BaWü trains have been the nicest and most reliable local services ive encountered in Germany
@Trainviking
4 ай бұрын
That's great to hear and from an international perspective also pretty good connections.
@srikanthshastry4546
4 ай бұрын
I've lived here for almost 2 years and I have to agree although it's a little unreliable when it comes to big cities with cancellations and crowding but the sheer volume of connections compensate for it
@hypernewlapse
15 күн бұрын
And now that the Austrian railways are gonna run some of their services even better
@treborbo9142
13 күн бұрын
The elevatora have just been opened in Summer 2024 And are situated at the southern entrance floor of the station. You used thé northern, the main floor, where only tracks 2, 3, 4 and 5 are fully accessible by ramps. You can call the station's ServiceTeam to help you by using staff-only lifts.
@Trainviking
13 күн бұрын
Ah good to know, thanks for sharing.
@carmenhepp8505
3 ай бұрын
Great video as always! The best thing about the Bwegt branding is that (almost) every train in Baden-Württemberg has the same seats and design.
@hypernewlapse
15 күн бұрын
Yeah I love that! It also happens in Niederhaschen and the Koln Sbahn for example. I hope Bayern does it too now that they have unveiled a Bahnland Bayern for their super cool Siemens SBahn XXL trains. As far as I know the only BaWu trains not in livery are the Doppelstock old trains from DB like in RE5 Stuttgart Friedischafen; and some Stuttgart SBahn which still don’t have the gray livery
@westnova
5 ай бұрын
A nice informative Video, as usual! I agree with you that Basel Bad train station is functional but in a minimalistic way, with availability of essential amenities only within the station.
@johncrwarner
11 күн бұрын
Basel Bad Bf reminds me of Bruxelles Nord (very much overshadowed by Basel SBB which has Basel SNCF (technically a separate station) which has doors that SNCF close at times and I think there are old customs and passport booths. I tend to go on an ICE from Köln to Basel SBB and Basel Bad Bf is just the last stop on that route.
@ringo7561
5 ай бұрын
Great video as always
@Trainviking
4 ай бұрын
Thanks again!
@chriswade7470
5 ай бұрын
Basel Badischer Bahnhof is where Locomotives used to be changed ( German to Swiss and vice versa in the old days and where the Swiss and German Zollamt used to join the cross border trains pre Schengen)
@michaelhall8586
5 ай бұрын
Looks like a station with a lot of history!
@Trainviking
4 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure about that.
@Eignerartig
13 күн бұрын
Very nice video. But the name of the station is not "Basel Bad". This is an abreviation, nobody would ever say that here. The full name of the station is "Basel Badischer Bahnhof" (literally: Basel Badenian station). Baden is the name of the region in the South-West of Germany, which used to be a sovereign Grand Duchy until 1871, then was a Grand Duchy within the German Reich until 1918 and eventually became the Bundesland of Baden after WW1. In 1952 Baden, Württemberg and Württemberg-Hohenzollern united to the today Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg. Baden's ducal railway company built the Basel Badischer Bahnhof in 1840 on the right side of the river Rhine, so that's where the name comes from. But the railway-connection to the Swiss Basel central station on the left side of the Rhine was only built in the 1870s. The station Basel Badischer Bahnhof has always been run by the Badenian and later the German railway company, still today the German state-owned Deutsche Bahn AG is the owner of that station.
@aoilpe
5 күн бұрын
The trains arrived in Basel in 1855 from Freiburg i/Br. …
@ilex471
4 ай бұрын
Basel Badischer Bahnhof, as the name suggests, was built in the middle of the 19th century by the railway company of the (then independent) German Kingdom of Baden. That it why it is a German station in Switzerland. The connection between Badischer Bahnhof and Basel SBB (main city station) was only built years later. Before that, Badischer Bahnhof was the terminus of the railway line from Karlsruhe. A peculiar situation arose after the Nazis came to power in 1933. There was a Swiss postoffice in the station, and Swiss letterboxes, so Germans could send mail abroad without it being read by the German secret police. Also, the station displayed the Nazi-flag, which led to violent altercations with Swiss protesters. After the start of WWII, no German trains rode to Badischer Bahnhof. To reach the German town of Zell, which was connected by rail to Badischer Bahnhof, a railway line was built from the last German town on the line before Basel to the part of the line to Zell which lay in Germany, thereby circumventing Swiss territory. Today, in the English announcements in local trams and buses, Badischer Bahnhof is called Basle German station, and Basel SBB is called Basle Swiss station.
@srikanthshastry4546
4 ай бұрын
Welcome to Freiburg im Breisgau
@vlastimilmaselnik
4 ай бұрын
In the first minute, walking around the station, it felt oddly similar to Karlsruhe station for a little bit. Is it just me or anyone else sees it too? Btw, nice route visuals! Any chance the map could also show train tracks?
@domin727
10 күн бұрын
It feels german because it litteraly is. Basel Badischer Bahnhof is a result between the state contract between switzerland and the Grossherzogtum (Grand Duchy) Baden, which is today a part of Germany. The railway building process was further ahead in Germany back then and Basel wanted a train connection without having to invest money so switzerland signed a contract granting Baden and their constituary successor Germany the right to build a station and a line towards it in switzerland and be responsible for their upkeep and standards.
@ilex471
4 ай бұрын
40 jaar geleden gingen wij met een georganiseerde reis naar Kandersteg in Zwitserland. We kregen 3 treinkaartjes. Van elk station in Nederland naar Basel Badischer Bahnhof; een apart kaartje voor het traject Badischer Bahnhof-Basel SBB; en een kaartje van Basel SBB naar Kandersteg. Weet iemand waarom dit zo gedaan werd? De reis was georganiseerd door het reisbureau van de NS, dat heette toen NS-Trans. Had het daar misschien iets mee te maken? Jaren later boekte ik nl eens een treinreis Utrecht-Basel-Chur, en toen kreeg ik gewoon 1 kaartje voor het hele traject.
@gentuxable
4 ай бұрын
If the German station is Bad Bahnhof, isn't the Swiss/French the good one by definition? 😅
@Quark0611
11 күн бұрын
Er zijn hellingbanen op het station. Wel redelijk stijl, om omhoog te komen met een handgedreven rolstoel. Maar er is DB personeel.
@Trainviking
11 күн бұрын
Oké, ik begreep ook dat er wel liften zijn maar in een andere tunnel. Dit had ik gemist.
@jabberwockytdi8901
4 ай бұрын
If you get German prices in the station shop, instead of Swiss that would be bonus…
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