So, earlier I had a few '(supposedly)' mentioned and here's the story. We were at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (Hamburg main railway station) more than an hour before our overnight train departure time - 9pm. We were just waiting at an area where we could see the timing board. As time pass, we felt a little weird that other trains after 9pm started to appear on the board but not ours. We decided to check it out at one of the counter to only know that the train has been canceled due to a collapsed tunnel at Rastatt, Germany 3 weeks ago.

Part of us were relieved that we weren't there when it happened, but also frustrated that we weren't notify through e-mail or through any channels at all. The staffs then gave us information on an alternative route to get to Switzerland which includes 3 train transits and 1 bus ride that would take us about 11 hours in total! (The overnight train takes us about 12 hours but at least we will be served with bunk beds and breakfast, and no transit in between). We tried checking for flights to Switzerland but they were all too expensive by then. We didn't had much choice but to follow what has been advised. The staffs did not immediately offered us compensation, but they did eventually. We were compensated with a night stay in a 4 star hotel also just across the station, and free public transportation pass around the city for the night! By then, we were all exhausted to even go anywhere anymore but got another chance to try out pork knuckle as supper.