber keiner bei #Traewelling öffentlich eingecheckt im Event 🥲
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Weiß mittlerweile von mind. 5 weiteren Personen aus dem Chaos die in diesem Zug sind aber keiner bei #Traewelling öffentlich eingecheckt im Event 🥲
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Wann werden eigentlich die langsamen Fahrstühle am Hauptbahnhof Berlin bei #traewelling einbezogen?
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Wann werden eigentlich die langsamen Fahrstühle am Hauptbahnhof Berlin bei #traewelling einbezogen?
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Wann werden eigentlich die langsamen Fahrstühle am Hauptbahnhof Berlin bei #traewelling einbezogen?
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Wann werden eigentlich die langsamen Fahrstühle am Hauptbahnhof Berlin bei #traewelling einbezogen?
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@jankosyk
Cool, jetzt noch eine @traewelling #traewelling Integration um die Fahrten automatisch zu laden, wäre super.Und ist das Projekt #Open-Source? Das wäre auch noch cool! #traewelling
/cc @VCDeV
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@jankosyk
Cool, jetzt noch eine @traewelling #traewelling Integration um die Fahrten automatisch zu laden, wäre super.Und ist das Projekt #Open-Source? Das wäre auch noch cool! #traewelling
/cc @VCDeV
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@jankosyk
Cool, jetzt noch eine @traewelling #traewelling Integration um die Fahrten automatisch zu laden, wäre super.Und ist das Projekt #Open-Source? Das wäre auch noch cool! #traewelling
/cc @VCDeV
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@jankosyk
Cool, jetzt noch eine @traewelling #traewelling Integration um die Fahrten automatisch zu laden, wäre super.Und ist das Projekt #Open-Source? Das wäre auch noch cool! #traewelling
/cc @VCDeV
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@jankosyk
Cool, jetzt noch eine @traewelling #traewelling Integration um die Fahrten automatisch zu laden, wäre super.Und ist das Projekt #Open-Source? Das wäre auch noch cool! #traewelling
/cc @VCDeV
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@mikey179 Aber eine Tabelle mit Datum, Start, Ziel, Zugnummer und planmäßiger bzw. tatsächlicher Ankunft und Umrechnung in Verspätung bekomme ich mit ein wenig mehr Arbeit auch aus #traewelling zusammen geklöppelt.
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@mikey179 Aber eine Tabelle mit Datum, Start, Ziel, Zugnummer und planmäßiger bzw. tatsächlicher Ankunft und Umrechnung in Verspätung bekomme ich mit ein wenig mehr Arbeit auch aus #traewelling zusammen geklöppelt.
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@mikey179 Aber eine Tabelle mit Datum, Start, Ziel, Zugnummer und planmäßiger bzw. tatsächlicher Ankunft und Umrechnung in Verspätung bekomme ich mit ein wenig mehr Arbeit auch aus #traewelling zusammen geklöppelt.
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@mikey179 Aber eine Tabelle mit Datum, Start, Ziel, Zugnummer und planmäßiger bzw. tatsächlicher Ankunft und Umrechnung in Verspätung bekomme ich mit ein wenig mehr Arbeit auch aus #traewelling zusammen geklöppelt.
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Mir zeigt es an, dass diese Lizenz ausgeblendet wird. Weiss nicht, was man tun könnte
IT: it_trenitalia.netex
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Der neue Dialog in #Traewelling zum Erstellen von Tickets. Beispielangaben genau nach meinem Geschmack. 🤭
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Der neue Dialog in #Traewelling zum Erstellen von Tickets. Beispielangaben genau nach meinem Geschmack. 🤭
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Der neue Dialog in #Traewelling zum Erstellen von Tickets. Beispielangaben genau nach meinem Geschmack. 🤭
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Habe mal wieder angefangen meine ÖPNV und Bahn Nutzung auf #traewelling zu tracken. Hatte es irgendwann leider mal aus den Augen verloren als es Probleme mit den Bahn Daten gab.
Ihr findet mich dort auch als @aufkurztrip -
Habe mal wieder angefangen meine ÖPNV und Bahn Nutzung auf #traewelling zu tracken. Hatte es irgendwann leider mal aus den Augen verloren als es Probleme mit den Bahn Daten gab.
Ihr findet mich dort auch als @aufkurztrip -
Habe mal wieder angefangen meine ÖPNV und Bahn Nutzung auf #traewelling zu tracken. Hatte es irgendwann leider mal aus den Augen verloren als es Probleme mit den Bahn Daten gab.
