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The travails of Germany’s rail passengers
- weinzierl 8y ago> Surprisingly to many, among Europeans only Romanian, Bulgarian and Italian passengers are unhappier with their trains. Sure Germans are unhappy with their trains but that is more a sign of their high standards than the quality of their train services. It is true that in rankings that compare the delay statistics of train services in various European countries Germany is always in the lower part of the list. These statistics are usually based on the percentage of trains being late in a particular country. The threshold for being considered late is 15 minutes in all EU countries except Germany (6 minutes) and Portugal (5 minutes). Again, high standards, not low quality.