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Swiss train passengers left confused after Google fails to update timetables

For many locals or tourists, Google Maps is the app we most rely on to get around. But for anyone travelling in Switzerland over the next few days, be warned - you may be taken well off course.

Swiss train passengers left confused after Google fails to update timetables
Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP

A change in the Swiss train timetable from the federal rail authority SBB on Sunday has caught Google off guard, with Google Maps showing a range of absurd and odd suggestions to travel across the country. 

As reported by The Local, a range of regional and longer distance trains have updated their routes on December 15th – however it appears Google failed to read our important report. 

Google Maps has not incorporated the new routes as of yet, showing only outdated routes and/or international journeys. 

Initially reported by Swiss daily 20 Minutes on Monday, as at early afternoon on Tuesday the 17th of December, the routes have not yet been incorporated. 

While some routes will be largely similar in that they are primarily served by international trains who have not had their routes changed, others are either not at all possible via Google – or are outdated routes which do not exist. 

For instance, travelling from Chur to St Gallen will take around 90 minutes with the train – however Google recommends a four-hour ride with Germany’s Flixbus company which takes passengers via Austria. 

Google has told the Swiss media that the issue is currently in the process of being resolved. 

For those looking to get around before this takes place, other apps such as the SBB App and the Quick ÖV are apparently unaffected. 

READ MORE: The phone apps you need for getting around Switzerland

 

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Copenhagen Metro lines reopen after two-week closure

Lines M3 and M4 of the Copenhagen Metro are back in service having reopened on Sunday, one day ahead of schedule.

Copenhagen Metro lines reopen after two-week closure

The two lines had been closed so that the Metro can run test operations before opening five new stations on the M4 line this summer.

The tests, which began on February 10th, are now done and the lines were running again as of Sunday evening, a day ahead of the original planned reopening on Monday February 26th.

“We are very pleased to be able to welcome our passengers on to our two lines M3 and M4,” head of operations with the Metro Søren Boysen said.

“The whole test procedure exceeded all expectations and went faster than expected and we can therefore get a head start on our reopening now,” he said.

Time set aside for potential repeat tests was not needed in the event, allowing the test closures to be completed ahead of time.

“Several of our many tests went better than expected and we have therefore not used all the time we needed for extra tests,” Boysen said.

The two lines serve around one million passengers every week, according to the Metro company.

READ ALSO: Copenhagen city government greenlights extension to Metro line

The new stops on the M4 line will be located south of central Copenhagen in the Valby and Sydhavn areas. The will have the names Haveholmen, Enghave Brygge, Sluseholmen, Mozarts Plads and København Syd (Copenhagen South).

The M3 and M4 lines, the newer sections of the Metro, opened in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

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