Ihr findet mich dort auch als @aufkurztrip -
Habe mal wieder angefangen meine ÖPNV und Bahn Nutzung auf #traewelling zu tracken. Hatte es irgendwann leider mal aus den Augen verloren als es Probleme mit den Bahn Daten gab.
Ihr findet mich dort auch als @aufkurztrip -
Last night was my first ever aboard a sleeper train! I took the European Sleeper (ES 452) from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi in Comfort Standard class.
With disruption on the north-south lines of the Berlin S-Bahn and construction work on sections of the U-Bahn, getting from U-Bahnhof Mehringdamm to Gesundbrunnen was unsettling but thankfully uneventful. After extracting my essential nighttime items - pyjamas and blåhaj - from my suitcase on the platform, I boarded the European Sleeper train, which departed punctually at 22:59.
Upon boarding, I quickly noticed that the air in the train was much warmer and drier than I had expected, and the 500 ml bottle of water provided for each passenger would have been entirely inadequate. Luckily, there was an extra bottle of water, and after a brief discussion with the one other passenger in the compartment, I drank that too. Only in the morning did I notice that there was a climate control panel for the compartment, which was set to 'medium'.
The mattresses were comfortable (as were the pillows) although the bunk was ever so slightly too short for me to lie down straight on. There was also loads of luggage space, both below the seats and on a narrow shelf at the head of the bunks, but I think it would have been much less spacious in the couchette carriages, which fit six passengers into each compartment - there, I would expect space for no more than a rucksack per passenger.
There was another Träwelling user on board, but we didn't get to meet each other! Judging by the tags on our respective check-ins, we were in different carriages.
I got to sleep at approximately midnight, which is pretty typical for me. However, I woke up at 03:00 after a dream in which I had a productive discussion with @marcprux about KeepAndroidOpen.org shortly before the train derailed and plunged off the side of a bridge (metaphor?) - considering the subject matter, this dream did not bother me as much as it perhaps should have. In fairness, I think the dream might have had more to do with some very intense lighting around Rheine than with anything about the ride quality of the train.
At this point the train had stopped at Bad Bentheim, where we stayed for close to an hour. I don't know what the wait was for, but we had a driver change during this time. I also took the opportunity to use the WC (one per carriage, seemingly) while the train was stationary, and I found it to be well-designed, clean and fully functional. I went back to bed at about 04:00 when we started moving again.
I slept pretty soundly until 07:30, when the announcements for the stop in Rotterdam woke me momentarily, and then I fell back to sleep again, finally being woken up for good at 09:20 by my fellow passenger, who alerted me to the fact that we were already at Brussels! We crawled along at a snails pace through the underground North-South connection and arrived in Bruxelles-Midi exactly on time at 09:27.
In total, out of the 10 hours and 28 minutes of travel time, I got about 8 hours of sleep - not bad at all!
The train didn't wait long at Brussels - by 09:40 a member of staff on the train chivvied me politely to leave, the train pulled away at 09:56, and another train had already arrived at the same platform by 10:00.
My suggestions to others taking the European Sleeper: bring long cables to charge whatever devices you have (the compartment I was in only had two electricity sockets, which were situated below the window), bring something to cover your eyes (the curtains did not block much light, and there is lots of artificial lighting on that route), and something to block out the creaking and clanking of the train - my fellow passenger used noise-cancelling headphones.
All in all, it was a fantastic experience, and one which I hope to repeat soon. Not only did it fulfil a key part of my itinerary, but it was also relatively good value: the bunk reservation being priced at €89 with an Interrail pass, it was approximately the same cost as a hotel room in Brussels, which I would have had to book if I'd taken day trains instead.
https://traewelling.de/status/7336542
#CrossBorderRail #traewelling #EuropeanSleeper #NightTrains #NightTrain #SleeperTrains #SleeperTrain
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Last night was my first ever aboard a sleeper train! I took the European Sleeper (ES 452) from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi in Comfort Standard class.
With disruption on the north-south lines of the Berlin S-Bahn and construction work on sections of the U-Bahn, getting from U-Bahnhof Mehringdamm to Gesundbrunnen was unsettling but thankfully uneventful. After extracting my essential nighttime items - pyjamas and blåhaj - from my suitcase on the platform, I boarded the European Sleeper train, which departed punctually at 22:59.
