Some Twitter users expressed pity for Thunberg for not being able to get a proper seat on the train for the long ride home from Madrid, where she was attending the U.N. climate change conference. The company pointed out to the teenager that “it would have been even nicer if you had also reported how friendly and competently our team served you at your seat in first class.”. Later, however, the railway company wrote in a statement to the media that Thunberg had a seat in first class between Kassel and Hamburg and that other members of her team were already sitting in first class from Frankfurt onwards.
There’s an empty food box next to her and more suitcases and backpacks piled up by her side. "Our train from Basel was taken out of traffic. Thunberg war am gestrigen Sonnabend unterwegs ins heimische Schweden. But German railway company Deutsche Bahn suggested that Thunberg may not have spent the whole time sitting on the floor.
"Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany," the climate activist wrote. Later, however, the railway company wrote in a statement to the media that Thunberg had a seat in first class between Kassel and Hamburg and that other members of her team were already sitting in first class from Frankfurt onwards. Travel writer Rick Steves explains self-imposed $1M carbon tax, where that money is going, 'It's a risk': Questions about volcano tourism safety arise after New Zealand eruption, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Others wished her a safe trip home after months of traveling by trains and boats to different climate events in Europe and the United States.

Some Twitter users expressed pity for Thunberg for not being able to get a proper seat on the train for the long ride home from Madrid, where she was attending the U.N. climate change conference. The company pointed out to the teenager that “it would have been even nicer if you had also reported how friendly and competently our team served you at your seat in first class.”. Greta Thunberg mit dem ICE der DB für den Klimaschutz unterwegs – zwischen Kassel und Hamburg auf Sitzplatz in der Ersten Klasse. And I'm finally on my way home! pic.twitter.com/ssfLCPsR8o. And the 16-year-old Swedish activist later sought to draw a line under the matter by tweeting that she eventually got a seat and that overcrowded trains are a good thing. The image has drawn plenty of comment online about the performance of German railways. BERLIN (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany’s national railway company created a tweetstorm Sunday after she posted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a train surrounded by lots of bags. Thunberg later tweeted that the fact she didn’t first sit in a seat wasn’t meant as a knock against Deutsche Bahn. (CNN)Greta Thunberg's tweet about riding on the floor of a train didn't sit well with German railway company Deutsche Bahn, which said she had a seat in first class. Others wished her a safe trip home after months of traveling by trains and boats to different climate events in Europe and the United States. Die Deutsche Bahn freut sich über die Reise der Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg in einem ICE. Thunberg doesn’t fly on planes because it’s considered harmful to the climate. Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. At first, the railway company seemed to express solidarity with Thunberg and her activism. There’s an empty food box next to her and more suitcases and backpacks piled up by her side. The company has … BERLIN (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany’s national railway company created a tweetstorm Sunday after she posted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a train surrounded by lots of bags. Greta Thunberg: Deutsche Bahn fragte beim Zugpersonal nach.