Friday, May 19, 2006
03/2006 Hamburg : 'German public transport experience...'
Trekked out to a rather charming well-heeled area called Othmarschen today. Has a nice village-style atmosphere although a bit distant from the city if you want to hit the nightlife.
The trains and buses all run with predictable German efficiency and are exactly on time. I’ve noticed passengers all time their arrival about 2 minutes before the bus/train is due, such is their confidence in the punctuality - whereas at home I usually hang around the bus stop for ages in the hope of one turning up at all. And then there are often 3 together. Why can’t we Brits do public transport?
Trekked out to a rather charming well-heeled area called Othmarschen today. Has a nice village-style atmosphere although a bit distant from the city if you want to hit the nightlife.
The trains and buses all run with predictable German efficiency and are exactly on time. I’ve noticed passengers all time their arrival about 2 minutes before the bus/train is due, such is their confidence in the punctuality - whereas at home I usually hang around the bus stop for ages in the hope of one turning up at all. And then there are often 3 together. Why can’t we Brits do public transport?
# posted by hotelreviewer @ 1:34 pm 
