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As commuters who depends on a reliable and punctual train service, I would like to thank for unforgettable experiences that I and thousands of other train passengers be administered in the Magdeburg area as part of the Castor transport through the tireless efforts of self-appointed savior of the world as a Christmas present.
The drama in several acts began on 12/16/2010 shortly after 7:00 Clock. As usual, I trot to the DB-breakpoint Oak hamlet in happy anticipation of the approaching train, which I should be warm and dry transport to my workplace after Schönebeck. Already there is noticeable that populate some excited people to the platform. It comes in `s call and learns that even for an hour between Weiler and oak Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof else fails, the cause remains obscure.
After some waiting at temperatures around -10 C I decide to switch to the tram to get to this central station. That works too smoothly.
Once there has to me a chaotic Image.
hundreds of bewildered train travelers are in the station hall, staring in disbelief to the realities of the train service is no longer imaging schedule display board or lined up by the dozens in a multilevel queue before the Tour of the DB, behind the equally helpless acting Railway workers were trying to convey at least the appearance of informed.
Now is the motto: listening to the loudspeaker announcements (which train keeps on which platform) and jump on the train, just where and when does whatever direction Schönebeck
In the course of the day, the cause explains the chaos have obviously self-proclaimed "savior of mankind" in order to delay the Castor transport in an act of self-glorifying activism 'in the night and fog signals of the DB by destroying the signal lines in the area the station Magdeburg-Neustadt paralyzed, so that now each of those starting or leaving the train station forced to get in an extremely time-consuming process, the release to continue. The course will mess up all the schedules. to spare
To the reader further details should be noted only that the above situation in the next few days, not relaxed, and the same chaos still persists for several days, because the repair of that damage especially in these weather conditions is very difficult.
conclusion of this trip for me:
- arrival in Schönebeck 1.5 hours later than planned
- deadline missed
- a lot of excitement
Conclusion for all concerned:
- major delays for commuters and occasional travelers "
- clogged streets by people switching
whatever people may think about the purpose of those measures targets as you want, but it is not acceptable that using criminal methods to thousands of citizens, even country for days impairments are produced that lead not do much, just that the environmental apologists frequently invoked, in my view, welcome, change from car to rail receives a further boost. was
merely in passing at this point, the economic toll of
- missed Dates and
- loss of working time,
- of time through useless waiting for drafty railway platforms,
- the fact if produced health failures
- extra costs of switching to the car
- repair costs signal conditioning and
- use additional / overtime of railway employees
mentioned.
And Make no mistake: I Want to by each affected individual to bear additional costs are the additional costs incurred by DB included in the next round of price increase for the tickets with, making rail travel is not just cheaper and thus even less attractive.
In general, it can not tolerate that for the enforcement of any ideology of a few through the use of criminal methods of the freedom of all is limited. The end justifies any means just not. Otherwise we end up in the end all in totalitarian conditions, their forms and effects just us Germans should be well known and no one wants.
Friedrich Hülsbeck
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