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bus intercity connection in Germany
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"Tim C." wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote in post : : There are very few routes between cities served by bus as the state operated trains don't want any competition. What a load of crap. Buses are generally less pleasant to travel long distances in than trains. Much less, in my opinion. -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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What a deep thought !
"Martin" a écrit dans le message de ... On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:53 -0500, erilar wrote: In article , "Tim C." wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote in post : : There are very few routes between cities served by bus as the state operated trains don't want any competition. What a load of crap. Buses are generally less pleasant to travel long distances in than trains. Much less, in my opinion. For the poor buses are often the only way they can afford to travel. -- Martin |
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On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:53 -0500, erilar wrote in post :
: In article , "Tim C." wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote in post : : There are very few routes between cities served by bus as the state operated trains don't want any competition. What a load of crap. Buses are generally less pleasant to travel long distances in than trains. Much less, in my opinion. Possibly but has little to do with the trains stopping busses on long distance routes. -- Tim C. |
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:13:27 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
: On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:59:18 +0100, "Tim C." wrote: On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:53 -0500, erilar wrote in post : : In article , "Tim C." wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote in post : : There are very few routes between cities served by bus as the state operated trains don't want any competition. What a load of crap. Buses are generally less pleasant to travel long distances in than trains. Much less, in my opinion. Possibly but has little to do with the trains stopping busses on long distance routes. but do buses have bathrooms? I doubt it, but many have toilets. -- Tim C. |
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"Tim C." wrote: On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:09:53 -0500, erilar wrote in post : : In article , "Tim C." wrote: On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:14:50 -0700 (PDT), wrote in post : : There are very few routes between cities served by bus as the state operated trains don't want any competition. What a load of crap. Buses are generally less pleasant to travel long distances in than trains. Much less, in my opinion. Possibly but has little to do with the trains stopping busses on long distance routes. It could, if enough people share my preference 8-) -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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"Tim C." wrote: but do buses have bathrooms? I doubt it, but many have toilets. Which, if not locked, make airplane toilets look roomy. -- Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar) You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo |
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:28:38 -0500, erilar wrote in post :
: In article , "Tim C." wrote: but do buses have bathrooms? I doubt it, but many have toilets. Which, if not locked, make airplane toilets look roomy. Not the busses and planes I've "been" in. -- Tim C. |
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"erilar" wrote in message
... In article , "Tim C." wrote: but do buses have bathrooms? I doubt it, but many have toilets. Which, if not locked, make airplane toilets look roomy. It was Cathy who wanted to have a bath on a bus. -- JohnT |
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On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:52:15 +0100, Martin wrote in post :
: On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:43:59 +0100, "Tim C." wrote: On Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:28:38 -0500, erilar wrote in post : : In article , "Tim C." wrote: but do buses have bathrooms? I doubt it, but many have toilets. Which, if not locked, make airplane toilets look roomy. Not the busses and planes I've "been" in. You don't travel First Class nor on airlines that have outside toilets. You have a point there -- Tim C. |
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bus intercity connection in Germany
Josef Kleber wrote:
Wolfgang Schwanke schrieb: wrote in : There are very few routes between cities served by bus as the state operated trains don't want any competition. Trains aren't state operated now, and their not wanting any competition could hardly make it go away. But the bus companies need licences, which they don't get, if they want do parallel service to existing train lines. It's a law from the 1930s to protect state investment in train infrastructure. Josef Interesting - that may explain why although there are a huge number of charter bus companies, there are hardly any scheduled bus services between major cities. Berlin seems to be an exception - could it be that the existing licences date from pre-unification times?? Also, what happens to the law if and when the Bahn finally gets privatized? T. |
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