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According to the Wikipedia Deutsche Bahn is 100% state owned enterprise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bahn?wprov=sfti1# It is therefore considered a public entity operating within the private sector. Banks lending money to DB consider state taxes as security against the loan. The difference between a SEO and a Statutory Corporation such as Scottish Water is that SEO can invest in private companies such as four British train lines. 1/2 5 comments
@RaffKarva I went down the rabbit hole of reading DB latest report. Very interesting read: What stood out to me was this: “More than 1.8 billion passengers took our trains in 2023, a year-on-year increase of more than 5%. By taking the train instead of driving, they traveled the climate-friendly way: our long-distance passengers reduced their greenhouse gas emissions by 7.5 million tons.” @RaffKarva Yes, there are plenty of reasons to use rail over driving here, the Deutschlandticket being among them. The numbers look similar for the other public transport companies/agencies (there's another rabbit). Of course, there's plenty to complain about as well - you're likely to hear too much of it if you ever ask a German person about those. |
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This means that each time you buy a train ticket in England, you’re defacto paying for Germany to implement Deutschland-Ticket, which gives the ticket holder unlimited Germany-wide travel for €49 per month.
If you need to commute for work from Manchester to London on Monday, expect to pay £114 one way.
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Publicly owned DB: €49 per month unlimited travel
Private English company (owned by DB): £114 single ticket. 🤯