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I think Puttgarden–Rødby is more likely. It used to be served by diesel ICE trains and it was really fun to ride onto a big old ferry on one of these unusually

I think Puttgarden–Rødby is more likely. It used to be served by diesel ICE trains and it was really fun to ride onto a big old ferry on one of these unusually short ultra-sleek trains, get off the train, walk a lap around it, then go up to the open-air deck and stretch your legs a bit. There’s still a direct Hamburg–Copenhagen connection via that ferry, but it’s now a normal Eurocity.

Symbiote 8y ago
Is it not still a diesel ICE, at least sometimes? I pass through Nørreport station fairly often, and I notice the train to Hamburg if it's passing through.
- eCa 8y ago
  Yes. At least it was last summer.
  - ojbyrne 8y ago
    Possibly it is only in the summer - I traveled from Hamburg to Copenhagen in November 2017 and there was actually a bus segment from Hamburg to Puttgarden. Then we got on a train which was driven at most 0.25 km onto the ferry. I tied to book a 100% train/ferry route and it wasn’t available for my travel dates.
    - eCa 8y ago
      Currently (and going back a year or two) there are recurring closures on the danish side in order to upgrade the track to 200 kph. This is a part of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link[1] project. I believe it will be replaced by bus for a couple of months again this spring. Haven’t seen much about related works on the german side but apparently they occur. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link
princekolt 8y ago
I took that diesel ICE in 2008. It blew my mind as well. Another thing I noticed about that train is that it seemed to have discrete gears. I don't know if that's true but my impression was that the train would accelerate and change gears just like in a car/truck (as opposed to a diesel-electric train where the diesel engine generates electricity for an electric motor that drives the wheels).
- Animats 8y ago
  Diesel locomotives with mechanical transmissions are rare today, but they do exist. Hitachi still makes such transmissions.[1] Here's a train in the UK equipped that way.[2] [1] http://www.hitachi-nico.jp/en/product/land/transmission/diesel_locomotive/index.html http://www.hitachi-nico.jp/en/product/land/transmission/dies... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFCQE61mSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFCQE61mSA

Symbiote 8y ago

Is it not still a diesel ICE, at least sometimes? I pass through Nørreport station fairly often, and I notice the train to Hamburg if it's passing through.

eCa 8y ago
Yes. At least it was last summer.
- ojbyrne 8y ago
  Possibly it is only in the summer - I traveled from Hamburg to Copenhagen in November 2017 and there was actually a bus segment from Hamburg to Puttgarden. Then we got on a train which was driven at most 0.25 km onto the ferry. I tied to book a 100% train/ferry route and it wasn’t available for my travel dates.
  - eCa 8y ago
    Currently (and going back a year or two) there are recurring closures on the danish side in order to upgrade the track to 200 kph. This is a part of the Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link[1] project. I believe it will be replaced by bus for a couple of months again this spring. Haven’t seen much about related works on the german side but apparently they occur. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fehmarn_Belt_Fixed_Link

princekolt 8y ago

I took that diesel ICE in 2008. It blew my mind as well. Another thing I noticed about that train is that it seemed to have discrete gears. I don't know if that's true but my impression was that the train would accelerate and change gears just like in a car/truck (as opposed to a diesel-electric train where the diesel engine generates electricity for an electric motor that drives the wheels).

Animats 8y ago
Diesel locomotives with mechanical transmissions are rare today, but they do exist. Hitachi still makes such transmissions.[1] Here's a train in the UK equipped that way.[2] [1] http://www.hitachi-nico.jp/en/product/land/transmission/diesel_locomotive/index.html http://www.hitachi-nico.jp/en/product/land/transmission/dies... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFCQE61mSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdFCQE61mSA