Good luck plugging your charger into this outlet on the Hungarian National Railway
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  • 202 points Straight-Pea6625

    MÁV ❤️

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    23 points Kira_Katsumi

    Önnek megyünk

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    1 points douro20

    I heard that the privatisation isn't going over well in some sectors.

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  • 141 points wibble089

    Maybe a Europlug will fit if a full sized round plug doesn't?

    Europlug - Wikipedia

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    157 points tohopallo

    I don't think so as the space is cut short exactly on the widest part required for insertion.

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    88 points mimavox

    If they had rotated the outlet 90 degrees, it would have worked. Crappy design, indeed.

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    -6 points Noch_ein_Kamel

    But that would violate some EU norm :p

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    17 points krefik

    I have some old soviet 2-prong plugs that would probably work, they have only about 1,5mm of bakelite around the prongs.

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  • 80 points Darkx0139

    I don't mean to minimize this issue, but MÁV has bigger ones...

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  • 45 points GeordieAl

    It's a Cyberman!, Run or you will be upgraded!

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    15 points someguywithdiabetes

    r/paredolia would love this

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    3 points FrankSonata

    I thought it was one of those things from BLANK ROOM SOUP 😭

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  • 35 points TiberiusTheFish

    Not meant for chargers. probably fits the euro plugs on the vacuum cleaners they use. they may even have modified the plugs to fit and this is a deliberate design choice to prevent passengers plugging items in.

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    29 points otirk

    Euro plug won't fit in this direction (90° rotated would work). But yeah, maybe modified plugs

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    18 points SmooK_LV

    This is not case at all. It's an oversight or installation error.

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    4 points DenkJu

    I would assume the blue cover was either retrofitted or slipped forward from vibration.

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    -15 points TiberiusTheFish

    You say that with such confidence, it must be true. No need to show your workings.

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    14 points Dorantee

    In this case they can say it with confidence. A europlug probably won't fit there, it's going to be too wide. If it was rotated 90° it would have worked.

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    4 points Hurricane_32

    This would make sense, except it would have been much easier (or simply more elegant, honestly) to use a tamper-proof socket with a plastic key you glue to the plug, without which you can't plug anything in.

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    4 points Furdiburd10

    These plugs are standard on IC cartridges in MAV rolling stock. It even has the sticker showing the passenger where the plug is.

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    4 points Vdlfan

    You are very naive. This is very clearly a design fault.

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    1 points Linkzoom

    I don't think it's deliberate. It's just the horrible quality of MÁV rolling stock.

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  • 13 points Furdiburd10

    MÁV

    Megint 

    Áll (a)

    Vonat

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  • 9 points HungaryaRoli

    MÁV my beloved xd

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  • 6 points dgkimpton

    Must remember to pack a small saw so I can trim down my plugs 🤦

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  • 4 points Organic-Anywhere-836

    Magyar Állami Vos MÁV

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  • 3 points bubdadigger

    Safety first

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  • 2 points renditaccount

    how did they even put it there

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  • 2 points jecowa

    Guessing that blue panel didn’t originally stick out so far.

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  • 1 points Styrak

    Gonna have to explain this one.

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  • 1 points Creative-Novel2266

    But apparently many have succeeded

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  • 1 points butan-1_1-diol

    Welcome, I hope you enjoy your stay.

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  • 1 points noahdaplyer

    kellemes utazást biztosít 😊

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  • 1 points AccOwner40

    As a Hungarian, MÁV "Hungarian Railways" has bigger issues than this.

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  • 1 points Webwro

    Welcome to Hungary where this will be your smallest problem.

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  • 0 points mudokin

    That's why you always carry a pocket knife with you in Europe.

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  • -44 points distracted6

    Different standard = crappy design, apparently

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    50 points rimbas4

    No, it's crappy train design. The edge of the outlet is being blocked by the window panel.

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    7 points bence0302

    Oh, I didn't understand the issue either until I read your comment.

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    18 points Team_Killer88

    As a lover of the F-Plug I can tell you that the socket is just blocked by the blue piece. By that no approved plug would fit in it.

    Greetings, a electrical engineer from Germany

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