<![CDATA[It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train!]]>It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! That can only mean one thing - ! This time I’m bound for Namur, Belgium via Hamburg, Cologne and Liége.

Surprisingly the 7-11 at Copenhagen Central was closed, but luckily I did pack some snacks. Also, they were struggling to open the main shutters to the platform, so ended up just taking the stairs further down.

And imagine my surprise when a EuroCity trainset arrived. My first time in one of them, and it smells brand new too!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a23ec85f-18c0-4b38-a347-bfe6e50a59fe/it-s-before-5am-and-i-m-on-a-long-distance-trainRSS for NodeWed, 24 Jun 2026 02:46:21 GMTWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:49:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:09:11 GMT]]>@mercy @yetzt Yeah, the moving of the schedule for the express train 25 mins earlier caught me yesterday, so arrived an hour late. I did -not- expect them to change between Monday and Tuesday 😂 (but I understand that that is how they usually do it 🤷).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116724082382169228https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116724082382169228Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:09:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:05:50 GMT]]>@tofticles @yetzt that does make sense! A friend of mine got stuck in the Slagelse - Ringsted chaos on Sunday and I ended up picking them up from their ICL train in Korsør of all places (since I was in Roskilde anyway so it was “only” an hour out of my way)… and they did mention that they had also stopped at Middelfart.

I guess this is all due to that stupid plan of “since we can’t run the trains on time normally, we’ll just run fewer trains and make them slower”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116724069221224295https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116724069221224295Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:05:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:02:08 GMT]]>@mercy @yetzt They've altered the express train to stop at more stations and then canceled all the regional trains until mid-July as far as I understand.

So, they're messing with the normal routines for the drivers - routines that have been in place as long as I can remember.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116724054660565959https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tofticles/statuses/116724054660565959Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:02:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:01:37 GMT]]>@fanden @yetzt I guess I was luckier living in Fredericia in my youth then. That station is hard to miss 🤣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116724052644357430https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116724052644357430Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:01:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:56 GMT]]>@yetzt @mercy I spent a disturbing amount of time waiting for trains in Middelfart in my youth; can confirm this theory.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/fanden/statuses/116724049934736320https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/fanden/statuses/116724049934736320Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:59:43 GMT]]>@yetzt could be! It is one of the stations that not all trains stop at - and honestly it isn’t a common stop on the Copenhagen - Hamburg line either, so I guess it might be a recent addition (I just checked my last 5 trips via Hamburg and none of them have had Middelfart as a stop).

I still find it hilarious 🤣

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116724045144442269https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116724045144442269Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:59:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:56:10 GMT]]>@mercy maybe middelfart is the wolfsburg of denmark? wolfsburg is famous for trains forgetting to stop there.

have fun at the euro champs!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.yetzt.me/users/yetzt/statuses/01KTQY6M7Y5MCSC48H7FS8RDVEhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.yetzt.me/users/yetzt/statuses/01KTQY6M7Y5MCSC48H7FS8RDVEWed, 10 Jun 2026 04:56:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:43:14 GMT]]>Hahaha somehow the train forgot to stop at Middelfart station?! What the fuck?

Edited to add: I think it might be because we’re like 20min ahead of schedule; probably because the departure from Copenhagen was moved half an hour earlier weeks ago?

Anyway the driver just came on the speaker to apologize once again - he had apparently been occupied with other things when he passed Middelfart. And it has of course been reiterated that people needing to catch a train back to don’t need a new ticket

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116723980341712061https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116723980341712061Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:43:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to It’s before 5am and I’m on a long distance train! on Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:10:06 GMT]]>Ok, other than the light strips above the seats being *very* bright for a 5am departure (leading me to actually wear my sunglasses 😅), it definitely feels like a massive upgrade compared to fhe DSB IC3 and DB IC1s I’m used to on this route!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116723614142738929https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/mercy/statuses/116723614142738929Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:10:06 GMT