From: garym@mcgath.com   
      
   On 2/24/24 11:23 AM, Paul Dormer wrote:   
   > Used to be German trains were known for their punctuality but last year I   
   > took the train from London to Vienna.  The return trip from Vienna to   
   > Frankfurt, the train was very late.  One of the DB staff on board   
   > actually gave me a form to fill in for compensation.  It didn't seem   
   > worth the effort for me, as all I had to do in Frankfurt was walk a   
   > couple of hundred metres to my hotel, and it wasn't that late in the   
   > evening when I arrived.   
      
   My experience is similar. When I made my first trips to Germany, around   
   the turn of the century, service was excellent. Last year, trying to get   
   from Buchholz (a suburb about 25 km out) to Hamburg, the train was   
   seriously delayed, I had to switch tracks, and the train unexpectedly   
   terminated one stop short of Hamburg because too many trains were queued   
   up trying to get to the Hauptbahnhof, so I had to change trains again.   
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   Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com   
      
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