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Adding to that: trying a bit with the journey planner I noticed that a Sparpreis from Berlin Hbf to Leipzig (on exactly the same trains as in your screenshot) is actually quite a bit cheaper. So it might be worthwhile to book a Sparpreis for a later train and buy a VBB single from the airport to...

Berlin - Hamburg has three ICEs every two hours. DBs construction site map mentions this is due to works on the Berlin junction causing everything having to run through the north-south platforms in the tunnel. Besides that Hannover - Berlin will be closed later this year due to generalsanierung...

Actually the network in the north is pretty good compared to other less populated areas in the country. They especially have quite a large long distance BRT network, which is actually one of the largest in the entire country. That is mainly caused by the Groningen-Drenthe franchise being a very...

Normally you shouldn't have to as there are poles on the platform for that purpose. Though it may go wrong with platform changes as not every platform may have those poles.

Those mainly have the issue that there are too few of them. AFAIK there are just two spare sets with multi voltage capabilities, so actually any issue with them results in a problem for cross border operation. It doesn't necessarily mean the equipment for the Dutch voltages is defective.

It's quite some time ago, but Dutch return tickets where originally slightly cheaper than singles. That was abandoned in the introduction phase of the OV-chipkaart as that card works with single trips only. There used to be a 5-return-ticket as well, which simply were 5 return tickets purchased...

E-tickets are still quite common indeed. Not only for the price-time deals, but NS also still has the Spoordeelwinkel which sells tickets for for example a city trip + train ticket. Those are all E-tickets. And e-tickets are also the only option to buy for example a bike supplement without...

Photo 1 and 2 appear to be swapped around. And although Arriva and NS have their own ticket machines, they are quite similar in functionality: the NS one can sell tickets to any station in the Netherlands as can the Arriva one. Only unsure what happens when buying a ticket for a trip involving...

AFAIK not Yes, though on DB ticket machines you might need to select something like "regional offers" first. But on VRR ticket machines it is quite straightforward in my (limited) experience. The only issue that recently reached the media: though VRR fares are valid until Arnhem in the...

At the moment train 453 has an expected delay of 70 minutes: https://treinposities.nl/ritinfo/20260817/453

Travelling via Luxembourg was not practical either, as there are ongoing engineering works between Metz and Luxembourg as well. I was lucky myself on the 9th of August as timings of my trip enabled to avoid the track works by taking the route Basel - Strassbourg - Offenburg, but that doesn't...

It even left Amersfoort Central 833 minutes late according to the open data. Should arrive any moment at Amsterdam Central now, almost gave the passengers two nights of sleep for the price of one.

That's rolling stock related. The Tina is 30 centimeters wider and 8 meters longer than a GTL, hence the distance between tracks needed to be adjusted along routes formerly only operated by GTL. The Tina has a similar width compared to the RegioCitadis and Avenio trams already in use in The...

The first new Stadler Tina is however already being tested in The Hague, so the GTL won't have many years to go. I believe the reason why there is no mixed use of low- and high-floor trams has to do with required changes to the tracks. At various places in The Hague you'll find signs indicating...

They don't charge less. Your screenshot shows prices in pounds and £ 9 happens to be exactly € 10,50 ;) NS Flex is just invoicing the fares registred in the central system and caps are processed realtime. You'll already see the cap being applied as soon as the first time you check-out after...