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Oct 13, 2023 | 5:13 am

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Askartus

Join Date: Jun 2011

Location: CGN

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Originally Posted by GCS2000

Thanks but not sure a 8-10 hour train ride is wise given all the complaints I read about how German trains are always late, etc.

Appreciate the input though.

BTW: "Late" means more than 5 minutes late. So this also includes delays of 6 and 7 minutes, which I mostly experience. If at all. The last time I was more than 10 minutes late was because of a suicide with my train - that's very unlikely to happen.
And I travel by ICE/IC/EC/Thalys about 2-6 times a week.

The connection in Mannheim is made possible by the ICE dispatcher, even if the departing ICE has to wait a few minutes, which is usually included in the blocking time for the trains. If, then the trains run 10-20 km/h faster until Karlsruhe or Offenburg to get back into the timetable.
The connection in Basel or Bern (Bern would allow a 38 minutes transfer) should also work. If not, the EC trains from Basel / Olten / Bern to Milan run hourly.

Last edited by Askartus; Oct 13, 2023 at 12:57 pm

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