Trains and ze Germans

[benjii]

I've just got a train from Hamburg to Berlin. It was 30 minutes late and cost EUR 100. 

So their trains suck too.

Eat that, Fritz.

[AlexLaw76]

God. Thought European trains would take about 12 mins to reach the destination, and fluff you up on the way, all for about €1

[whelk]

I caught a train from Soton to Manchester and back and arrived to the minute both ways. Cost a fortune mind but toilets worked as well. 

[benjii]

Sufficient for Number 2?

 

8 minutes ago, whelk said:

I caught a train from Soton to Manchester and back and arrived to the minute both ways. Cost a fortune mind but toilets worked as well. 

[whelk]

3 minutes ago, benjii said:

Sufficient for Number 2?

 

I just sprayed piss around everywhere in keeping with what others do

[Mixedkebab]

The old German efficiency bollocks isn’t true anymore at least on public transport, and the western cities are mostly dirty gaffs often dodgy as fuck at night around central zones. While this isn’t unusual worldwide, it’s very different to Germany about 15 years ago.

I’d exclude Bavaria and Berlin from this, they still feel pretty German.

[Turkish]

My boss cannot believe it costs me 280 quid to go from Harrogate to London, he lives in Milan and it's twice as far to Rome and costs him  60 euros. 

Edited 25 June, 2025 by Turkish

[egg]

19 minutes ago, Turkish said:

My boss cannot believe it costs me 280 quid to go from Harrogate to London, he lives in Milan and it's twice as far and costs him  60 euros. 

It's nuts. Recently my mate and his mate flew to Istanbul, stayed over, and went to a gig, all for less than I paid for a return (1st class admittedly) to Leeds. £250 ISH iirc. 

[whelk]

11 minutes ago, egg said:

It's nuts. Recently my mate and his mate flew to Istanbul, stayed over, and went to a gig, all for less than I paid for a return (1st class admittedly) to Leeds. £250 ISH iirc. 

Fucking hell Egg, first class!

[egg]

Just now, whelk said:

Fucking hell Egg, first class!

It was expensed mate, peasant class if I'm paying. Nice meal, free drinks trolley, little lounge at Leeds. Fecking expensive though. 

[Whitey Grandad]

Not quite as extreme but last week I went into Athens from Piraeus on the train for €1.20 each way.

[Turkish]

2 hours ago, egg said:

It was expensed mate, peasant class if I'm paying. Nice meal, free drinks trolley, little lounge at Leeds. Fecking expensive though. 

Same for me, usually go first class if it’s work. Standard if I’m paying. 

[egg]

6 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Same for me, usually go first class if it’s work. Standard if I’m paying. 

They serve a decent curry on that route. I was very impressed with the service. Night and day different to the trains down here. 

[Turkish]

12 minutes ago, egg said:

They serve a decent curry on that route. I was very impressed with the service. Night and day different to the trains down here. 

LNER? The azumas are good, comfortable and food is half decent. Still crazy money for a ticket mind 

[egg]

3 minutes ago, Turkish said:

LNER? The azumas are good, comfortable and food is half decent. Still crazy money for a ticket mind 

Yes, that's the one. Very impressive. 

[Picard]

Those who are members don't get ads I suppose but I'm getting an ad for a German company that makes model trains on this page.

[whelk]

9 hours ago, Turkish said:

Same for me, usually go first class if it’s work. Standard if I’m paying. 

As we advocate that public sector mirrors private sector more I hope all civil servants travel first class

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, whelk said:

As we advocate that public sector mirrors private sector more I hope all civil servants travel first class

you'd be surprised how many do

[skintsaint]

17 minutes ago, Turkish said:

you'd be surprised how many do

Only the Directors and COO in our department do.

[Turkish]

Just now, skintsaint said:

Only the Directors and COO in our department do.

well yeah, thats the same in most organisations, first class isn't full of Admin assistants and Customer Success Managers in our company either. 

[skintsaint]

1 minute ago, Turkish said:

well yeah, thats the same in most organisations, first class isn't full of Admin assistants and Customer Success Managers in our company either. 

Sorry - thought the way you said many do implied that.

[whelk]

I used to fly out each week to Brussels from Soton. We’d fly first class which amounted to being up the front of the plane with curtain pulled to separate and served first - for treble the price! No benefit of lounge at Soton either. Although was a global chemical company who at the time didn’t seem to give a shit and would fly people out and back same day just to see a presentation. 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 hours ago, Picard said:

Those who are members don't get ads I suppose but I'm getting an ad for a German company that makes model trains on this page.

That's not due to this thread, but from the increase in xG adherents on the site. 🙂

[Weston Super Saint]

5 hours ago, Turkish said:

well yeah, thats the same in most organisations, first class isn't full of Admin assistants and Customer Success Managers in our company either. 

How the hell did you slip through the net  

[whelk]

Thieving French bastards

https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-of-eurostar-passengers-facing-cancellations-and-severe-delays-after-cable-theft-13388384

suggest pay the local gypo camp a visit

[Gloucester Saint]

You’d be very unlucky to find worse than CrossCountry in Germany. Their non-dom ownership, leadership are parasites, they barely run trains at all, let alone on time nor in conditions which are safe or sanitary. All for the highest fares in Europe.

Add the infamous RMT into the mix, and it’s a clusterfuck. Sack them off, renationalise and put the ballot minimum for strike action across the membership up to 60% of eligible members. 

Stealing a living, astonishing Heidi Alexander sees improvements in them. All they did was get worse even before the overtime ban (and no business should rely on as much of that as they do).

Edited 25 June, 2025 by Gloucester Saint

[benjii]

Return train has just been cancelled due to lack of staff.

Useless kuntz.

[whelk]

8 minutes ago, benjii said:

Return train has just been cancelled due to lack of staff.

Useless kuntz.

Bete fur Benji

[Whitey Grandad]

On 24/06/2025 at 15:09, Holmes_and_Watson said:

That's not due to this thread, but from the increase in xG adherents on the site. 🙂

Expected Germans?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Expected Germans?

Just you wait for the hipster war movies, where Churchill will be making plans based on xG. 🙂

[benjii]

Hope we batter them in the U21s

[benjii]

Just seen a girl with outrageous tits, so that's some credit back in the bank for The Hun.

[Whitey Grandad]

15 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Just you wait for the hipster war movies, where Churchill will be making plans based on xG. 🙂

And  our soldiers get Sundays off.

[benjii]

Yes!

Eat my wurst.