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> Get on Deutsche Bahn train
> Train delayed
> Miss Eurostar connection (not just me, many people did too), get the next one
> Building works in Brussels Station
> Maps inaccurate
> Get lost
> Find Eurostar terminal
> Electricity failure
> Check-in suspended
> After 40min, announcement
> This train cancelled, get the next one
> Electricity fixed
> Check in, finally
> Now 2½ trains worth of people need to get on this one
> Somehow fit on train
> Lose table because family needs it (fair, but annoying)
> Train departs
> More delays due to scheduling conflict
> Arrive in Lille Europe
> Stop for 10 minutes for no reason
> Announcement: "there is an illegal passenger on board, everyone and their luggage needs to get off"
> Get off train, stand on platform for a decade
> "Who has left an orange bag on coach 18?"
> Nobody
> They bring the bag out
> It's red, not orange
> "Oh it's mine, sorry" - some woman
> Wait around for ages
> "Everybody go downstairs and go through security again"
> Go through security and passport control
> Get back on train
> Arrive at St. Pancreas
> Last train to where I live has gone
> Woohoo, I get to pay for an expensive hotel in London
> Get rail replacement bus service home
> Home 😒

Comments
  • 16
    Every trip is an adventure
  • 28
    @RantSomeWhere I once was in an ICE in winter, and the heating broke down. It was fucking cold, so they served hot drinks for free.

    Well I got my wool blanket and was fine. Staff asked my how it came I had a wool blanket. I answered I was a frequent customer. Haha!
  • 8
    How long into this journey did you ask yourself "why didn't I fly?"
  • 8
    @RantSomeWhere I only travel ICE first class to avoid the scum. Actually, I'm the scum there so that I don't have to worry about other scum. ^^
  • 5
    shit....

    At least you hot home.. eventually
  • 4
    Rough day.
  • 7
    Having to travel with DB is like >_<
  • 4
    Also many IC doors are fucking annoying, depending on what type u r
  • 4
  • 5
    I was on a work trip and had to ride DB to get anywhere.
    The system is sooo weird. So I get that you buy a ticket at the machine. Then you activate it... Before climbing into the train? How is it checked afterwards? Is it just a 1/100 chance that police will climb in at a stop?
    There was also some kind of 2-story train which I had to take. To get a ticket I had to buy it at the helpdesk, which had a numbered queue. Why? Can there not be machines or multiple desks or something? I was praying to god that I don't miss the train because of this waiting.
    Gotta thank Google Maps for saving my ass on this trip, without it I would've definitely gotten on the train to Spain or something.
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  • 2
    be glad you dont have to commute...
  • 2
    @Ansis With DB, you don't have to activate the ticket that a vending machine spits out. It may be different with special offers like rail passes or so.

    Police isn't on trains except when they commute - and usually, they travel for free if they wear uniform. It's train staff who checks the tickets. Not having one costs 60 EUR and is a minor criminal offence in Germany.
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