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Most people don't use regional services to travel long distances. And you pay for proper inter-city services. The point is, if you are in Hamburg, you are no l
by panick21_ 10mo ago
Most people don't use regional services to travel long distances. And you pay for proper inter-city services.
The point is, if you are in Hamburg, you are no longer in Rostock. So you are only using regional services in exactly one place.
- ygra 10mo agoAt least from Rostock to somewhat closer destinations you have both options. There's a bi-hourly IC to Hamburg or Berlin and another bi-hourly RE towards the same destinations. They're not terribly different in terms of travel time, but one is a regional train and one is an inter-city train. Sure, long distances (I had to travel from Rostock to Tübingen last weekend) are typically not taken with regional trains (although you technically can; I did that as a poor student a few times, it just takes 16 hours instead of 10), but over medium distances (around 2–3 hours) you often have both options.