Damn I am tired of people laughing about Deutsche Bahn.

[muddle@infosec.exchange]

@plactagonic @jon We had the same kind of joke in Ireland when CIE ran both buses and trains: we used to call it Cycling Is Easier. Probably universal, as you say.

[cyrevolt@mastodon.social]

@jon Mannheim has the best DB Premium Lounge.
Neat post, thank you for the positivity!

[gufo@mastodon.nu]

@jon I’ll contend that my two worst delays thus far have both involved German railways. Then again both of them were on a southbound SJ EuroNight…

Padborg/Hamburg is a serious single-point-of-failure for us northerners. Once in Hamburg, the network opens up and works its magic.

[ohweh@climatejustice.social]

@jon

"Ultimately any German who has ever voted for any party other than the Grüne also deserves what they get." --> Correct!

[torf@c.im]

@jon Come on. I have been travelling by railways in 8 different countries, including Germany, and no one of it has its railway even closely so totally screwed up as DB. I recall only one travel with DB which ran without any issues (my most recent travel should have been merely one hour in Bavaria a few days ago, and lo and behold, it has become two hours because of another DB failure). So no, I will mock it, laugh on it, and maybe even finally go make a driver license for travels over Germany, because absolutely no other country I ever lived in or merely visited incites me so much to buy a freaking fossil fuel car and forget about this nightmare ones and forever. And yes, I voted for Grüne when I had a chance to.

[carl@chaos.social]

@jon I remember how the deutsche bahn used to be. Compared to that, the DB is totally ridiculous today.

[hatetsu@mastodon.com.pl]

@jon @hiiamfrompoland "Seldom" is maybe not appropriate anymore, at least when it comes to PKPIC. Still, there is some ways to go before infrastructure, rolling stock availability, ticketing rules and regional governments catch up with the resources now being invested into planning a proper Takt network.

As for the "who", I think we have someone from that side, or relatively close to it, here on fedi, but I'm tactful enough to not bother them

[telebrief@ruhr.social]

@jon Bit odd to blame Schröder’s #SPD while giving the Greens a free pass. They were part of the federal government from 1998 to 2005. DB Netz investment didn’t simply rise under Red-Green either, and road infrastructure still received more investment than rail. Whatever the party, none of them has managed to make public transport genuinely fit for the future.

[ronanmcd@mastodon.green]

@jon I was interrailing with family in Germany this summer. Lots of trains didn't arrive, it was never an issue; a short wait with a coffee and there would be another. So many lines with so many trains.

Only issue was going to Nurnburg. Just before we arrived at the preceding station an announcement came that we would not be stopping at Nurnburg. We had to get off and find an alternative. If we had our headphones on we wouldn't have even heard the announcement. Was a great holiday nonetheless

[eowyn@pouet.chapril.org]

@jon tbh the german trains are confier than the french ones.