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Clicked it in 2023 when I visited Europe (Germany) for the first time.

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[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's Deutsche Bahn? I guess OP is still waiting.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

It’s some Metro station in Berlin. Are Deutsche Bahns known for frequent delays?

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Yes, the Deutsche Bahn has been gutted and now the official projection of when things could improve again is 2070 (not kidding)

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I guessed that, though I'll never miss an opportunity to roast them.

It is both parts enfuriating and embarrassing that the "heart of Europe" has one of the worst functioning railway infrastructure of Europe.

with just 55% of long-distance trains arriving less than six minutes late

https://www.dw.com/en/why-german-trains-are-rarely-on-time/a-75206414

Edit: Six minutes late means on time for them, not joking.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As an Indian, I would consider 6 mins very much on time lol. We have an avg delay of 30 mins minimum lol.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago

Just to add insult to injury for the cited statistic: they only count delayed trains. If a train has accumulated too much delay, they might stop it and make it turn around and it never completes its journey. This will count as a cancelled train instead of a delayed train and thus it is not counted as a part of that statistic... So the reality is even worse than you'd expect.

[–] kunegis@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

Just wanted to add that this is a metro station, which are run by BVG, not Deutsche Bahn, and which have much better service quality

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

And then people have this stereotype of German punctuality... 🙄