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That's an interesting point. Timing isn't as important here in Sweden, but I can take my bike on the train. I've taken my bike on trains in Denmark, Germany and
by INTPenis 4y ago
That's an interesting point. Timing isn't as important here in Sweden, but I can take my bike on the train. I've taken my bike on trains in Denmark, Germany and Sweden. And yeah sure it's off by a few minutes usually, sometimes by more than that. But I enjoy the freedom and laid back attitude more than extreme punctuality. I just realized this.
- heavenlyblue 4y agoDoes Sweden have over-utilized railway capacity though? The punctuality matters in systems which are close to their critical operation limit. One delay here will slowly propagate across everywhere in the network. You need slack in the system for lateness to work with it.
- INTPenis 4y agoOh it propagates here too, I'm in the south west. I just find that I'd rather be able to take my bike on the train than to have it be punctual. If that's the trade off here. I understand it's not that simple due to the load on the system and all but I'm just saying, this made me realize that I'd rather have a late train with freedom than a punctual train with no freedom. I'm not just a bicyclist, I'm also a pet owner. Swedish trains are very generous regarding pets. Especially Öresundståg, the commuter trains of the south and south west. While in Denmark they are very strict suddenly, requiring even the smallest dog to be crated in the bicycle area.
- Symbiote 4y agoYou can take your dog on trains in Denmark, but if you don't have a bag/cage you need to buy the dog a ticket: https://www.dsb.dk/rejsende/hunde/ https://www.dsb.dk/rejsende/hunde/ (A Swedish friend who lives here in Copenhagen says in practise, Danish train/bus staff are much less likely to actually enforce the rule than Swedish staff, so it's better here.)