Waiting under the roof

I'm far away from my usual train hunting area here (about 400 km). 628 525 is standing in Goslar, waiting for it's next journey.

The class 628 is a fairly common DMU in Germany. Notice that about half of them read 928, which means it's the half of the train without motor. Purchased since the second half of the eighties, they were brought in to replace older DMUs. Now, as newer units in the 64x range are bought, they cascade down onto lower services, and it's hard to see clean examples like this one.

Goslar station was extensively refurbished recently. It got to keep it's old-style platform roof, but most of the rest you see there is new. In my opinion, it's a significant change for the better.

What's not so good is it's accessibility. Most trains stopping here do not offer same-level entry. There's a lift for wheelchair users, but nobody to operate it. If you are a wheelchair user, you'll have to call in a few days in advance so someone will be there to help you on or off the train. I used to work in a retirement home for nine months (as alternative to being drafted into the military), so I consider accessibility a very important thing, and this solution is absolutely brainless.