Today I’m trying the fastest Berlin - Nuits-sous-Ravières you can do, changing only in Strasbourg and Dijon
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Today I’m trying the fastest Berlin - Nuits-sous-Ravières you can do, changing only in Strasbourg and Dijon
Chances it doesn’t work: high
Chances I can blag my way to my destination anyway: also high (I’m on Interrail)
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Today I’m trying the fastest Berlin - Nuits-sous-Ravières you can do, changing only in Strasbourg and Dijon
Chances it doesn’t work: high
Chances I can blag my way to my destination anyway: also high (I’m on Interrail)
@jon good luck 🤭
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Today I’m trying the fastest Berlin - Nuits-sous-Ravières you can do, changing only in Strasbourg and Dijon
Chances it doesn’t work: high
Chances I can blag my way to my destination anyway: also high (I’m on Interrail)
This is what I’m trying
14 min change in Strasbourg (onto a compulsory reservation TGV)
And a 24 min change in Dijon
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This is what I’m trying
14 min change in Strasbourg (onto a compulsory reservation TGV)
And a 24 min change in 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
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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
@jon how did you proceed and did it work?
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@jon how did you proceed and did it work?
@Alrick I don’t really speak Italian. So I went to him, explained in English it was the quiet zone and pointed at the quiet zone sign (that was right next to him). He stopped the video.
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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
@jon even in the regular cars that's annoying. Asking them if they want to use your headphones also does the trick
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This is what I’m trying
14 min change in Strasbourg (onto a compulsory reservation TGV)
And a 24 min change in Dijon
@jon Enjoy the trip anyway.
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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
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
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@jon Enjoy the trip anyway.
@doede_sijtsma Smooth ICE. It’s calm. It’ll be fine
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This is what I’m trying
14 min change in Strasbourg (onto a compulsory reservation TGV)
And a 24 min change in Dijon
@jon that's sounds... tight! Hope springs eternal, and fingers crossed for you
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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 does that (possibly sometimes) involve buying a second reservation?
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@jon does that (possibly sometimes) involve buying a second reservation?
@ajinkyapdahale Complex. It’s a grey area. A train manager *could* demand it, theoretically. But given I’d only need it if the train were late (the company’s fault not mine) they’d seldom make that demand.
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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
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…
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@ajinkyapdahale Complex. It’s a grey area. A train manager *could* demand it, theoretically. But given I’d only need it if the train were late (the company’s fault not mine) they’d seldom make that demand.
@jon I see. Would it have made sense to book a reservation until Paris in the first place, assuming the price is the same? Or perhaps you must have made the reservation over the whole "connection", not just the one train.
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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
@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. -
@jon I see. Would it have made sense to book a reservation until Paris in the first place, assuming the price is the same? Or perhaps you must have made the reservation over the whole "connection", not just the one train.
@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.
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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
@jon For an Italian this was probably silent
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This is what I’m trying
14 min change in Strasbourg (onto a compulsory reservation TGV)
And a 24 min change in Dijon
@jon my first instinct as somebody who had a student card in the 90s in the Netherlands would be to find a quicker connection
All that time spent waiting at stations is inefficientWe were so spoiled
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@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.@andreS Exactly. And I’m the best person to set these limits - I’m a tall decisive multi lingual man and hence least likely to get ignored (I can put my privilege to good use)
