Thread by @eurovelo3

#VéloTrainEurope2022 : rattrapage du retard de tweets !

Jour 13: 440 km en 🇩🇪: un 🚞 IC super accueillant, des frayeurs à 🚲 à Hambourg et Lübeck et une soirée portuaire !🚢

Thread en anglais ⤵️

First leg of the day: 330 km by IC 🚞 to Hamburg.

To secure a spot for the bike and be sure to board, I had reserved a bike slot.

When boarding the IC, a good surprise: a car fully setup for bikes, with about 20 slots, staff to help and seats in the other half of the car.

Like for seats, for each bike slot, the in & out stations were mentioned.

The best bike setup in a train seen sofar on this trip ! Well done @DB_Bahn ! 👏👍

The last 5km section to Hbf is much safer and with more frequent direction signs.

Once in Hbf, elevators are functional and the RE to Lübeck has the usual (not bookable) bike section, accessible from the platform without stairs. 👍 @DBregi

Along the whole route, the signs pointing to Hamburg centre were sparse, and thereare none about Eurovelo 3: a GPS is necessary!

This was a very surprising contrast with Eurovelo 15 in Niederrhein and should really be improved @ECFEuroVelo .

The first 5 km, crossing the old harbor bridge then in a natural reserve are very peaceful.

Then it becomes hardcore: the bike lane runs along a 2×3 lane highway without a barrier in between, then along the highway bridge. Quite a scary section !

The last 5km 🚴‍♀️ section to Hbf is much safer and with more frequent direction signs.

Once in Hamburg Hbf, elevators are functional and the RE 🚞 to Lübeck has the usual (not bookable) bike section, accessible from the platform without stairs. 👍 @DBRegio_SH

@ADFC_Hamburg

Once in Skandinavienkai, the GPS indicates the route to the ferry terminal. But once there, there is no infrastructure for bikes: the lines to the ferries look like a highway. Pretty bike-unfriendly @finnlin

I decide to shorten my bike tour of the city.

The last goal of the day is to reach the ferry terminal in Travemünde.

There is 1 RB every hour; due to a confusing platform display, there is a doubt until the very last minute that the 19:03 train is ever going to come.

Once in Skandinavienkai, my GPS indicates the route to the ferry terminal.

But once there, there is no road infrastructure for bikes: the lines to the ferries look like a highway. Pretty bike-unfriendly @finnlines_group !

We wait 30 mins without shelter. What if it rains?

@finnlines_group The boarding opens 1h30 before departure; bikes and motorbikes board first. We are requested to wear the yellow jackets provided and follow the staff car to the ferry.

We ride a lsteep metal ramp to deck 3, where we fasten our bikes,then go to our cabin.

At 9:45 PM we leave! 🚢