Post B0Xj5SjcPIuy7UCeFU by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5RduT2l0jUWZiC by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T09:54:45Z
       
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       Well, hopefully that’s a good omen 😬The first train of my 7.5 hour journey to Obergurgl in the Austrian Alps was due to depart at 10:47.It departed at 10:47. Even on a frosty Sunday morning, after overnight temperatures down to -6°C.Keep up the good work, #DeutscheBahn 🤞
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5SjcPIuy7UCeFU by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T10:18:26Z
       
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       My first connection of five today, & the departure of the ICE from Heidelberg to Stuttgart scheduled for 11:11 happened at 11:12.Close enough for government work 🤷‍♂️
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5TnCTTNROst1TE by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T11:06:01Z
       
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       Next: one minute late into Stuttgart, with an eight minute connection onwards to Austria via Munich.Next connection in Wörgl in 3.5 hours. That said, I’ll have to switch carriage in Rosenheim before crossing the border. I’m travelling in first today, because Deutsche Bahn sent me a 25% discount for a one way journey in that class if taken before Christmas.But it only applies in Germany, so I’ll switch to second for the last half hour of the journey to Wörgl 🤷‍♂️Probably.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5V0hwjmBB4DKAC by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T13:20:19Z
       
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       Arrived in Munich on time.Departed Munich on time.To the minute.What is going on?!Did Switzerland invade Germany last night & take over the country’s infrastructure? 🤪
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5Vp2va2fhBlWcq by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T13:53:03Z
       
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       FFS 😡All that good work shattered here in Munich Ost.The ICE train is now broken & has an “unknown” departure time.Not at all obvious whether a pre-emptive shift to regional trains across the border will be quicker … assuming this train leaves at all.Good to see that #DeutscheBahn is back to its usual crapness 🙄
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5WXMGpUHucUuh6 by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T14:16:58Z
       
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       So, the train was fixed & left 35 minutes late. We’re now crawling through the frosty Bavarian countryside towards the Austrian border.Will I make it to Obergurgl before the university guest house kitchen closes? 😱
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5X9zxAObqSZlvE by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T15:19:45Z
       
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       Well, at least I’m over the border into Austria.Arrived at Wörgl 35 minutes late, but in principle that would mean I’d make the connection in Innsbruck to Ötztal & then the bus to Obergurgl just 30 minutes later than my original one.Except of course the train from Wörgl to Innsbruck is now 10-15 minutes late, throwing that all up in the air again 🤷‍♂️ I’m not going to get any dinner, am I?
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5XpTSxZZv5ytZQ by markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
       2025-11-23T16:04:02Z
       
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       OK, despite the late departure of that train from Wörgl, I made the connection in Innsbruck, even with an official connection time of zero minutes. I suspect they delayed the outgoing train to allow passengers to make the transfer.Next stop for me: Ötztal. The connection time to the bus there is two minutes. Hmm.And of course I’m thirty minutes late overall.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Xj5YST7ylTs2E2Lo by thomas_klopf@dobbs.town
       2025-11-23T16:43:33Z
       
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       @markmccaughrean enjoy it in Over-gurgle!