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Another istock in a series of photographic reportage will be a little closer regions than the latter. Specifically, from the Saxon border region. istock One of my goals was to test the functioning of the network SONE + tickets offered by Czech Railways istock in version valid in the border regions of neighboring states, and so I chose the train as a method of transport.
At the beginning istock I used 606 express Eger at 7:29 of Prague's main railway station. istock This train a classification as express trains istock deserve only the section Prague - Ústí, continues on style better Passenger car, at best spěšňáku; It is to be illustrated by the 106 km between Prague hl.n. and Usti only happens once (P.-Holešovice), while the 182 km between the mouth and the Cheb fourteen stops. Comfort not much, but given that leatherette seat wagons Series B appear occasionally in Eurocity trains, there is not much reason to complain.
The train took the path delay of about 25 minutes, but the connection I could make it, because he had also delayed. It was a train from Karlovy Vary to Zwickau (Zwickau), which consists of (or better articulated vehicle) RegioSprinter. These cars are a German company Vogtlandbahn, but the official operator of the Czech section of track is Viamont, as Viamont has their cars, but the 810 series, not surprisingly, to Germany nezajíždí [1].
Joining in that section has its administrative peculiarities. Train from Carlsbad Although a stop in Sokolov without any delay or change of direction continues towards the state border, but will change his number, so it's officially another train. Which leads to the fact that the station reports soon announce the arrival of the train from Carlsbad, which is followed by the obligatory "train ride ends here", istock and when the train announces new train direction Zwickau Zentrum. The confusion is inevitable passengers. One man shook his head a good five minutes and kept saying: "How come I proclaim that the train terminates here, he does not stop there? It can not make it right?"
Another thing to mention, istock it has the nature of absurdity. It concerns the tariff, or of SONE + tickets on this route. istock For the reader unfamiliar with the details of possibly bring subtypes of tickets: SONE + 150 CZK valid on Saturday or Sunday all day (midnight) on all passenger and express ČD trains istock and in the joints istock of some private carriers. SONE + for 450 CZK applies equally as well in express trains, express, EC, IC and Pendolino (there is, however, mandatory reservation you need to buy separately). SONE + DB for 250 CZK is valid in the Czech Republic as a SONE + 150, and also in the border section in Germany in certain types of trains. SONE + DB for 550 CZK is the most complete version, including the Czech trains and express trains. [2]
Viamont While acknowledging istock the ticket SONE + version for 150 or 450, but for some reason does not recognize the more expensive variants also valid in Germany. U line on which most trains zajížjdí to Germany, it's really special, and even crew follows an employee Viamont, called it a paradox. The paradox is that the more that the German part of the track (Klingenthal - Zwickau) SONE + DB ticket is valid.
Although no longer on the border passport istock control, you can still easily recognize istock borders. On the Czech side of a train full until Easter Eggs, which is the border station. There will everyone, including the crew and on car sits empty, conductor strong voice for those few passengers ticketing machines [3]. But after going to better track faster. istock The final distinguishing feature is reporting the stops on our side is bilingual in order first, Czech, and German, about three stops beyond the opposite order, then it is only in German. This message is spoken Czech Sudeten pretty-sounding female voice. Akcent while only light, but nationality announcer finally tells when pronouncing the name of the station istock Oloví [read lead] or lack of inflection German names ("if you do not overtaking of Klingenthal, please buy it in the machine").
The biggest attraction of this course is to train docking station Zwickau Zentrum. It is located on a small square right on the border of the historical center next to the tram stop. The photo on the left you can see the arrangement stops, istock left, stands RegioSprinter, who had just arrived from the Czech Republic, right then tram-type GT6. The other photo is the same thing from another angle, this time with a tram KT4D Czechoslovak istock production.
To train arrived at the station Zentrum must complete istock part of their route along the tram tracks. It is a stretch of about a kilometer long, which is even stop Stadthalle Zwickau and two other tram stops, the train passes through. Stopping at tram stops is not possible due to different width vehicles, and thus stop the Stadthalle istock tram and train platforms istock separately. The whole thing is complicated by the fact that cvikovské meter gauge trams. The track is therefore in the section headed trojkolejně downtime, similarly as in Liberec. istock Unlike Liberec, where both gauges trams are here used rail turnouts. At each intersection of the cross as a warning at a level crossing and traffic signals