Upon boarding, I quickly noticed that the air in the train was much warmer and drier than I had expected, and the 500 ml bottle of water provided for each passenger would have been entirely inadequate. Luckily, there was an extra bottle of water, and after a brief discussion with the one other passenger in the compartment, I drank that too. Only in the morning did I notice that there was a climate control panel for the compartment, which was set to 'medium'.
The mattresses were comfortable (as were the pillows) although the bunk was ever so slightly too short for me to lie down straight on. There was also loads of luggage space, both below the seats and on a narrow shelf at the head of the bunks, but I think it would have been much less spacious in the couchette carriages, which fit six passengers into each compartment - there, I would expect space for no more than a rucksack per passenger.
There was another Träwelling user on board, but we didn't get to meet each other! Judging by the tags on our respective check-ins, we were in different carriages.
I got to sleep at approximately midnight, which is pretty typical for me. However, I woke up at 03:00 after a dream in which I had a productive discussion with @marcprux about KeepAndroidOpen.org shortly before the train derailed and plunged off the side of a bridge (metaphor?) - considering the subject matter, this dream did not bother me as much as it perhaps should have. In fairness, I think the dream might have had more to do with some very intense lighting around Rheine than with anything about the ride quality of the train.
At this point the train had stopped at Bad Bentheim, where we stayed for close to an hour. I don't know what the wait was for, but we had a driver change during this time. I also took the opportunity to use the WC (one per carriage, seemingly) while the train was stationary, and I found it to be well-designed, clean and fully functional. I went back to bed at about 04:00 when we started moving again.
I slept pretty soundly until 07:30, when the announcements for the stop in Rotterdam woke me momentarily, and then I fell back to sleep again, finally being woken up for good at 09:20 by my fellow passenger, who alerted me to the fact that we were already at Brussels! We crawled along at a snails pace through the underground North-South connection and arrived in Bruxelles-Midi exactly on time at 09:27.
In total, out of the 10 hours and 28 minutes of travel time, I got about 8 hours of sleep - not bad at all!
The train didn't wait long at Brussels - by 09:40 a member of staff on the train chivvied me politely to leave, the train pulled away at 09:56, and another train had already arrived at the same platform by 10:00.
My suggestions to others taking the European Sleeper: bring long cables to charge whatever devices you have (the compartment I was in only had two electricity sockets, which were situated below the window), bring something to cover your eyes (the curtains did not block much light, and there is lots of artificial lighting on that route), and something to block out the creaking and clanking of the train - my fellow passenger used noise-cancelling headphones.
All in all, it was a fantastic experience, and one which I hope to repeat soon. Not only did it fulfil a key part of my itinerary, but it was also relatively good value: the bunk reservation being priced at €89 with an Interrail pass, it was approximately the same cost as a hotel room in Brussels, which I would have had to book if I'd taken day trains instead.
https://traewelling.de/status/7336542
#CrossBorderRail #traewelling #EuropeanSleeper #NightTrains #NightTrain #SleeperTrains #SleeperTrain
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Last night was my first ever aboard a sleeper train! I took the European Sleeper (ES 452) from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi in Comfort Standard class.
With disruption on the north-south lines of the Berlin S-Bahn and construction work on sections of the U-Bahn, getting from U-Bahnhof Mehringdamm to Gesundbrunnen was unsettling but thankfully uneventful. After extracting my essential nighttime items - pyjamas and blåhaj - from my suitcase on the platform, I boarded the European Sleeper train, which departed punctually at 22:59.
Upon boarding, I quickly noticed that the air in the train was much warmer and drier than I had expected, and the 500 ml bottle of water provided for each passenger would have been entirely inadequate. Luckily, there was an extra bottle of water, and after a brief discussion with the one other passenger in the compartment, I drank that too. Only in the morning did I notice that there was a climate control panel for the compartment, which was set to 'medium'.
The mattresses were comfortable (as were the pillows) although the bunk was ever so slightly too short for me to lie down straight on. There was also loads of luggage space, both below the seats and on a narrow shelf at the head of the bunks, but I think it would have been much less spacious in the couchette carriages, which fit six passengers into each compartment - there, I would expect space for no more than a rucksack per passenger.
There was another Träwelling user on board, but we didn't get to meet each other! Judging by the tags on our respective check-ins, we were in different carriages.
