Concerto

Oberhausen to Warsaw? I had no idea that it existed! But I reckon Polish rail stations are less sad than Oberhausen or Duisburg. I know there is a bus service from Duisburg to Poland, but the former bus stop has got some silly office block going up in its place. No idea where it leaves from now.

The end of overnight train services is more than a shame, it's a scandal. A surprising number of people still make use of these. For me, it really bailed me out a couple of times, being able to hop on a train in Basel after a concert in Switzerland and wake up in Weimar the next day in time for a rehearsal. I've often looked for such night connections in the last year or so, and they just don't exist any more.