Today I’m trying the fastest Berlin - Nuits-sous-Ravières you can do, changing only in Strasbourg and Dijon

Just had to tell off an Italian guy for playing a video full volume on his mobile in the Ruhebereich (Quiet Carriage)

With 5 hours on this train it’s important to get the norms right at the start

This is what I’m trying

14 min change in Strasbourg (onto a compulsory reservation TGV)

And a 24 min change in Dijon

@jon I can remember a Situation where two older couples (around 60) were partying in the quiet area. Somebody was complaining about them. They asked me: "That wasn't to loud?" My answer was, that they were too loud.
I know that their question implied that I simply agree with them, they tried to get an opinion from someone who just agrees with them-but not with me. I hate loud environment- I use to work in trains.
So it is a good thing to set limits at the beginning.

This an interesting case

I can re-route via Paris personally as I’m on Interrail

Were I NOT on Interrail I‘d have to rely on AJC that requires *the same route* as original tickets

But that’d mean compulsory reservation trains that might be full, hence cannot be taken…

Why am I confident I’ll get to Nuits sous Ravières even if I miss my connection in Strasbourg?

Because I can go via Paris instead - which is staying on the train I am on

Yes, I don’t have a reservation for it. But it’s always easier to persuade a train manager to let you stay on than get on a train you’re not strictly allowed to take

And TERs I can take on Interrail anyway

@jon

Do you know the delay-statistics for this ICE?

@ajinkyapdahale Hmm, also tricky. I then leave a seat empty Paris-Strasbourg if the train does run on time! So I’m reluctant to do that. But there’s nothing to stop me doing that on Interrail indeed - Berlin-Strasbourg and Berlin-Paris seat reservations are the same price.

@jon It would feel bad indeed, but a better insurance against noncooperative conductors.

Also, it would replace a possible berlin-strassbourg + strassbourg-dijon reservation. I wasn't able to get a "seat only" quote on the DB app for this route, but for some other routes the reservation was 5.50€ regardless of whether it's one train or 3.

@ajinkyapdahale Even getting prices for Interrail seat reservations is a pain. I have Berlin-Strasbourg with DB Passzuschlag and Strasbourg-Dijon TGV reservation booked with Rail Europe

@ajinkyapdahale Hmm, also tricky. I then leave a seat empty Paris-Strasbourg if the train does run on time! So I’m reluctant to do that. But there’s nothing to stop me doing that on Interrail indeed - Berlin-Strasbourg and Berlin-Paris seat reservations are the same price.

Siemens builds good trains

(Sure they’re not always perfect, but they’re never dreadful. Siemens would never build a Régiolis.)

Siemens builds good trains

(Sure they’re not always perfect, but they’re never dreadful. Siemens would never build a Régiolis.)

@jon out of curiosity could you share that number? In my experience the cheapest early bird tickets are just about 10-20% over just the reservation, so for my upcoming trip I ended up canceling an eurail pass and booking a la carte.

@jon A single trip from Liège to Luxembourg in a Siemens Desiro ML can change this statement

Thinking further about this re-routing issue: my favoured re-routing if I need it (via Paris) is actually what would make most sense for SNCF as well (no trying to find space for me on another TGV)

But the rule that applies here - AJC - states precisely the opposite

I wonder how you could better allow “any suitable route” rather than same route?

@smveerman ah. The interior is crap. But that’s SNCB’s fault not Siemens’s fault. Desiro ML in Austria is fine.

@ajinkyapdahale €19 for Berlin-Strasbourg and €10 for Strasbourg-Dijon. But the cheapest regular ticket I could find for today was c. €150, so Interrail made sense

Passzuschlag is a special search on DB’s website

@jon It's the default interior from Siemens, surely that should be good enough ‍️

@smveerman for a S-Bahn. I don’t think even Siemens would suggest sitting in that for 3 hours!

Thinking further about this re-routing issue: my favoured re-routing if I need it (via Paris) is actually what would make most sense for SNCF as well (no trying to find space for me on another TGV)

But the rule that applies here - AJC - states precisely the opposite

I wonder how you could better allow “any suitable route” rather than same route?