(07-22-2018, 08:57 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(07-20-2018, 06:53 PM)hb1148 Wrote: Yep, thanks I was trying to avoid using that acronym lol but IC is InterCity which means stops are made along the way. ICE means InterCity Express which are generally non-stops (with some exceptions). They are pretty nice trains but I found in Germany they're not as reliable as you'd think they'd be. 

This surprised me because you could set your watch by them in Stuttgart. But that was almost 20 years ago so....

I was actually pretty surprised too because we'd heard good things. We had a couple of cancellations and had to juggle our schedule to find new trains (which were already full so we ended up sitting on the floor). Most trains seemed like they were departing behind schedule and in one case the train (an ICE) stopped in an unscheduled station and dumped all the passengers off without explanation. We were told to take "the bus" but there were only local buses available. Finally another train came by and everyone from the first train got herded on to the second train which was already full.  We were speculating with our fellow passengers that it must have been a mechanical issue which can happen but it does seem like you're pretty much on your own when it does. UK train system is a lot better.

The good news is we never got stranded overnight anywhere and the eurorail pass is ultimately cost effective if you're taking several longer trips which we were.

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