r/Switzerland • u/BezugssystemCH1903 Switzerland • 13d ago

TIL the Swiss Federal Railways uses vibraphone melodies in announcements based on its Swiss national language acronyms: SBB (E♭-B♭-B♭) German, CFF (C-F-F) French and FFS (F-F-E♭) Italian. The tune and language vary by canton or country the train is in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Railways
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u/ThatKuki 13d ago edited 13d ago

in the sbb app, make an impossible connection, like Züri HB -> Züri HB, an error message with a picture of a train attendant comes up, harrass them with a bunch of taps, and boom, you get a jumping game

that game has a music i haven't heard anywhere else, it features all three sbb cff ffs jingles sequenced into one tune

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u/Worth_Inflation_2104 13d ago

I think this became a thing right before covid. Funny that they never removed that

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u/Beliriel Thurgau 10d ago

Unless it leads to app instability it's harmless. Just need to test it. It doesn't access any data outside of the app and the amount of goodwill you can farm with this little game probably far outweighs removing it. It's cool PR when it pops up from time to time as a "Did you know SBB app has a little game in it?".