I got to sleep at approximately midnight, which is pretty typical for me. However, I woke up at 03:00 after a dream in which I had a productive discussion with @marcprux about KeepAndroidOpen.org shortly before the train derailed and plunged off the side of a bridge (metaphor?) - considering the subject matter, this dream did not bother me as much as it perhaps should have. In fairness, I think the dream might have had more to do with some very intense lighting around Rheine than with anything about the ride quality of the train.
At this point the train had stopped at Bad Bentheim, where we stayed for close to an hour. I don't know what the wait was for, but we had a driver change during this time. I also took the opportunity to use the WC (one per carriage, seemingly) while the train was stationary, and I found it to be well-designed, clean and fully functional. I went back to bed at about 04:00 when we started moving again.
I slept pretty soundly until 07:30, when the announcements for the stop in Rotterdam woke me momentarily, and then I fell back to sleep again, finally being woken up for good at 09:20 by my fellow passenger, who alerted me to the fact that we were already at Brussels! We crawled along at a snails pace through the underground North-South connection and arrived in Bruxelles-Midi exactly on time at 09:27.
In total, out of the 10 hours and 28 minutes of travel time, I got about 8 hours of sleep - not bad at all!
The train didn't wait long at Brussels - by 09:40 a member of staff on the train chivvied me politely to leave, the train pulled away at 09:56, and another train had already arrived at the same platform by 10:00.
My suggestions to others taking the European Sleeper: bring long cables to charge whatever devices you have (the compartment I was in only had two electricity sockets, which were situated below the window), bring something to cover your eyes (the curtains did not block much light, and there is lots of artificial lighting on that route), and something to block out the creaking and clanking of the train - my fellow passenger used noise-cancelling headphones.
All in all, it was a fantastic experience, and one which I hope to repeat soon. Not only did it fulfil a key part of my itinerary, but it was also relatively good value: the bunk reservation being priced at €89 with an Interrail pass, it was approximately the same cost as a hotel room in Brussels, which I would have had to book if I'd taken day trains instead.
https://traewelling.de/status/7336542
#CrossBorderRail #traewelling #EuropeanSleeper #NightTrains #NightTrain #SleeperTrains #SleeperTrain
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Last night was my first ever aboard a sleeper train! I took the European Sleeper (ES 452) from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi in Comfort Standard class.
With disruption on the north-south lines of the Berlin S-Bahn and construction work on sections of the U-Bahn, getting from U-Bahnhof Mehringdamm to Gesundbrunnen was unsettling but thankfully uneventful. After extracting my essential nighttime items - pyjamas and blåhaj - from my suitcase on the platform, I boarded the European Sleeper train, which departed punctually at 22:59.
Upon boarding, I quickly noticed that the air in the train was much warmer and drier than I had expected, and the 500 ml bottle of water provided for each passenger would have been entirely inadequate. Luckily, there was an extra bottle of water, and after a brief discussion with the one other passenger in the compartment, I drank that too. Only in the morning did I notice that there was a climate control panel for the compartment, which was set to 'medium'.
The mattresses were comfortable (as were the pillows) although the bunk was ever so slightly too short for me to lie down straight on. There was also loads of luggage space, both below the seats and on a narrow shelf at the head of the bunks, but I think it would have been much less spacious in the couchette carriages, which fit six passengers into each compartment - there, I would expect space for no more than a rucksack per passenger.
There was another Träwelling user on board, but we didn't get to meet each other! Judging by the tags on our respective check-ins, we were in different carriages.
I got to sleep at approximately midnight, which is pretty typical for me. However, I woke up at 03:00 after a dream in which I had a productive discussion with @marcprux about KeepAndroidOpen.org shortly before the train derailed and plunged off the side of a bridge (metaphor?) - considering the subject matter, this dream did not bother me as much as it perhaps should have. In fairness, I think the dream might have had more to do with some very intense lighting around Rheine than with anything about the ride quality of the train.
At this point the train had stopped at Bad Bentheim, where we stayed for close to an hour. I don't know what the wait was for, but we had a driver change during this time. I also took the opportunity to use the WC (one per carriage, seemingly) while the train was stationary, and I found it to be well-designed, clean and fully functional. I went back to bed at about 04:00 when we started moving again.
I slept pretty soundly until 07:30, when the announcements for the stop in Rotterdam woke me momentarily, and then I fell back to sleep again, finally being woken up for good at 09:20 by my fellow passenger, who alerted me to the fact that we were already at Brussels! We crawled along at a snails pace through the underground North-South connection and arrived in Bruxelles-Midi exactly on time at 09:27.
In total, out of the 10 hours and 28 minutes of travel time, I got about 8 hours of sleep - not bad at all!
