Gregory's Server@albertcardona @miki @RaffKarva Wow! Sitting in a „fast“ train across Germany right now, I do not quite know how to digest this praise for DB! Rarely heard. 😉 Truth to be told: The 49€ do not allow to use these fast trains… Still, you can get (criss-)cross-country with it.
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@kraweel65 @albertcardona @miki @RaffKarva People who complain about the state of DB have clearly never spent much time relying on the British train system. @kraweel65 @albertcardona @miki @RaffKarva Last time I was in Germany, the ICE I was on was taken out of service due to a fault. The whole experience showed me what the correct way to deal with such a situation. We were delayed by 30 minutes. Trains going out of service happens very frequently on UK trains, and I'm often abandoned with no help or advice, delayed 3 or more hours, forced onto overcrowded alternative trains @IanSudbery @kraweel65 @albertcardona @miki @RaffKarva Incidentally, I tell my compatriots who complain about the state of ÖBB that they clearly haven't spent much time relying on long-distance rail in Germany. 😁  @IanSudbery @kraweel65 @miki @RaffKarva It’s a bit of an unfair comparison, because the British rail system is perhaps at the bottom (and distant from the second-bottom) of Western European rail. @albertcardona @IanSudbery @kraweel65 @miki But that’s the whole point. Comparison. German train service is public. Former is great and cheap. |
@kraweel65 @albertcardona @miki
In Germany, you can easily live in Hannover and commute for work to Bremen or Hamburg for €49 per month.
In England same distance work commute from Peterborough to London is £788 per month only available on two (out of 25) train lines.
Also, I used trains in Germany hundreds of times, not once was it cancelled. In England 1 in 10 commutes are cancelled each month.
Privatisation is a scam.