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Sudden, last minute change of plans due to surgery and need help figuring out transportation.

Friday, next week, I was supposed to travel by train from Amsterdam Centraal to Cologne to meet a cousin and then we were going to drive about 40 minutes East to Hirschberg, (sometimes called and easier found when searched by Hirschberg, Warstein).

Four or five weeks ago my cousin was told that she would be having surgery on April 16th and would be out of the hospital, tomorrow (Friday). Originally told she would be fine and we could continue with our plans for Friday the 26th.
A few hours ago the doctor told her that she would be having another surgery and should get out of the hospital Friday the 26th which is the day we are supposed to meet.

We are now thinking that we might be able to meet in Hirschberg instead of Cologne since she is not sure how she will be feeling. If she cannot make it to Hirschberg, then we will hopefully be able to meet in Cologne Sunday evening, if she is feeling good enough to have a visitor.

I used rome2rio (been told not to trust it) to see if it is possible to go from Amsterdam Centraal to Hirschberg and then I double checked with Rail Planner.

It appears that I can go from Amsterdam Centraal to Meschede by train.
Rome2Rio says that I can catch a bus in Meschede and then take a 15 minute ride to Hirschberg, but I have not been able to verify this by any other way.

Can someone with better skills than I, verify that I can indeed make it from Amsterdam to Meschede by train and then Hirschberg by bus for the last leg of the trip?

Traveling by train and bus is a whole new experience for me, but by the end of May, I hope to be a pro.

Thank you for your help
Ken

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Rome 2 Rio is not always reliable. I generally find googlemaps to be a better starting point as it seems to generally be more up to date. Googlemaps includes a link for the bus company (click on ”agency info” in google) which operates the route between Meschede and Hirschberg. The website for the bus company is:

https://www.westfalenfahrplan.de

If you plug in Meschede to Hirschberg, you will see the times.

The R76 schedule shows 3 stops in Hirschberg - Post, Schule, and Tankstelle.

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You can actually find this on the DB site for the entire itinerary, Amsterdam Centraal to Hirschberg Post, Warstein for April 26.
Leave Amsterdam by 8:08 and get there by 2:08 pm. There are earlier departures, somewhat more involved.
https://int.bahn.de/en

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3 stops in Hirschberg - Post, Schule, and Tankstelle

That's Post Office, School and Gas Station for non German speakers

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I want to thank you all. You have been a great help.

My family lived in Hirschberg from the early 1400's to 1882, so I am really looking forward to visiting here.

Thanks again, you have been a great help.
Ken

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Hirschberg, Post is in the center of town. Schule is the school and Tankstelle is the gas station.