Re:Berlin-Munich high-speed train services carry 2M passenge...
by woodpanel on Sunday June 17, 2018 @06:37PM
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Regarding Frankfurt airport's strictness: It's Germany's biggest hub with the most international connections, some of them more "targeted" than others (say El-Al flights...).
Regarding ICE's: That's one of the trade-offs. Either guaranteed (cramped) seating after being "violated" or un-violated uncertainty.
Every time I use one mode of transportation, I'll damn myself and vow to always use the other mode from now on.
Maybe it's just Tegel airport, but every time I have to pass security in Frankfurt Flughafen (last time a few days ago), I feel violated. I travel quite a lot and it's the strictest security I've seen in an airport.
The ICE trains in Germany are not that great either. I remember buying a ticket from Hanover to somewhere in the south and to save money I bought a non-registered seat ticket. Imagine my shock when upon entering the train there were dozens of people sitting on their suitcases or on the floor, and I proceeded to spend the next 3 hours in similarly miserable conditions.