On her trip back to Sweden after the climate summit, Greta Thunberg has outraged the German railway company after tweeting about how crowded her train was going
The activist Greta Thunberg has set this weekend heading back to Sweden after her presence at the climate summit in Madrid, which was managed to close barely by the lack of agreement to agree between the different countries more ambitious measures to tackle the climatic emergency for the future. Away from the fairground of Ifema, headquarters during these days of COP25 and the place where Thunberg has reinvindicated that current political leaders are not behaving as in “an emergency”, considered by TIME magazine as person of the year has crossed part of Europe by train on December 14, leaving a record on the social networks of her journey back home as she did on her catamaran trip to the Peninsula a few weeks ago.
“Traveling in Germany on overcrowded trains. Finally, I’m on my way home!”, Wrote the 16-year-old on her official Twitter profile one day after what was, in theory, the last day of the summit. The tweet has caused the outrage of the German railway company Deutsche Bahn, the country’s main train operator, who also turned to Twitter to respond to the activist, lashing out at Greta Thunberg for not explaining that she sat in first class in the Ecuador of the route.
Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I’m finally on my way home! pic.twitter.com/ssfLCPsR8o
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 14, 2019
Noch schöner wäre es gewesen, wenn Du zusätzlich auch berichtet hättest, wie freundlich und kompetent Du von unserem Team an Deinem Sitzplatz in der Ersten Klasse betreut worden bist. #Greta 2/2
— Deutsche Bahn AG (@DB_Presse) December 15, 2019
“Dear Greta, thank you for supporting the railway workers in the fight against climate change ! We were glad you were with us on the [train] ICE 74 on Saturday, which has 100% green energy,” the company said. public form in relation to the tweet with which the Swedish activist had illustrated her train journey through Germany, taking the route that departs from Zurich, Switzerland, and is destined for the German city of Kiel, near the border with Denmark, after travelling German territory from south to north stopping in Frankfurt, Hamburg or Hanover, among other German locations.
“It would have been even better if you had also talked about how kind and competent our team was when attending you in your first-class seat,” the company finished off its reply in a second publication, which forced Thunberg to specify exactly what the conditions in which she had traveled in Europe. “Our train from Basel was out of circulation, so we sat on the ground in two different trains. After Göttingen, I got a seat. It was not a problem for me and, of course, and I never said it was. Overcrowded trains are a great sign because it means that the demand for train travel is high!”, the young woman pointed out in her tweet following the complaint of the operator Deutsche Bahn, who before engaging with the member of the ‘Fridays for Future’ movement had wanted a good trip to Greta Thunberg and to continue “working hard from more trains.”
Our train from Basel was taken out of traffic. So we sat on the floor on 2 different trains. After Göttingen I got a seat.This is no problem of course and I never said it was. Overcrowded trains is a great sign because it means the demand for train travel is high!
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) December 15, 2019
Wir wünschen #Greta eine gute Heimfahrt. Und arbeiten weiter hart an mehr Zügen, Verbindungen und Sitzplätzen.
— Deutsche Bahn AG (@DB_Presse) December 15, 2019