The ones I took in Germany were Ok, 5 min late max. I really like that you don’t need to show your tickets on the entrance of the trains and the ticket guy was really cool, there was a girl without ticket close to us and he told her that she needs a ticket and please go down the nest station and didn’t made a fuss around that.
The last time I was in the UK a train left 2 minutes early. I was already on, but found this shocking. I can hardly imagine my white hot rage if I was running for the train and it left early.
It always depends to what you compare. I visited Germany twice for a total of about 15 days, taking trains mostly every day, and I don’t recall any major issues. I read online since my first visit in 2016 that it got much worse so I expected at least some issues when I went back in 2024, but it went well, either in RE trains or in ICE. Of course, it’s a very small sample and I’m Canadian, so anything more than five trains a day and not yielding to freight is just magical to me.
I took an ICE in Germany and spent half the trip standing; even though I’d booked a seat, some ass was in it and pretended not to speak English until the conductor heard out my complaint.
Try Germany if you want shitty train service.
The ones I took in Germany were Ok, 5 min late max. I really like that you don’t need to show your tickets on the entrance of the trains and the ticket guy was really cool, there was a girl without ticket close to us and he told her that she needs a ticket and please go down the nest station and didn’t made a fuss around that.
The UK makes German trains look good
The last time I was in the UK a train left 2 minutes early. I was already on, but found this shocking. I can hardly imagine my white hot rage if I was running for the train and it left early.
Can you be sure it wasn’t the prior train arriving and leaving so late that it appeared to be leaving early?
Or Poland.
Either the train is or time, or just late by checks last few times 45 minutes to 3 hours.
It always depends to what you compare. I visited Germany twice for a total of about 15 days, taking trains mostly every day, and I don’t recall any major issues. I read online since my first visit in 2016 that it got much worse so I expected at least some issues when I went back in 2024, but it went well, either in RE trains or in ICE. Of course, it’s a very small sample and I’m Canadian, so anything more than five trains a day and not yielding to freight is just magical to me.
I took an ICE in Germany and spent half the trip standing; even though I’d booked a seat, some ass was in it and pretended not to speak English until the conductor heard out my complaint.
I have had that happen in China and Japan, but it was honest mistakes quickly resolved. What did they do after you showed your ticket?