Originally Posted by rorschi
Don't agree - to be seated for hours in an open saloon car (=Großraumwagen) with 80 or more noisy self-important businessmen on their cellphones for hours is the last thing I need on a Friday evening after a busy week in the office. The older ICE (ICE-1) and the fast ICE-3 habe at least the advantage of 6-seat-quiet-compartments; the newest ones (ICE-T and ICE-T2, but also the ICE-2) haven't.
I was in some kind of sleeper section. There were signs all over the place not to use cell phones. It was a small cabin direct behind the driver and we were to only passengers in this section. Probably this is the reason why I could enjoy the trip and got some work done. On my way back I was sitting in such a compartment you mentioned. The seats were a bit shaby but with only 5 seats it was quite spacious. If they only had power points
But back to the topic: You can see the type of trains by train-number on this private site:
www.fernbahn.de -> " Wagenreihungen DB-Fahrplan 2006"
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Patrick
Thanks for the URL. Will check it next time I will use a train.