The train didn't wait long at Brussels - by 09:40 a member of staff on the train chivvied me politely to leave, the train pulled away at 09:56, and another train had already arrived at the same platform by 10:00.
My suggestions to others taking the European Sleeper: bring long cables to charge whatever devices you have (the compartment I was in only had two electricity sockets, which were situated below the window), bring something to cover your eyes (the curtains did not block much light, and there is lots of artificial lighting on that route), and something to block out the creaking and clanking of the train - my fellow passenger used noise-cancelling headphones.
All in all, it was a fantastic experience, and one which I hope to repeat soon. Not only did it fulfil a key part of my itinerary, but it was also relatively good value: the bunk reservation being priced at €89 with an Interrail pass, it was approximately the same cost as a hotel room in Brussels, which I would have had to book if I'd taken day trains instead.
https://traewelling.de/status/7336542
#CrossBorderRail #traewelling #EuropeanSleeper #NightTrains #NightTrain #SleeperTrains #SleeperTrain
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Last night was my first ever aboard a sleeper train! I took the European Sleeper (ES 452) from Berlin Gesundbrunnen to Bruxelles-Midi in Comfort Standard class.
With disruption on the north-south lines of the Berlin S-Bahn and construction work on sections of the U-Bahn, getting from U-Bahnhof Mehringdamm to Gesundbrunnen was unsettling but thankfully uneventful. After extracting my essential nighttime items - pyjamas and blåhaj - from my suitcase on the platform, I boarded the European Sleeper train, which departed punctually at 22:59.
Upon boarding, I quickly noticed that the air in the train was much warmer and drier than I had expected, and the 500 ml bottle of water provided for each passenger would have been entirely inadequate. Luckily, there was an extra bottle of water, and after a brief discussion with the one other passenger in the compartment, I drank that too. Only in the morning did I notice that there was a climate control panel for the compartment, which was set to 'medium'.
The mattresses were comfortable (as were the pillows) although the bunk was ever so slightly too short for me to lie down straight on. There was also loads of luggage space, both below the seats and on a narrow shelf at the head of the bunks, but I think it would have been much less spacious in the couchette carriages, which fit six passengers into each compartment - there, I would expect space for no more than a rucksack per passenger.
There was another Träwelling user on board, but we didn't get to meet each other! Judging by the tags on our respective check-ins, we were in different carriages.
I got to sleep at approximately midnight, which is pretty typical for me. However, I woke up at 03:00 after a dream in which I had a productive discussion with @marcprux about KeepAndroidOpen.org shortly before the train derailed and plunged off the side of a bridge (metaphor?) - considering the subject matter, this dream did not bother me as much as it perhaps should have. In fairness, I think the dream might have had more to do with some very intense lighting around Rheine than with anything about the ride quality of the train.
At this point the train had stopped at Bad Bentheim, where we stayed for close to an hour. I don't know what the wait was for, but we had a driver change during this time. I also took the opportunity to use the WC (one per carriage, seemingly) while the train was stationary, and I found it to be well-designed, clean and fully functional. I went back to bed at about 04:00 when we started moving again.
I slept pretty soundly until 07:30, when the announcements for the stop in Rotterdam woke me momentarily, and then I fell back to sleep again, finally being woken up for good at 09:20 by my fellow passenger, who alerted me to the fact that we were already at Brussels! We crawled along at a snails pace through the underground North-South connection and arrived in Bruxelles-Midi exactly on time at 09:27.
In total, out of the 10 hours and 28 minutes of travel time, I got about 8 hours of sleep - not bad at all!
The train didn't wait long at Brussels - by 09:40 a member of staff on the train chivvied me politely to leave, the train pulled away at 09:56, and another train had already arrived at the same platform by 10:00.
My suggestions to others taking the European Sleeper: bring long cables to charge whatever devices you have (the compartment I was in only had two electricity sockets, which were situated below the window), bring something to cover your eyes (the curtains did not block much light, and there is lots of artificial lighting on that route), and something to block out the creaking and clanking of the train - my fellow passenger used noise-cancelling headphones.
All in all, it was a fantastic experience, and one which I hope to repeat soon. Not only did it fulfil a key part of my itinerary, but it was also relatively good value: the bunk reservation being priced at €89 with an Interrail pass, it was approximately the same cost as a hotel room in Brussels, which I would have had to book if I'd taken day trains instead.
https://traewelling.de/status/7336542
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