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Switzerland is barely a ninth of Germany‘s size in square meters and population. Plus, the whole German Intercity Rail System‘s north south axis goes through 2

• panick21_ 3y ago
  > Switzerland is barely a ninth of Germany‘s size in square meters and population. So its basically scales linearly. More land, more population. With the same tax spending there is no reason that Switzerland should be able to do anything that Germany is not able to do. Nothing you said changes the fact that between cities you used to have different tariff systems and that people regularly travel between them. The distance from Genf to Zürich is the same distance as many cities in Germany. Again, claiming its a luxury to go the the city 200-300km away is nonsense. Just saying 'Germany is larger' isn't an argument, it doesn't change anything. > goes through 2 choke points So your excuse is that Germany is bad at planning and building their rail systems? Switzerland has and had chock points to and yet that isn't actually a problem. The reality is Germany has much better geography for rail compared to Switzerland.