Nicky in Germany

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Yes! In February I have joined Dad on a trip to Germany. He studied various public transport systems there, and I had my own sources of information.


(Text is coming soon, this is a try out with some photos...)

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Photos

Lunch
Our first meal away from home, in the Ikea of Liège. Vegetarian pasta, myummy!

Köln Hauptbahnhof
Meeting Ernst in Cologne's railway station.

Kölner Dom
In Cologne: I want to be taller than the cathedral!

Central transit point
Hey Dad, it's this way! I am sure!

Arriving at the youth hostel
The light railway that connects Cologne to Bonn. Waiting times are indicated everywhere!

Our room
Testing the bed in the youth hostel

Hugo is preparing the next day
Dad, I want to sleep! Stop studying and turn the light off!

Next day
Meeting Hannelore in Dortmund. Hannelore works at the university here. At the university campus, they have a system which Dad calls "personal rapid transit" or PRT.

Dortmund
PRT is a kind of "vertical lift": on a panel you choose your destination and one or two minutes later the train arrives, bringing you directly to the desired place.

Dormund 3b
Wow, I think this H Bahn is a great system!

Dortmund 4
"Auf wiedersehen, Hannelore!"

Wuppertal 0
With Max I visit the "hanging metro" of Wüppertal

Tram Kassel 1b
In Kassel (state of Hessen, near the old GDR border), trams are connecting the city with the entire region with a unique system.

Tram Kassel 2b
The same cars run on tracks in the streets and on old railway lines outside the city.

Night falls
Street tracks are connected with the railway tracks with a tunnel besides the station.