On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 08:32:57AM +0200, Christian Perrier wrote:
This is still quite rare. For instance, in french trains (TGV and
"Teoz", formerly known as "Corail"....ie Intercity trains), electric
wires are only available in the most recent coaches and only in 1st
class usually.
From memory, they are a little bit more common in Germany but not too
much and certainly not in all IC trains, especially 2nd class.
IC2 trains in finland have electric sockets in 2nd class seats, As well
as GSM repeaters. Older trains have electric sockets in the corridor,
presumably not for public usage, but no sign forbidding to use them :)
Night trains usually have a socket for shavers, which can be rather
handy for charging purposes as well.
A quick grep on bahn.de says that ICE-T trains (presumably the most
expensive ones..) have power sockets for every seat. Anyone with
experience on german/austrian railroad?