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A proper simulator would cancel most of the trains whenever the weather changes. Dutch trains fail whenever: * There's leaves on the rails * It snows * It's
by tosti 2mo ago
A proper simulator would cancel most of the trains whenever the weather changes. Dutch trains fail whenever:
* There's leaves on the rails
* It snows
* It's too cold
* It's too hot
* rand(1, 10) > 7
On top of that, there's protests and strikes.
- zazaalaza 2mo agoCancelled trains are shown in red and can be toggled off and on
- Pepe1vo 2mo agoAs a fellow Dutchman, I agree that complaining about the NS is a very tempting thing to do. However, we should not forget that our train infrastructure is considered world class across multiple metrics, including reliability (yes really). To recalibrate your expectations I wholeheartedly recommend taking a train ride from somewhere in Germany to anywhere else in Germany.
- pjmlp 2mo agoJust yesterday I had a 19h to 01h train travel, with multiple RE connections, failed connections as well, due to "problems" on the tracks. I was supposed to arrive around 22h at my destination. I guess I should be happy I arrived at all, and wasn't left stranded on a random train station until yearly today.
- NietTim 2mo agoYou just repeated an outdated meme. Go compare our punctuality statistics with our southern and eastern neighbours. Then do the rest of the world. Make sure to account for differences in definition of punctuality between providers. Yes, delays are annoying and there are things the train companies can do better, but our system is most of all reliable enough and we are doing just fine.
- randoomed 2mo agoThe leaves things is actually kind of intresting. It turns out that if you grind wet leaves it creates a lubricant. Lubricating the tracks is kind of an issue if you want to stop a 80 ton train