Don't expect German "Pünktlichkeit" on German railways, though.[0] The Austrian and especially the Swiss railroad systems are far superior. Since the "Bahnref

Don't expect German "Pünktlichkeit" on German railways, though.[0] The Austrian and especially the Swiss railroad systems are far superior. Since the "Bahnreform" of 1994 the infrastructure progressively deteriorated from the passenger's perspective. One hard fact: about 20% of the railroad network has been dismantled since 1994 (44.600km to 33.400km [1]). Way too much. Reasons for this are a confluence of excessive bureaucracy, brutal management style, powerful industry interests (think e.g. "Autobahn"), lobbying. Today's "Deutsche Bahn" as an entity is split into eight distinct divisions [2]; DB Schenker (global logistics and freight transport company) is by far the most profitable of the bunch and single-handedly lifts the whole DB group out of the red on the regular basis, it accounts for about 50% of the total revenue.[3] [0]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCmPLWZKd8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AGCmPLWZKd8 [1]https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/themen/infrastruktur/schienennetz/ https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/themen/infrastruktur/schi... [2]https://ibir.deutschebahn.com/2021/en/group-management-report/db-group/organizational-structure/ https://ibir.deutschebahn.com/2021/en/group-management-repor... [3]https://images.app.goo.gl/EwYJsvbHFxaWifbQ6 https://images.app.goo.gl/EwYJsvbHFxaWifbQ6