Deutsche Bahn - one of the main sponsors of Euro 2024, has just announced that more than 3 million people (mostly football fans) have used ICE (Intercity Express - inter-city express train, connecting 180 ICE stations in Germany and 6 neighboring countries: Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands and Denmark) in less than 10 days of Euro 2024. Deutsche Bahn said that some national teams have used ICE trains to travel to matches such as Switzerland and Romania.
There are around 182,000 tickets available for football fans, including around 60,000 Fan BahnCards (railway cards) and around 7,000 Interrail cards (trains between states and countries within the European Union). The cities with the most fans are the German capital Berlin, followed by Frankfurt and Munich. With the strategy of offering discounts to football ticket holders, Deutsche Bahn said the number of tickets increased by around 10,000 seats per day.
Beer and snack sales boom on German high-speed trains ahead of Euro 2024
Along with around 3 million people using the trains, the boom in beer and snack sales on trains has been impressive, the German national rail operator said. Deutsche Bahn doubled its beer sales in the first week of Euro 2024 alone, with around 44,588 litres of beer – double the usual volume – bought on trains between 14 and 19 June. Meanwhile, sales of snacks and drinks, mostly traditional German sausages called bratwurst, rose by around 63%.
However, host Germany also has some sad downsides to Euro 2024. Germany used to be a byword for punctuality and efficiency, but now its rail network is being criticized. This stems from the lack of regular maintenance on the rail system, along with strikes by workers causing the rail transport system to stagnate. Deutsche Bahn admitted that the German rail network suffered severe disruptions on major routes in the first few days of Euro 2024.
"The operator has planned to overhaul the entire rail system by 2030. The main items of this overhaul program will begin as soon as Euro 2024 ends," Deutsche Bahn said.
The bad weather also forced some fan zones to close. The unluckiest were probably the more than 10,000 Turkish fans. They were unable to gather in the fan zones to support their team because local officials decided to close some fan zones for "tourist safety" reasons. The reason local authorities closed the fan zones was because this season often has heavy rains, sometimes even hail.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/thu-tu-duc-chu-nha-duc-thang-lon-196240626210901352.htm
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