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In Poland, trains literally stop for an hour when switching to standard time. Since it's during the night, it's not many trains, but still, people literally hav

In Poland, trains literally stop for an hour when switching to standard time. Since it's during the night, it's not many trains, but still, people literally have to wait an hour, making their travel an hour longer, because of the time change. It happened to me once, I was robbed of an hour of my life due to this ridiculousness. Granted, time switching doesn't directly force trains to stop, but I imagine the risks related to the time change or just travelers' confusion is the reason why that happens.

swader999 5y ago
Good thing you didn't fly.
- Etherlord87 5y ago
  I imagine if the same reasoning was applied to planes, which is weighing against each-other the effects of the transport vehicle stopping and the results of updating the schedule, in this case the latter option would be considered more optimal.
II2II 5y ago
Does this mean that trains teleport to their expected position during the switch to daylight savings time? If so, the entire world should be in awe of the technological prowess of Poland (and perhaps a bit dismayed at how they apply that technology).
- Etherlord87 5y ago
  There's a problem with your proposal: What if there's a station, where the train is supposed to arrive at 2:30? Teleporting would make it skip the station, and I imagine it's one of the reasons why trains don't do that in Poland.
bobthepanda 5y ago
What time is the change? In the US it's normally 0200/0300 to minimize the amount of people actually affected. (When we fall back on Sunday mornings the boozy crowd treats it as an extra hour to keep partying.)
- Etherlord87 5y ago
  According to the newest ordinance [1] with the "pending" status (not sure what's the reasoning behind delaying this ordinance's effective date until a few days before the first time change, I guess no one knows): Year 2022 – 30 October, Year 2023 – 29 October, Year 2024 – 27 October, Year 2025 – 26 October, Year 2026 – 25 October. Every time it's the same hour 3:00 CET / 1:00 UTC. Which means that the hour 3:00 shouldn't display on the clocks, because the Summer time ended, and so 2a:00 displays instead (the "a" is supposed to be displayed till, and including, 3a:00, after which 3:01 should be displayed without "a"). [1] http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20220000539 http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU202200...
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swader999 5y ago

Good thing you didn't fly.

Etherlord87 5y ago
I imagine if the same reasoning was applied to planes, which is weighing against each-other the effects of the transport vehicle stopping and the results of updating the schedule, in this case the latter option would be considered more optimal.

II2II 5y ago

Does this mean that trains teleport to their expected position during the switch to daylight savings time? If so, the entire world should be in awe of the technological prowess of Poland (and perhaps a bit dismayed at how they apply that technology).

Etherlord87 5y ago
There's a problem with your proposal: What if there's a station, where the train is supposed to arrive at 2:30? Teleporting would make it skip the station, and I imagine it's one of the reasons why trains don't do that in Poland.

bobthepanda 5y ago

What time is the change? In the US it's normally 0200/0300 to minimize the amount of people actually affected. (When we fall back on Sunday mornings the boozy crowd treats it as an extra hour to keep partying.)

Etherlord87 5y ago
According to the newest ordinance [1] with the "pending" status (not sure what's the reasoning behind delaying this ordinance's effective date until a few days before the first time change, I guess no one knows): Year 2022 – 30 October, Year 2023 – 29 October, Year 2024 – 27 October, Year 2025 – 26 October, Year 2026 – 25 October. Every time it's the same hour 3:00 CET / 1:00 UTC. Which means that the hour 3:00 shouldn't display on the clocks, because the Summer time ended, and so 2a:00 displays instead (the "a" is supposed to be displayed till, and including, 3a:00, after which 3:01 should be displayed without "a"). [1] http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU20220000539 http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU202200...

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