Yep, basically what I was getting at. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough to use as your primary method of transportation without fucking your life up.
People in Germany have very high standards. If a train that comes once an hour is 20 min late it’s considered unreliable. To be fair we can expect better though.
But As someone who has lived in the USA in the past but now lives in Germany, Germany feels so much better transport wise.
That’s not having a nice standard. Why should there be a standard for delayed transportation? 20min delays are anyway on the low end when it comes to DB
Reliable enough for what? I wouldn’t use it to transport organs, but if you use it to commute to work in/around even small cities, you won’t get fired for being late all the time. I know DB isn’t perfect, but I’m very glad for it on a regular basis.
I also moved here from the US, where my 45 km commute between neighboring cities on the most traveled corridor in the country took two and a half hours by public transport, so you know, lowered expectations…
Reliable enough to commute to and from your job. In my experience DB ist really bad at that, especially if you’re taking the IC or ICE. intracity public transport usually isn’t run by DB, except for the S-Bahns, which work reliably-ish, most of the time. Credit where credit’s due
Edit: Sorry, I’m a bit cynical when it comes to the current DB
Where does Germany have reliable transport?
Based on perspective everywhere or nowhere.
Compared to Dutch trains nowhere. Compared to the nothingness in the USA everywhere.
Yep, basically what I was getting at. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough to use as your primary method of transportation without fucking your life up.
People in Germany have very high standards. If a train that comes once an hour is 20 min late it’s considered unreliable. To be fair we can expect better though.
But As someone who has lived in the USA in the past but now lives in Germany, Germany feels so much better transport wise.
Is that high standards? Japan’s Shinkansen has an average delay of just 20 seconds.
That’s not having a nice standard. Why should there be a standard for delayed transportation? 20min delays are anyway on the low end when it comes to DB
Lol no it’s not, let’s not pretend driving a car is a choice here
Reliable enough for what? I wouldn’t use it to transport organs, but if you use it to commute to work in/around even small cities, you won’t get fired for being late all the time. I know DB isn’t perfect, but I’m very glad for it on a regular basis.
I also moved here from the US, where my 45 km commute between neighboring cities on the most traveled corridor in the country took two and a half hours by public transport, so you know, lowered expectations…
Reliable enough to commute to and from your job. In my experience DB ist really bad at that, especially if you’re taking the IC or ICE. intracity public transport usually isn’t run by DB, except for the S-Bahns, which work reliably-ish, most of the time. Credit where credit’s due
Edit: Sorry, I’m a bit cynical when it comes to the current DB
Depends. It’s probably better than Alaska, but worse than the Vatican.
Trains are too expensive, too few. Busses don’t drive where there are few people. If you are one of many you will be fine.