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Ian Sudbery

@kraweel65 @albertcardona @miki @RaffKarva

People who complain about the state of DB have clearly never spent much time relying on the British train system.

9 May at 16:43 | Wall-to-wall | Open on genomic.social
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Ian Sudbery

@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

9 May at 16:43 | Open on genomic.social
Florian Haas

@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. 😁

9 May at 17:08 | Open on mastodon.social
Albert Cardona

@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.

9 May at 17:21 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
Raff Karva

@albertcardona @IanSudbery @kraweel65 @miki

But that’s the whole point. Comparison.

German train service is public.
British is private.

Former is great and cheap.
Latter is appalling and expensive.

9 May at 18:23 | Open on photog.social
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