At German train stations. And in German trains.
Hey, banning alcohol in the past has always worked, hasn’t it?
German railway to ban consuming alcohol at all its stations, with some exemptions – Germany’s national railway operator said Tuesday that it is banning alcohol consumption at all stations on the network in an effort to improve security and cleanliness for employees and passengers — though there will be exemptions, including for station bars and restaurants.
That means ICE (inter-city express trains) were yesterday – in Germany.
The future belngs to Velaro.
Italo orders Velaro high speed trains for German open access operations – Italian open access operator Italo has placed a firm order for Siemens Mobility to supply and maintain 320 km/h Velaro high speed trainsets for use on future services in Germany, saying this marks ‘a decisive step towards the introduction of competition in one of Europe’s largest railway markets’.
The €3bn contract announced on July 20 includes 26 Velaro Multi System trainsets and a 30-year full service agreement. There is an option to order 14 more trainsets.
Across the nation.
Trains resume after radio issue resolved, Deutsche Bahn says – Train services across Germany have resumed following a technical meltdown on Tuesday night. But regional and suburban rail operators warned that continued delays were possible into Wednesday morning.
And won big time!
Fed up with train delays, Germans are betting on how late they’ll be – Deutsche Bahn’s record low punctuality has inspired jokes, T-shirts and now a mock gambling platform.
Public transport is always at a standstill here.
Tens of Thousands of Transport Workers Walk off Job in Germany – Commuters across Germany faced freezing temperatures and empty platforms on Monday as tens of thousands of public transport workers walked off the job in a strike called by trade union Verdi, shutting down bus and tram services in most cities.
Verdi, which represents nearly 100,000 transport workers, called the strike after talks with municipal and state employers over working conditions stalled last week.
That means knife ban.
Now it looks like Germany needs an axe ban too.
Police say a man injured 4 with an axe on German train before he was detained – German police say a man attacked and slightly injured four people with an axe on a long-distance train in Bavaria before he was detained by police.
To go to Brussels.
Who would want anything to do with the European Parliament industrial complex if could be avoided?
Off the rails: Night train from Berlin to Brussels will stop running at the end of March – Passengers can still travel between Berlin and Brussels on an overnight train using the European Sleeper.
European Sleeper is also a much more appropriate name, I find.
Sound advice.
Passenger clings to German high-speed train and survives – A fare-dodging passenger on a German high-speed train ended up clinging to the outside when it pulled out of the station before he was ready to get on, police say.
The 40-year-old man had boarded the ICE train in Munich without a valid ticket and wanted to take a smoking break at the station in Ingolstadt.
But he lingered too long over his cigarette and the train doors closed, leaving him with the prospect of being stranded.
He then jumped on to a bracket between two carriages and held on to cables while the train powered on towards Nuremberg at up to 282 km/h (175mph), until federal police brought it to a halt about 30km away.
They’re always disrupted.
Berlin train services disrupted, vandalism suspected – Rail service between the German capital’s main railway station and the western district of Spandau has been severely disrupted. Authorities believe the fire was deliberatly started.
Train services in the German capital, Berlin, will be disrupted for days due to a cable fire that authorities believe was deliberately set…
The incident follows an arson attack that caused damage to the train line between Hamburg and Bremen on Monday.
Police said perpetrators deliberately set fire to a cable shaft on the railway embankment near Bremen’s Bürgerpark, disrupting high-speed trains between the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg.
Last week, arson attacks on the French high-speed network severely disrupted rail traffic shortly before the start of the Olympic Games.
An activist linked to a far-left movement was arrested in connection with the French incidents.
Oh wait, yes I do.
The first night train between Berlin and Paris will depart on Monday evening after a nine-year hiatus, plugging a significant gap in Europe’s increasingly comprehensive overnight rail timetable and giving a boost to travellers looking for a realistic alternative to flying…
Demand for tickets is high, with many on the most popular routes selling out minutes after they had gone online.
Gardner said the buzz and the demand was so considerable, that “it’s now as hard to get a place in the compartment of a deluxe sleeping car on the night train from Paris to Berlin as it is to reserve a table at Paris’s best restaurants”
Observing Hermann 