...or a Hungarian one for that matter.
We travelled from Dimovo (near Magura) to Vratsa by train. Dimovo station has low platforms and the train consisted of carriages where one mounts steep steps to get on.
Ebikes are quite heavy, weight being more because of the motor and battery. One can take the battery off, but we didn't.
When the train came on, a quick scan on case there was a door marked for bikes. This time there wasn't so we chose a door near us. Quickly take all the bike bags off and sling then into the carriage; the floor level is about chest high. Then one of us gets on and the other (just about) lifts the bike and shoves the front wheel onto the carriage floor and the other pulls it in. Repeat for the other bike. One now wants to collapse exhausted but it is now necessary to arrange the luggage and the bikes so as not to prevent people walking up and down the central corridor.
The instructions are to do this at either end of the train but one does not know in advance if the end will be first class.
People getting on at following stations seem to gravitate to the door with the bikes behind it.
Well, one arrives and takes the bags and the bikes off the train.
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