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   D to Paul Dormer   
   Re: Who's got the worst transit?   
   25 Feb 24 18:27:05   
   
   From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Sun, 25 Feb 2024, Paul Dormer wrote:   
      
   > In article <5cfb2b4c-4a77-f9f8-55ef-a8e41eca0557@example.net>,   
   > nospam@example.net (D) wrote:   
   >   
   >> I wonder if that is the   
   >> default policy or if they just wanted to get rid of the tourists? ;)   
   >   
   > That has been my experience with European trains too, in general.   
   > Travelling to and from Helsinki both going and returning, I missed my   
   > connections at Copenhagen and had no problem getting a later train.  Mind   
   > you, the return journey involved a five-hour wait in Copenhagen on a   
   > Friday night.  It was Gay Pride week and lots of colourful people were   
   > going clubbing.  Ended up getting into Hamburg at five in the morning.   
   > My hotel had even kept my room for me.   
   >   
      
   Ahh, so maybe that is the default behaviour! A point in favour of the   
   train instead of the plane!   
      
   I do wish europe had international high speed trains though, of the same   
   caliber and reliability as the japanese! =(   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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