An Excursion To Augsburg
I wanted to see the new Tram Safety Lights In Augsburg, so I took a local train to the city.
A few observations.
- I wanted to travel out to one Augsburg station and possibly back from the other. But you can’t buy a general ticket to any stations in a city, like you can in the UK.
- The train I got to Augsburg was so crowded, I sat on the floor.
- Coming back, I had to buy another ticket and as there was only on of Deutsche Bahn’s verbose and slow ticket machines, several people missed the next train.
- The Germans also run freight trains through Metro station. But at least the locomotive ewas electric.
Don’t you just think that the station called Kissing and the train called the Fugger Express are made for each other?
Tram Safety At Augsburg
One of the problems with trams, is that pedestrians cross in front of trams, more intent on their mobile phone, than their safety.
At Augsburg Haunstetterstraße station, they are trialling a warning system.
Note how the lights turn red as the tram approsaches and clear, when it is safe to cross.
It was very simple. But it wasn’t always obeyed.
The Anonymous Widower 