Three days on the road

Pupils and teachers endure horror journey

24 pupils aged between 13 and 15 from Graz and their teachers recently experienced an odyssey on the way to the Netherlands and back again. The outward journey took 26 hours and the return journey took almost three days! Chaotic conditions at ÖBB and its partners were to blame. 

Committed teachers and parents spent six months planning the sailing trip for 24 pupils from the Waldorf School in Graz-St. Peter. There was great anticipation when they finally set off on June 21. The plan was to travel first to Vienna by ÖBB Nightjet and from there on to Amsterdam. Arriving at the train station in Graz, the first bad news followed: the ÖBB Nightjet was canceled and no replacement service was planned.