[croisillon]

that reminds of an amusing time i went to buy a train ticket at dresden main railway station, back in 2003:

- i'd like a ticket for the next train to prag

- ok, 17:25 or 19:25?

- but it's 17:30 already?

- so what? the train is still on station

[lioeters]

That reminds me of an amusing time I spent overnight at the back of the Munich train station, in the cold Autumn wind, with German homeless people (several spoke English) drinking beer.

The reason? Had to transfer from one train to another in Munich - it was around 7pm, I believe - and had assumed from cultural stereotype that German trains would be precisely on time. First one was 10~15min late, missed my connection, and the next one to my destination was the following morning.

The person at the counter suggested sleeping in the waiting room, which was full of people on the chairs and on the floor. Lesson learned..

Edit: The lesson is, as another commenter stated below, increase the time between transfers from the default in Deutsche Bahn's online reservation system.