Japan has dedicated lines for high-speed trains and a mostly north-south corridor. Germany has mixed-use lines in a meshed network directly connected to neighb

Japan has dedicated lines for high-speed trains and a mostly north-south corridor. Germany has mixed-use lines in a meshed network directly connected to neighbour countries. > where many German citizens consider Germany to be better in than Switzerland or Japan (legitimately or not shall remain undecided). I think you made that up. Germans complain a lot about their infrastructure and you can read&see a lot of reports&comparisons with other countries train infrastructure.