Post #3740284

2026-07-11 13:30 UTC

We got to Berlin, and then thought that based on timing, we needed to narrow down which of two lines @darkphoenix@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net could have gone on, towards Stralsund, or towards Neubrandenburg. We tried to do a 5km thermometer, taking advantage of the fact that from one edge of the S-bahn platforms in Berlin Hbf to another edge of the platforms at Jungfernheide Bf was near as dammit 5km. We were stymied by the fact that four of the six platforms at Berlin Hbf are currently shut, and the one that was open was about 50m shorter. We went to Jungfernheide anyway, and walked out of the station, just as far as the canal, which made it to exactly 5km. And so I asked the question. And then they vetoed it.

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@moof@cupoftea.social 2026-07-11 17:01

@darkphoenix@not.an.evilcyberhacker.net So we decided that the easiest thing was to go towards Pasewalk, and try to narrow it down on the way there, as there was a junction there that could be helpful if we were wrong. We had a hunch, based on the fact that there was a particular ICE to Stralsund the previous hour that had a stop in Mecklemburg-Vorpommern that would have just fit into their time budget, and this train would take us there. This regional train was packed to the gills, as one of the five carriages was closed off as unusable. As a result, the first class area was available for use by everybody... and most people either didn't realise or ignored the announcements to the effect, so we managed to go up in the first class section of the train, reasonably quietly. As we went up, we discovered that we were going to go through Angermünde, and, based on the same hunch, we decided to ask if their station started with the same letter as ours…

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