{"id":199335,"date":"2019-12-16T10:02:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T10:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199335"},"modified":"2019-12-18T06:42:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T06:42:49","slug":"greta-thunberg-in-twitter-spat-with-german-rail-company-after-sitting-on-train-floor-after-climate-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=199335","title":{"rendered":"Greta Thunberg in Twitter spat with German rail company after sitting on train floor after climate summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">ITV \u2013 Dec 16, 2019<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_199337\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-199337\" class=\"wp-image-199337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Thunberg-in-staged-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Thunberg-in-staged-photo.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Thunberg-in-staged-photo-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-199337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Greta Thunberg said there was &#8216;no problem&#8217; sitting on the floor as it showed people were using public transport. Credit: Twitter\/GretaThunberg. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Climate activist <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/topic\/greta-thunberg\/\"><strong>Greta Thunberg<\/strong><\/a><\/span> has become embroiled in a Twitter spat with a German rail company after she posted a picture of herself sitting on the floor of one of their trains surrounded by bags.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Ms Thunberg was sitting on the floor on the train as she passed through Germany on Saturday on her way back from the COP25 climate summit in Madrid to her home in Sweden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The 16-year-old posted a tweet on Saturday with a picture of herself sitting on the floor with the comment: \u201cTraveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I\u2019m finally on my way home!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. And I\u2019m finally on my way home! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ssfLCPsR8o\">pic.twitter.com\/ssfLCPsR8o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg\/status\/1205969006982815751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">But German railway operator Deutsche Bahn, who has come under fire in recent years for delays, last-minute train cancellations and expensive ticket fares, replied to the teenager\u2019s tweet refuting her claim and saying she in fact had a seat in first class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cIt would have been even nicer if you had also reported how friendly and competently our team served you at your seat in first class,\u201d the company&#8217;s tweet said<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Noch sch\u00f6ner w\u00e4re es gewesen, wenn Du zus\u00e4tzlich auch berichtet h\u00e4ttest, wie freundlich und kompetent Du von unserem Team an Deinem Sitzplatz in der Ersten Klasse betreut worden bist. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Greta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Greta<\/a> 2\/2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Deutsche Bahn AG (@DB_Presse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DB_Presse\/status\/1206182674949382145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Ms Thunberg later tweeted the fact she did not at first sit in a seat, and her post was not meant as a knock against Deutsche Bahn, who also tweeted to thank the teenager for her support, pointing out the train she was on had been running 100% on eco-friendly electricity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The teenager wrote: \u201cOur train from Basel was taken out of traffic. So we sat on the floor on 2 different trains. After G\u00f6ttingen 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!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our train from Basel was taken out of traffic. So we sat on the floor on 2 different trains. After G\u00f6ttingen 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!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg\/status\/1206203503363985408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Ms Thunberg has spent months travelling by trains and boats to different climate events in Europe and the US after vowing not to fly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The teenager, who was recently named <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2019-12-11\/greta-thunberg-hits-out-at-governments-for-avoiding-ambitious-climate-action\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Time magazine\u2019s Person of the Year<\/span><\/strong><\/a> for her efforts to prod governments and others to take faster actions in fighting climate change, is not the first person in the public eye to have a spat with a train company over seats &#8211; or a lack of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Labour leader <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/topic\/jeremy-corbyn\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Jeremy Corbyn<\/span><\/strong><\/a> became embroiled in &#8216;<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2016-08-23\/jeremy-corbyn-seen-passing-empty-seats-on-rammed-train\/\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">traingate<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&#8216; after he tweeted a picture of himself sitting on the floor of the vestibule of a Virgin train.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">He was pictured hunched on the carriage floor of a three-hour Virgin Trains service between London and Newcastle reading a newspaper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In the accompanying post, he said: &#8220;This is a problem that many passengers face every day&#8221;, before calling for re-nationalisation of the railways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">But Virgin Trains later released counter CCTV footage which appeared to show Mr Corbyn and his team walking past empty, unreserved seats before the filming began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itv.com\/news\/2019-12-16\/greta-thunberg-stuck-on-floor-of-crowded-german-train-after-climate-summit\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Images of the climate change activist sitting on the train carriage floor were staged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[72,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ClimateGate","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=199335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199339,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199335\/revisions\/199339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=199335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=199335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=199335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}