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    Germany: Strike action likely from Jan 8

    The strike ends at 2AM on Monday, and there are no strikes until 3rd of March.
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    Which European country has the best railways?

    Best railways in Europe, and maybe worldwide, is, hands down, Germany! :) We have a continuous high speed network between the mayor cities (from 2030 2tph) on the on hand an on the other hand Takt-scheduling for local trains, it is very cheap if you book a couple of days in advance (Sparpreis)...
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    Disruption between Frankfurt and Stuttgart

    Only ten of them exist so fare. Because of the massive "success" they expanded the OHLE section on A5 motorway now to a total of 12km. It is a massiv waste of taxpayers money if you ask me. - The Frankfurt-Mannheim line (so called Riedbahn) is currently closed from 01.01 til 22.01 as kind of a...
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    German Rail in decline ?

    The bridge at Frankfurt Mörfelder-Landstrasse you are referring to has been hit by a truck, but has been repaired already.
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    Process of getting refunds from Deutsche Bahn

    There are two non-stop ICE services per hour and one RB train from Würzburg to Frankfurt, so why did you wait in Würzburg for an hour on the 720 that left Munich already 45' late???o_O
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    Cologne - Any loco hauled services remaining in the area?

    RE9 Aachen to Siegen is every now and pushed or pulled by Traxx, but the majority of services is operated by Desiro HCs...
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    Two pantographs in use.

    They always had all four pantographs raised when I was in A Centraal the last time.
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    Two pantographs in use.

    The energy demand of the whole train is so high that the overhead line would kind of melt under 1,5kV. 1698505868 When the train is moving they only use one panto.
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    Conductor / Guard Dispatch in Europe

    On long distance trains (ICE,IC,EC) they dispatch, on local trains, they usually don’t.
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    Deutschland ticket Summer/Autumn 2023

    I took a screenshot of the QR code. I’ve never had any problems…
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    DB and OBB experiences

    Fernbahn.de is usually the better source for Germany.
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    Revised Bahn.de website

    Since today it is possible to show the entire run of the train again. „Gesamter Fahrverlauf“
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    DB Travel Centres

    They look great, it is the same design we will see with the refurbishment of the ICE fleet, starting from autumn this year!
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    German Rail in decline ?

    Dwelling times are usually much to short, with only two minutes...
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    When are Deutsche Bahn ICE tickets available for December 2023?

    Sell on Bahn.de for 2024 is supposed to start from 12.10 on.
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    DB disruption advice

    As soon as the train you are supposed to take has more then 20 minutes delay, you can just take the next one of your choice... Sadly the NL/BE services still suffer from poor reliability of the multi system Velaros, also the main line between Düsseldorf and Cologne is still closed for...
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    Rhine Gorge locations and traffic

    yes, IC line 35 Norddeich-Münster-Koblenz is running through the Rhine valley.
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    German Rail in decline ?

    Isolating means holding back whatever it is, if it is delayed...
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    German Rail in decline ?

    If the EC Munich-Zurich arrives with more than 2 minutes delay at the Swiss border station of St. Margreten it is getting "isolated" and has to follow the S-Bahn with +30' as an end result, that's the other extrem...
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    German Rail in decline ?

    this would improve things a lot if we would just "isolate", as it is called in Switzerland, delayed trains. Current procedure is that on-time RB/RE trains have to wait for delayed IC/ICEs. So the RE gets +5 because it has to give way to an ICE with +20, but it is then getting in way of the next...

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