EC 113 Blauer Enzian Frankfurt-Klagenfurt

[peteb]

I'm planning to travel on this loco hauled EC train (formed of OBB stock) from Heidelburg to Ulm. Does anyone know which route this train takes between Stuttgart and Ulm?

 

[Austriantrain]

I'm planning to travel on this loco hauled EC train (formed of OBB stock) from Heidelburg to Ulm. Does anyone know which route this train takes between Stuttgart and Ulm?

Geislinger Steige.

 

[peteb]

Geislinger Steige.

Cheers thanks for that.

 

[peteb]

In case anyone's interested this is running 30+ minutes late today. Clearly the restaurant and first open carriage failed an exam at Frankfurt and are missing from the consist. Strangely they've marshalled a second open at the front of the train which is packed full of bikes but locked o.o.u.

There are plenty of disgruntled first class passengers sitting in second class, their irritation not helped by the OBB staff occupying 3 of the first class compartments of the sole first class carriage. Why they didn't occupy the bike carriage noone can comprehend!

 

[87015]

It’s not booked to have a restaurant anymore.

 

[peteb]

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It’s not booked to have a restaurant anymore.

Oh! I'd expected one off Wagonweb! Mind you the ersatz Zug was ok.

 

[nwales58]

Vagonweb says coach 261, restaurant, runs until 01.03.

262 is supposed to be the usual ÖBB half baggage+half first and 263 first compartments.

I've been caught out not reading the small print before too.

 

[peteb]

Just realised the missing carriage was a first brake open, as seen in a northbound consist at Ulm just now. And no restaurant......I thought that was a condition of an EC train?

Looking at Bahn Expert today it is supposed to have a car 261 with buffet of some sort, unless Expert is wrong.

But having just seen it leave Heidelberg (22/05/2024 at 0919) there's no buffet on the train. I think it's now just a trolley.....not good for 8+ hours.