OT: of interest for inter-European travel
The Deutsche Bahn and its partners in Danemark, in the Netherlands, in France, in Switzerland and in the Czech Republic plan to close the following overnight train lines at the end of the year 2014: Amsterdam-Copenhague Copenhague-Prague Prague-Amsterdam Bâle-Copenhague Berlin-Paris Hambourg-Paris Paris-Munich As long as the overnight train lines to/from Bachotex remain in operation, perhaps we will not be to affected by this "progress". ;) Alan
On 11/2/2014 4:10 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote:
The Deutsche Bahn and its partners in Danemark, in the Netherlands, in France, in Switzerland and in the Czech Republic plan to close the following overnight train lines at the end of the year 2014:
Amsterdam-Copenhague Copenhague-Prague Prague-Amsterdam Bâle-Copenhague Berlin-Paris Hambourg-Paris Paris-Munich
As long as the overnight train lines to/from Bachotex remain in operation, perhaps we will not be to affected by this "progress". ;)
I can understand it for the Netherlands as they cannot get their high speed tracks and trains up and running (instead of outsourcing in europe they should have hired Japanese companies instead). (A few days ago I passed by train the tracks where these non-functional italian high speed trains are stalled ... overpainted by graffity in the meantime. It's always fun to drive by car along the dedicated expensive track for container-trains ... that track kind of stops at the german border.) Hans ps. Texies travel to BT by bus. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 18:05:44 +0100
Hans Hagen
I can understand it for the Netherlands as they cannot get their high speed tracks and trains up and running (instead of outsourcing in europe they should have hired Japanese companies instead).
(A few days ago I passed by train the tracks where these non-functional italian high speed trains are stalled ... overpainted by graffity in the meantime. It's always fun to drive by car along the dedicated expensive track for container-trains ... that track kind of stops at the german border.)
We are talking about "traditional" overnight trains, not high-speed trains. But it is indeed investment in high-speed trains that is killing lower-cost, traditional rail.
ps. Texies travel to BT by bus.
I know, I tried seeing about getting there by train and concluded that it was faster and cheaper to carpool with Taco, driving first to the Netherlands! Alan
participants (2)
-
Alan BRASLAU -
Hans Hagen