What I Learned from Winter Snow Travel as a Subtropical Person

This was my first time traveling in an actively snowing region, and I learned some important lessons that should help other subtropical or tropical folks:

1. Yes, trains will be affected – either the rails need to be cleared of snow, or train malfunctions could occur, both leading to delays or service suspensions.
2. In the worst case, your train could be suspended in the middle of nowhere, forcing you to quickly devise alternative transportation – whether by bus, taxi, or walking.
3. When it’s snowing, road traffic will be congested, as everyone drives carefully and slowly.
4. Which means a 45-minute scheduled bus ride could take 1 hour and 45 minutes.
5. Your airplane has a higher chance of not being on time.
6. Even if the airplane is on time, it could be stuck on the de-icing pad for more than an hour.
7. Even after your airplane leaves the de-icing pad, it could return due to prior traffic and need another round of de-icing.

TL;DR: Leave earlier and allow for more buffer time.

這是我第一次在正在下雪的地區旅行，我學到了一些重要的經驗，希望能幫助其他來自亞熱帶或熱帶地區的朋友：

1. 是的，列車一定會受影響 – 不是鐵軌需要除雪，就是列車可能發生故障，這兩種情況都會導致誤點或停駛。
2. 最糟的情況是，你的列車可能會停在荒郊野外，你必須迅速想出替代方案 – 無論是搭巴士、計程車，或步行。
3. 下雪時，道路交通一定會壅塞，因為駕駛會開的更小心跟慢。
4. 原本預計45分鐘的公車車程可能會花上1小時45分鐘。
5. 你搭乘的飛機很可能會誤點。
6. 就算飛機準點，它可能會在除冰區停留超過一小時。
7. 即使飛機已經離開除冰區，由於先前的航班積壓，它可能還得返回除冰區重新除冰。

重點摘要：提早出門，預留更多緩衝時間。