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Oct 25th, 2012, 11:31 PM
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OK, I'm a tiger for punishment, so here goes.
1* Among the many things the station agent might tell you, the fact that there is no provision for sale of food and drink on a REGIONAL train probably would not occur to him: he might assume that you would know that to be unlikely.
2* 'Milk run' trains stop a lot: At every station there are signs which give the name of that station. What I do to determine how close I am to my stop is to look at the name of the station at which the train has just stopped, then walk down to consult the route map so that I can ascertain when I might need to be ready to disembark. The need for a knowledge of German, either written or aural, is thus negated.
3* If all I want is a bottle of water, then a five minute changeover between trains is ample time to get one from a stall or a trackside machine. I seem to have managed that on a few occasions when necessary, and I'm 73 and not as agile as I once was.
4* It was your first time travelling on German trains. You didn't know the routine, and you made a few mistakes. Apart from the late train, those mistakes can't be sheeted home to D-Bahn. Next time you will be more experienced.
1* Among the many things the station agent might tell you, the fact that there is no provision for sale of food and drink on a REGIONAL train probably would not occur to him: he might assume that you would know that to be unlikely.
2* 'Milk run' trains stop a lot: At every station there are signs which give the name of that station. What I do to determine how close I am to my stop is to look at the name of the station at which the train has just stopped, then walk down to consult the route map so that I can ascertain when I might need to be ready to disembark. The need for a knowledge of German, either written or aural, is thus negated.
3* If all I want is a bottle of water, then a five minute changeover between trains is ample time to get one from a stall or a trackside machine. I seem to have managed that on a few occasions when necessary, and I'm 73 and not as agile as I once was.
4* It was your first time travelling on German trains. You didn't know the routine, and you made a few mistakes. Apart from the late train, those mistakes can't be sheeted home to D-Bahn. Next time you will be more experienced.
Oct 25th, 2012, 11:33 PM
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OK, I'm a tiger for punishment, so here goes.
1* Among the many things the station agent might tell you, the fact that there is no provision for sale of food and drink on a REGIONAL train probably would not occur to him: he might assume that you would know that to be unlikely.
2* 'Milk run' trains stop a lot: At every station there are signs which give the name of that station. What I do to determine how close I am to my stop is to look at the name of the station at which the train has just stopped, then walk down to consult the route map so that I can ascertain when I might need to be ready to disembark. The need for a knowledge of German, either written or aural, is thus negated.
3* If all I want is a bottle of water, then a five minute changeover between trains is ample time to get one from a stall or a trackside machine. I seem to have managed that on a few occasions when necessary, and I'm 73 and not as agile as I once was.
4* It was your first time travelling on German trains. You didn't know the routine, and you made a few mistakes. Apart from the late train, those mistakes can't be sheeted home to D-Bahn. Next time you will be more experienced.
1* Among the many things the station agent might tell you, the fact that there is no provision for sale of food and drink on a REGIONAL train probably would not occur to him: he might assume that you would know that to be unlikely.
2* 'Milk run' trains stop a lot: At every station there are signs which give the name of that station. What I do to determine how close I am to my stop is to look at the name of the station at which the train has just stopped, then walk down to consult the route map so that I can ascertain when I might need to be ready to disembark. The need for a knowledge of German, either written or aural, is thus negated.
3* If all I want is a bottle of water, then a five minute changeover between trains is ample time to get one from a stall or a trackside machine. I seem to have managed that on a few occasions when necessary, and I'm 73 and not as agile as I once was.
4* It was your first time travelling on German trains. You didn't know the routine, and you made a few mistakes. Apart from the late train, those mistakes can't be sheeted home to D-Bahn. Next time you will be more experienced.
Oct 26th, 2012, 12:04 AM
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OK, I'm a tiger for punishment, so here goes.
1* Among the many things the station agent might tell you, the fact that there is no provision for sale of food and drink on a REGIONAL train probably would not occur to him: he might assume that you would know that to be unlikely.
2* 'Milk run' trains stop a lot: At every station there are signs which give the name of that station. What I do to determine how close I am to my stop is to look at the name of the station at which the train has just stopped, then walk down to consult the route map so that I can ascertain when I might need to be ready to disembark. The need for a knowledge of German, either written or aural, is thus negated.
3* If all I want is a bottle of water, then a five minute changeover between trains is ample time to get one from a stall or a trackside machine. I seem to have managed that on a few occasions when necessary, and I'm 73 and not as agile as I once was.
4* It was your first time travelling on German trains. You didn't know the routine, and you made a few mistakes. Apart from the late train, those mistakes can't be sheeted home to D-Bahn. Next time you will be more experienced.
1* Among the many things the station agent might tell you, the fact that there is no provision for sale of food and drink on a REGIONAL train probably would not occur to him: he might assume that you would know that to be unlikely.
2* 'Milk run' trains stop a lot: At every station there are signs which give the name of that station. What I do to determine how close I am to my stop is to look at the name of the station at which the train has just stopped, then walk down to consult the route map so that I can ascertain when I might need to be ready to disembark. The need for a knowledge of German, either written or aural, is thus negated.
3* If all I want is a bottle of water, then a five minute changeover between trains is ample time to get one from a stall or a trackside machine. I seem to have managed that on a few occasions when necessary, and I'm 73 and not as agile as I once was.
4* It was your first time travelling on German trains. You didn't know the routine, and you made a few mistakes. Apart from the late train, those mistakes can't be sheeted home to D-Bahn. Next time you will be more experienced.
