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While the German train system can definitely improve, it's hard to come up with many countries that actually have a better service. France and Japan, maybe Spai

While the German train system can definitely improve, it's hard to come up with many countries that actually have a better service. France and Japan, maybe Spain? I don't know about the Netherlands and Nordics? It's still too rare to have such an extensive network.

rsynnott 4y ago
It's all relative, I think. I've met Americans living in Ireland who were amazed by how good Dublin's public transport was. "Good" is not a description that anyone in Dublin, or anyone in Europe, would use for Dublin's public transport. I've always thought that German transport was generally excellent when I'm over there, but then I'm from Dublin :)
- rbanffy 4y ago
  > "Good" is not a description that anyone in Dublin, or anyone in Europe, would use for Dublin's public transport. Light rail in Dublin is quite good, but coverage isn’t great. I used DART a few times, and it wasn’t a nice experience - long waits and less than ideal trains. I traveled by rail between Dublin and Cork, however, and it was quite good - modern and comfortable, and relatively fast (Ireland is small and fast rail feels like overkill)
  - rsynnott 4y ago
    > Ireland is small and fast rail feels like overkill Not sure I'd say that; a modern TVG/ICE-type service could do Dublin to Cork in less than an hour, vs 2.5 hours for the current service. That would be a game changer. There are vague plans for such a service, and more solid plans for upgrading to 200km/h (the trains already support this but the line would need upgrading).
    - rbanffy 4y ago
      It’d certainly remove some pressure on Dublin housing.
spaniard89277 4y ago
The german system is ok. Germans have reasons to complain but isn't terrible. What germany does horribly is ISP infra. It just sucks ass. Also, some gas and electricity pipes running south wouldn't hurt, but it's too late...
- atlasunshrugged 4y ago
  Well, there will be more LNG terminals at the ports soon I would guess, but it does seem like there is a huge hesitancy to build more gas infrastructure that would diversify away from Russia because it isn't green
GeckoEidechse 4y ago
Austria and Switzerland definitely have better train service than Germany. In fact the Austrian federal railways (ÖBB) even bought up the majority of DB's night train routes after DB considered decommissioning them ^^
stop50 4y ago
Does someone in another country made a song about the bad public transport? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXjhszy2f9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXjhszy2f9w

rsynnott 4y ago

It's all relative, I think. I've met Americans living in Ireland who were amazed by how good Dublin's public transport was. "Good" is not a description that anyone in Dublin, or anyone in Europe, would use for Dublin's public transport. I've always thought that German transport was generally excellent when I'm over there, but then I'm from Dublin :)

rbanffy 4y ago
> "Good" is not a description that anyone in Dublin, or anyone in Europe, would use for Dublin's public transport. Light rail in Dublin is quite good, but coverage isn’t great. I used DART a few times, and it wasn’t a nice experience - long waits and less than ideal trains. I traveled by rail between Dublin and Cork, however, and it was quite good - modern and comfortable, and relatively fast (Ireland is small and fast rail feels like overkill)
- rsynnott 4y ago
  > Ireland is small and fast rail feels like overkill Not sure I'd say that; a modern TVG/ICE-type service could do Dublin to Cork in less than an hour, vs 2.5 hours for the current service. That would be a game changer. There are vague plans for such a service, and more solid plans for upgrading to 200km/h (the trains already support this but the line would need upgrading).
  - rbanffy 4y ago
    It’d certainly remove some pressure on Dublin housing.

spaniard89277 4y ago

The german system is ok. Germans have reasons to complain but isn't terrible. What germany does horribly is ISP infra. It just sucks ass. Also, some gas and electricity pipes running south wouldn't hurt, but it's too late...

atlasunshrugged 4y ago
Well, there will be more LNG terminals at the ports soon I would guess, but it does seem like there is a huge hesitancy to build more gas infrastructure that would diversify away from Russia because it isn't green

GeckoEidechse 4y ago

Austria and Switzerland definitely have better train service than Germany. In fact the Austrian federal railways (ÖBB) even bought up the majority of DB's night train routes after DB considered decommissioning them ^^

stop50 4y ago

Does someone in another country made a song about the bad public transport? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXjhszy2f9w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXjhszy2f9w