Recent content by duesselmartin

eastern bank yes, but the western bank will have plenty of traffic.

you will find that trains of the IC, EC, RJ and NJ caterorgy are loco hauled. Regional services it is a minority of lines. ICE-L is just being introduced. Also Flixtrains are loco hauled.

station ticket machine offers flexible tickets, however a return costs double as a single, so there is no point.

are generally speaking, multi-voltage trains less reliable? It seems the German/Dutch RE19 Stadler sets (Düsseldorf-Arnhem) have issues too.

reading the NTA/IÉ debate, what role does C.I.E. still play? Do they still exist because the toaster is still in working order?

the news here suggest that inferior spare parts were used. Apparantly by the end of August the issue is to be resolved. Bonn now borrowed some vehicles from Cologne.

I just send you a message.

Hello. I am looking for 1980s journals of the Irish railway record society. Does anybody have copies they are willing to part with? Best wishes from Germany. Martin

In the UK Aberdeen?

may I ask what criteria was used? The trains and lines shown seem a bit random.

how busy is the line currently. The gaps between trains on the German side seem to be rather large.

The Bernina Express does a fair bit of gutter running between Brusio and Tirano.

Engineering can happen but the general timetable is pretty decend on sundays. Most trains run hourly.

Germany: Deutsche Bahn recommends to avoid travelling as heat related disruptions are likely.

600 meters of power line came down (according to RTÉ) . Possibly caused by a defective pantograph (my interpretation). "Several roof-mounted arms that connect the train to the overhead electrical wires were damaged, along with around 600 metres of power lines."