Anni-- this has me confused! transfers!

Hi Anni- you gave me some great info on the trains to/from Berlin & Warnemunde.. see below: this appears:confused: on Princess's general info page .. help??? What train are they speaking of??

I'm sure you can clarify!!!

thanks Donnakg

Train Information

There is public transport, such as the "S-Bahn" train between Warnemuende and the city of Rostock. The distance from Warnemuende to the city of Rostock is 15 minutes by train; However, the distance from Berlin to Rostock is 3.5 hours and there are no luggage compartments on the train. Passengers purchase tickets for the train upon arrival. There is no advance purchase for train tickets and local currency is required. The train is scheduled to run every 20-25 minutes; However, passengers should factor in the possibility of delays. Announcements onboard the train will most likely be in German only.

Hi Anni- you gave me some great info on the trains to/from Berlin & Warnemunde.. see below: this appears:confused: on Princess's general info page .. help??? What train are they speaking of??

I'm sure you can clarify!!!

thanks Donnakg

 

Hi. it is not you who are confused. :confused: They are mixing up two trains here and even then the facts are not right. Someone aught to be ashamed of themselves for printing such rubbish :o

 

Quote from Princess

 

Train Information

There is public transport, such as the "S-Bahn" train between Warnemuende and the city of Rostock. - Correct but the train between Berlin and Rostock is the RE

The distance from Warnemuende to the city of Rostock is 15 minutes by train - incorrect, the official DB timetable for the s-bahn says 21 mins.

However, the distance from Berlin to Rostock is 3.5 hours - incorrect, the timetable for the RE says 2hrs. 40mins.

and there are no luggage compartments on the train - no actual compartments but plenty of seating where there is luggage room.

Passengers purchase tickets for the train upon arrival. There is no advance purchase for train tickets and local currency is required - not true. For the s-bahn tickets can be purchased from a machine or the ticket office using local currency or a debit card. For the Berlin train tickets can be purchased on-line, from a machine, at the ticket office or on the train.

The train is scheduled to run every 20-25 minutes - absolutely no idea what train this is. The s-bahn runs every 15 mins (more frequently at rush hour) and the Berlin train every two hours.

However, passengers should factor in the possibility of delays - this is true.

Announcements onboard the train will most likely be in German only - true on the s-bahn but sometimes the announcements are in English too on the RE. Depends if the staff feel confident with their English.

 

Hope this has cleared up the confusion. Sounds like this was written, as a ploy to get passengers to use their (very expensive) Berlin transfers, by the same person as the tells the lies about visas in Russia. Maybe you would like to send these corrected facts to Princess.

 

Happy cruising :)

Anni

www.travelanni.webs.com

Hi Anni- you gave me some great info on the trains to/from Berlin & Warnemunde.. see below: this appears:confused: on Princess's general info page .. help??? What train are they speaking of??

I'm sure you can clarify!!!

thanks Donnakg

 

Hi. it is not you who are confused. :confused: They are mixing up two trains here and even then the facts are not right. Someone aught to be ashamed of themselves for printing such rubbish :o

 

Quote from Princess

 

Train Information

There is public transport, such as the "S-Bahn" train between Warnemuende and the city of Rostock. - Correct but the train between Berlin and Rostock is the RE

The distance from Warnemuende to the city of Rostock is 15 minutes by train - incorrect, the official DB timetable for the s-bahn says 21 mins.

However, the distance from Berlin to Rostock is 3.5 hours - incorrect, the timetable for the RE says 2hrs. 40mins.

and there are no luggage compartments on the train - no actual compartments but plenty of seating where there is luggage room.

Passengers purchase tickets for the train upon arrival. There is no advance purchase for train tickets and local currency is required - not true. For the s-bahn tickets can be purchased from a machine or the ticket office using local currency or a debit card. For the Berlin train tickets can be purchased on-line, from a machine, at the ticket office or on the train.

The train is scheduled to run every 20-25 minutes - absolutely no idea what train this is. The s-bahn runs every 15 mins (more frequently at rush hour) and the Berlin train every two hours.

However, passengers should factor in the possibility of delays - this is true.

Announcements onboard the train will most likely be in German only - true on the s-bahn but sometimes the announcements are in English too on the RE. Depends if the staff feel confident with their English.

 

Hope this has cleared up the confusion. Sounds like this was written, as a ploy to get passengers to use their (very expensive) Berlin transfers, by the same person as the tells the lies about visas in Russia. Maybe you would like to send these corrected facts to Princess.

 

Happy cruising :)

Anni

www.travelanni.webs.com

 

 

In the couple of days since I wrote this DB has made changes.

The s-bahn between Rostock Hbf and Warnemünde has been equipped with new trains and now runs every 7-8 mins all day.

The travel time for the RE to Berlin has been reduced to 2hrs 21mins on the outward journey.

 

DB is upgrading all the time in this area, it is hard to keep up.

 

Happy cruising, :)

Anni