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Transportation: Changing trains in Würzburg
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'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: The train on the right, on track 4, is a first-generation InterCityExpress which has been in operation since 1991. You can always tell a first generation ICE because they have a decorative but dysfunctional hump on the roof of the dining car -- but at least they HAVE a real dining car!
This particular train is ICE 583, which left Hamburg-Altona, in northern Germany, at 6:47 in the morning. After three more stops in Hamburg it headed south via Hannover, Göttingen, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe and Fulda, and arrived in Würzburg right on time (imagine that!) at 10:30. After a two minute halt it will continue south to Munich, with a stop in Augsburg on the way.
The train on the left, on track 5, is ICE 721, which left Münster (Westfalen) at 6:03 in the morning. This is a third generation InterCityExpress which means that it is capable of doing up to 300 km/hour (usually only 280 in actual practice) on the newest high-speed railroad link between Cologne and Frankfurt.
It stopped at Frankfurt Airport and Frankfurt South Station, which is where I got on. After a nine minute halt here in Würzburg it will continue on to Nürnberg, which is its final destination.
These third generation ICEs don't have a BordRestaurant (dining car), just a BordBistro run by one overworked employee. Originally in the ICE3 there was standing room only in these BordBistros, but after massive protests that have finally put in half a dozen tables so it is at least possible to sit and have breakfast, as I did on the way from Frankfurt to Würzburg.
Since these two trains are on opposite sides of the same platform it is of course very easy for passengers to change from one train to another -- especially on a day like today when both trains are on time!
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Mikebb Wed Nov 11, 2009 15:02 UTC Thanks Don, looks a beautiful city with some very nice buildings. Impressed with the inter city train service. | german_eagle Fri Sep 18, 2009 18:34 UTC Your comments on the ICE trains are right on. ICE 3 is definitely a step backwards. Excellent page, wondering why I discover it only now. No mention of wine? ;-) | alancollins Sun May 31, 2009 14:32 UTC I have yet to try a journey on the ICE train or be brave enough to try and hire a bicycle. | MalenaN Sun May 31, 2009 07:07 UTC Marienberg Fortress looks great where it stands on top of the hill! And the Main Valley Bicycle Routs sounds to be a good way to take to Würzburg! |
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