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I can only quote the reports and they are all very specific: hit by a piece of the old bridge that was being dismantled, not from the new one under construction. The new one is apparently located several hundred meters to the south of the old one. Few more pictures...

According to the article, the train collided with parts of a bridge that was going to be dismantled this weekend. Apparently something went terribly wrong during the preparations for that operation. The train had just left Freiburg for Novara (Italy).

Aldi and Lidl are small as well. The discount chains (Aldi, Lidl, Netto, Penny, etc.) all have pretty much equally-sized markets. Rewe and Edeka markets tend to be a bit larger, Kaufland even a little more so. The hypermarket concept that is so popular in other countries (France for example) has...

39 ;) And that should be the longest in Germany.

Interesting to hear about the situation in the UK. Went to my local supermarket this morning here in Germany (Netto discount, comparable to Aldi or Lidl) expecting the worst, but it looked the same way it has for the last few weeks. A few select products continue to be unavailable or are in...

It has always been a scary world. If you paid attention to it. And it actually used to be much, much worse in "the good old days". People just didn't notice. Or have forgotten. Nowadays you hear about stuff more often and much faster, giving the impression of things getting worse. Well, they...

Thanks, much appreciated!

Do you happen to have the figure for the Cardiff Railway as well? Should be very similar to the A(N&SW)R, considering the length of their only route on one hand and the extent of their dock sidings on the other.

Probably because they're boozed up every night, so why should the night they board a train be any different...

Good thing we're not reacting to the normal flu (you know, the thing that literally kills hundreds of thousands of people every single year without anybody noticing or caring) the same way we're reacting to this far less deadly virus, or we'd be shutting down the whole world year round...

I agree. Traffic at Geneva's main station is actually quite diverse: - the new Léman Express commuter network with 6 lines - 4 IC/IR lines originating/terminating at the airport - EC service to Milan - TGVs to Paris and Marseille - TERs to Lyon and Grenoble - REs between Annemasse and St-Maurice

If you're approaching Cologne via the A4 motorway, the best P+R would probably be Köln-Weiden West. Take exit 9b (Frechen-Nord), then turn left and follow the signage. To get to the main station, don't take the tram but the S-Bahn instead. There's a train every 10/20 minutes (depending on the...

Glad I could be of some help. I know how annoying it can be to lose records.

Am I the only one getting a bit confused here? 1. Bedlinog didn't lie on a branch of the Taff Bargoed Joint Line, it was located on the main line of that joint railway. 2. The Taff Bargoed started at Nelson & Llancaiach station (technically at Joint Line Junction, just northwest of Taff Bargoed...

As others have already pointed out, it all depends on what you are looking for in a city. If we're talking about classic sightseeing, most of the larger and medium-sized cities in that part of Germany are rather dull, especially for a day trip. They are goldmines for what I would call "specific...