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Great move, but as someone using it, it's also one of the most unreliable for its size. DB/German railway is infamous for large delays and breakdowns. There was
by poisonborz 4y ago
Great move, but as someone using it, it's also one of the most unreliable for its size. DB/German railway is infamous for large delays and breakdowns. There was an effort to make the lines more punctual within a decade or so, which was then, almost satirically, moved to 2070[1]. Suburban lines often come to standstill on rain or snow. Germany has a huge network of quality free highways, car ownership is cheap, so public transport has little respect even within cities.
1 https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/bahn-deutschlandtakt-101.html https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/bahn-deutsc...
- dathinab 4y agoIt really depends which standards you compare it, too. (and for local transportation also where in Germany you are) As German we love to complain about the trains and while it is way worse then e.g. Japan and in turn can improve by a lot it could be far far worse.
- lispm 4y ago> Inner city transports come to standstill on the first sign of any rain or snow. I live in Hamburg, an the public transport system is extensive and generally quite good.