Today I’m trying the fastest Berlin - Nuits-sous-Ravières you can do, changing only in Strasbourg and Dijon
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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 Yesterday I asked someone to stop using her phone inside the theatre. She was absolutely livid after the performance, said she was trying to get her dog fed and that I should have assumed she had something important to do. She never said why she couldn't have arranged that before, or during the interval though.
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@jon magically, now it's showing the "seats only" reservation, but with a significantly less 5.50€ price. Is this different than the reservation with the global pass?
@ajinkyapdahale You need to use this search: https://int.bahn.de/en/buchung/start?KL=2&ET=PASSZUSCHLAG
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@partim @smveerman You are complaining at a high level
@wrzlbrnft tooI can live with "smooth ride" and "doors that don't clank and rattle incessantly". Maybe living in France has lowered my standards?
@jon @partim @wrzlbrnft every train that doesn’t have the so called zwenkzwaaideuren has floppy doors. Truly a lost form of technology.
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Also on the Siemens builds good trains point
Desiro ML for SNCB is horrid - because SNCB ordered a terrible interior. Desiro ML for ÖBB is fine
Similarly a DB ICE 407 has a nicer interior but same engineering as a Eurostar e320
@jon as someone with a manufacturers POV, I think this is very important to understand.
How well the train operates (reliability, cost etc.) depends mostly on the technical basis that the manufacturer has as well as the collaboration with the custumer, to match their specific operational needs.
But with most things that shape the passenger experience, the manufacturer must put in what the customer orders. Sure, you can and should make suggestions (e.g. layouting the seats to match the windows), but if you're in a competitive tender and don't get awarded any points for it, there is only so much you can justify.
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@jon as someone with a manufacturers POV, I think this is very important to understand.
How well the train operates (reliability, cost etc.) depends mostly on the technical basis that the manufacturer has as well as the collaboration with the custumer, to match their specific operational needs.
But with most things that shape the passenger experience, the manufacturer must put in what the customer orders. Sure, you can and should make suggestions (e.g. layouting the seats to match the windows), but if you're in a competitive tender and don't get awarded any points for it, there is only so much you can justify.
@timstrutzi Sure, I totally get that. And Stadler, in my conversations with them, basically said that too me - interiors is where the customer thinks they can cut.
But some aspects - like does the train have doors that close tightly and do not rattle, has sensibly designed toilets, has good suspension - are things a manufacturer can do well (or not), regardless of customer. And that's what matters here - Siemens does that stuff generally well in my experience (as a passenger).
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@jon as someone with a manufacturers POV, I think this is very important to understand.
How well the train operates (reliability, cost etc.) depends mostly on the technical basis that the manufacturer has as well as the collaboration with the custumer, to match their specific operational needs.
But with most things that shape the passenger experience, the manufacturer must put in what the customer orders. Sure, you can and should make suggestions (e.g. layouting the seats to match the windows), but if you're in a competitive tender and don't get awarded any points for it, there is only so much you can justify.
@timstrutzi Or - to put it practically - Siemens engineers would never allow their trains to have doors as bad as a Alstom (now CAF) Régiolis, or a ride as bumpy as a Bombardier AGC or those terrible EMUs CAF build for Media Distancia in Spain. Out of engineering pride if nothing else!
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@jon It's also being used on the Mittelrheinbahn Köln - Koblenz - Mainz, and that does attract quite a lot of passengers sitting in it for more than an hour.
@smveerman @jon On that line you are happy when you actually have a seat..
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@partim @smveerman You are complaining at a high level
@wrzlbrnft tooI can live with "smooth ride" and "doors that don't clank and rattle incessantly". Maybe living in France has lowered my standards?
@jon @smveerman @wrzlbrnft It is just kind of strange that they put so much care into the running gear and then up top are ’Whatever, good enough.’
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@pglux.bsky.social Not only. Financially Interrail made sense too!
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@jon @ajinkyapdahale That's the eternal problem with mandatory reservations. Once passengers have been stranded once they'll just book extra spots as an insurance if the fee is low, which leads to inefficient occupancy and more passengers blocked from traveling...
Similar situations arise with bicycle reservations, exacerbated by having only a handful of bicycle spots on long-distance trains. Btw, I still need to finish and publish my blog post comparing bicycle reservation systems in Europe.
@cycling_on_rails @jon @ajinkyapdahale One the Shinkansen, the problem is rather that passengers with large suitcases will park them in the small area behind the seats at the back of the train that's for reserved stowage only (including bicycles). Not a big problem, the conductors just need to ask people to move the stuff when someone who's reserved a spot needs it.
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