If you complained to most Germans about an S-Bahn system with an average delay of 4 min, they’d think you’re Swiss - according to the German railway statistics, any delay less than 5 minutes and 59 seconds counts as ‘on time’
But that’s only for now. Privatization did a lot of damage to the infrastructure because it wasn’t maintained properly since long term isn’t a priority in a for-profit organization. But the Deutschland Takt will make everything work great again once it’s implemented in 2070.
Because it sucks as a government owned entity and deserves to die for its trespasses against the citizenry at large.
Honestly the 3-5min behind schedule average did it. Germans can’t stand it when they’re late. Ruins their whole little day.
If you complained to most Germans about an S-Bahn system with an average delay of 4 min, they’d think you’re Swiss - according to the German railway statistics, any delay less than 5 minutes and 59 seconds counts as ‘on time’
But that’s only for now. Privatization did a lot of damage to the infrastructure because it wasn’t maintained properly since long term isn’t a priority in a for-profit organization. But the Deutschland Takt will make everything work great again once it’s implemented in 2070.