Partirò per un viaggio da solo dalla stazione centrale di Amsterdam e avrò un trasferimento di 29 minuti alla stazione di Arnhem. Il mio primo treno sarà un treno IC e il secondo treno sarà un ICE. Ho controllato il primo treno tramite Zugfinder (IC 60403 con 42% di puntualità) e il secondo è ICE 698 con 87% di puntualità.
29 minuti di trasferimento sono sufficienti, considerando che in Germania i treni spesso non sono puntuali?
Il mio treno dovrebbe arrivare alle 07:55 e avrò un volo alle 12 all’aeroporto di Brandeburgo. È possibile entrare lì prima delle 10?
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di tiredwithsociety
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half an hour sounds like a good margin to me. but it’s not guaranteed. personally I’d risk it
Sorry to say but only god knows
most transfer times are 5-10 minutes, you have 29 minutes. that’s more than enough
a) the transfer is in Frankfurt, not Arnhem
b) why book to Berlin Hbf and not directly to BER?
c) if everything is punctual, 29mins is sufficient in Frankfurt. Given that you want to catch a flight, I’d give more buffer. And/or check beforehand what the next alternatives from Frankfurt are to get a feeling of how much delay is fine.
Check zugfinder.net for statistics about punctuality.
>My train should be arrived at 07.55 AM and I will be having a flight at 12 PM in Brandenburg Airport. Is it possible to get in there before 10 AM?
DB is totally unpredictable. Never rely on DB if you have imp things. 2 hours is too close to comfort, in that case better to travel a day earlier
Its germany so you will never know exactly. Sometimes u just need 5 minutes and sometimes DB did crazy things and you come 30 minutes to late
In general, humans walk at 4km/h, maybe 6km/h if you’re speeding a bit, 10km/s in a hurry. In 30 minutes, you can do at least 2/3/18000 kilometers. There’s absolutely no station that long.
Be aware that technically IC 60403 is part of a night jet sleeper train, and these are NOT known to be really punctual in the middle of the night.
Consider the 20:24 IC 3075 from Amsterdam to Arnhem, take the regional train to Duisburg, and ICE 100 to Berlin.
[https://imgur.com/a/I2x1AgA](https://imgur.com/a/I2x1AgA)
2 rules while travelling:
1) Never trust DB
2) Rule no. 1
The first train is part of a Nightjet service. Those are known to be delayed sometimes by even an hour. I wouldn’t risk being stranded at Frankfurt Hbf at 3:00.
29min between platforms is enough. However, there is a possibility that your first train is delayed. In the case you miss your connection because of the delay, you can take any ICE train after, that goes to Berlin and they will accept it.
The IC60403 is frequently 1h late. I’m not joking. I would not trust that connection.
Rather take ICE100 leaving the Ruhr area (Düsseldorf, Duisburg, etc.) around 11pm. I can find tickets for it via Arnhem for 37.99€ too. Make sure to leave 1h margin in Düsseldorf or Duisburg. Delays are insane in NRW.
As others said, book all the way to Berlin Airport. Same price.
Side note: ICEs are daytime trains with seats. Lights might be dimmed a bit but there will be announcements, people moving around. Keep a close eye on your luggage at all times, pickpockets are common. You won’t sleep.
If not on a tight budget: take the last evening IC to Berlin and sleep near the airport.
I would look for a direct. I have trust issues with the Arnhem – Germany route.
I guess you are on a budget? The itinerary leads you from a city with one of Europe’s major airports, through another city with one of Europe’s major airports, to a minor airport of only regional importance. The train are not designed for sleeping, so they will not be comfortable; you have to change in the middle of the night in a station that is rather unpleasant at that time. And the whole trip takes about twice as long as it would during the day (with a direct train). This only makes sense if you really save money that way. If there are no hard restrictions that force you to follow that itinerary, I recommend to change your flight, or to take an earlier direct IC train from Amsterdam to Berlin (and a hotel in Berlin).
More than enough, unless DB wants to give you a special DB delay experience in which case you don’t need to worry about connecting train because you can take any. Your bigger question would b, how do you recover from the hours wasted and prolly no sleep.
Edit: if it helps, search for flixbus or flixtrain at this point
Chances are that the schedule on any of the trains will be pushed or even cancelled. If it is important for you to do certain route in a certain timeframe plan it with generously connection times between trains and possible alternatives.
Just yesterday got the 3 last stops of my route cancelled, after 30 mins of waiting in a random little town they announced that a bus will come to pick up us, after around 20 mins it arrived and drove us… so, there you go.
Imagine the stress! 😬