Instead of printing I add the calendar entries for the trip to my calendar and attach the PDFs.

but I also have a powerbank for emergencies in my bag.

„Ein Feldhandbuch für drei Jahre Deutsche Bahn“

Mi., 13. Mai 2026 · ca. 10 Minuten Lesezeit · Reisen
#reisen #deutschebahn #consulting #offtopic

Wenn man oft genug mit deutschen Fernzügen fährt, hört man irgendwann auf, auf Pünktlichkeit zu hoffen, und beginnt stattdessen, sich um ihre Abwesenheit herumzuorganisieren. Nach mehreren Jahren regelmäßiger Kundenreisen denke ich über die Deutsche Bahn inzwischen so wie über jedes große verteilte System, das ich nicht kontrolliere: Es gibt Ausreißer bei den Latenzen, Hotspots, Monitoring, das man abonnieren kann, Retry-Strategien, SLA-Gutschriften und eine gewisse Menge an Volkswissen darüber, welche Wege durch die Topologie tatsächlich schneller sind als die Routing-Schicht behauptet. Der offizielle Planer gibt dir die kürzeste Verbindung. Die Erfahrung zeigt dir die wahrscheinlichste.

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One way to foil the app is to plan the separate legs of your trip.

If you need to reduce your accumulated bonus points: Get rid of the free beverage coupons and go for Gin Tonic.
All beverages are the same points/coupons, and thats most BANG for bugs and less walks to the loo

I'll look at the other sides. Thanks for mentioning them. Bahn.expert was already mentioned by others, seems to be quite popular.

Another really cool app is zugfinder. It has a lot statistics to decide which train line to use or avoid.

And the fun project bahn.bet. But wait until you need to waste some time....

And now I am ending this discussion. Bye.

In first class, I now refuse to buy a reservation when travelling solo. The chance that you will find a seat somewhere is too high for a seven euro price tag.

Suggestion for real time information: https://bahn.expert. The interface is much cleaner and, as a website, you can have multiple tabs open and monitor the progress of multiple alternative trains when it is one of those days. Bonus, it shows recorded actual arrivals and departures in bold, so you can distinguish between prognosis and real delay.

Do you have a printer at home which works with BSD? If so, what kind is it?
For 3 or 4 years, I had a nice laser printer which I used with Debian and @kde . Unfortunately, when Plasma6 dropped, there was no longer a driver, and after wasting several hours trying to get it to work, I gave up.