bahnkenner

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   by bahnkenner 3y ago

   If you go from the US to Europe, you'll think European public transit is great. If you go from Europe to East Asia, your perspective will change again.
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   by bahnkenner 3y ago

   There are regions where the DB app will only sell you tickets that cross the region's borders, but not tickets that are wholly inside the region. There's even at least one region I know of that straight up does not do online ticke
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   by bahnkenner 3y ago

   By "local" transit, I mean regional commuter trains (Regionalbahn, Regionalexpress and S-Bahn), not the faster long-distance trains (Intercity and Intercity-Express, the latter being Germany's high-speed trains).
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   by bahnkenner 3y ago

   The biggest advantage of the new Germany-wide ticket is not the price, but rather that it simplifies things. This is a map of German public transit companies: [0]. I've heard the current fractured system be compared to the Holy Roman E