German trains are less punctual than Britain’s ‘broken’ railways
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What German train costs $5 for 100km?
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This is just to illustrate my point on the cost difference between uk and de for the cost of the ticket. Value are arbitrary and not correct. But cost is definitely significantly higher in uk.
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Is, is that possible? Did the Germans invent time travel?
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It's not really time travel, it's more like time and money being stolen by greedy corporate suits.
But in terms of actual time travel, they are indeed working on something that's going to catapult the entire country back into the 1930s. (Without restoring railway punctuality to the proverbially high standard of that time, though)
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€58/m for all non-ice is hard to beat.
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Friedrich Merz, the centre-right leader likely to be Germany’s next chancellor, has said he wants to split the operation of the network from the operation of the trains — a move reminiscent to UK rail privatisation in the 1990s.
This has happened here in Czechia and it's worked fine. The state owned railway operator that used to own both the trains and the track was split into one company that cares for the tracks and another that runs trains for it. Iirc the move was forced by the EU to open the sector to competition and some regions have indeed procured other (private) providers for their local train services because their offer was cheaper than the state-owned rail company's. All in all it seems to be working so far though.
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Yeah and that will have good to have a cost drilling including ice in the article.
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Whoever pulled the brakes on that privatisation deserves a medal.
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And whoever started it deserves something entirely different. It's really just blatant theft of public property.
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I mean, the Deutschlandticket for €40 is a steal. That's the price of a return off-peak in the UK.
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Wait, so you're saying that it's the DfT that caused the high prices, and not to cover costs but to control demand? Ie. that privatisation wasn't actually to blame? (Do you have a source, I'd like to read up on this)
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When I travelled to the UK with Interrail, I expected the rail network to be a total shitshow based on reputation, but was surprised to find it adequate. In some aspects even pretty great (free food in 1st class). I guess as a German, my standards are quite low now...
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It has been pretty bad for way more than 10 years TBH.
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The Deutschlandticket was 49€ until recently when they increased the price to 58€.
Still good value, but considering this is like a 20% increase within a year of existence and the price shouldn't even be meant to cover the costs (since there are many other benefits it provides), still disappointing.
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Don't privatise. Railway lines are a monopoly. People who rely on trains get screwed over week after week but don't have any competitors to use instead.
I don't know how Germany's trains could actually be worse. It costs £100 to travel 50 miles on a train that has a fairly high chance of not even making it to the destination at all.
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Similar to the UK last time I checked a train isn't considered late until it's about an hour late. Try explaining that to your boss.
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I hope the bleeding has stopped
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had a similar experience, but don't forget that interrail makes you forget about the real price of tickets which iirc are quite the issue
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It was "privatized" by turning it into a publicly traded company. But it was never sold, so the German state still owns 100% of it.
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That is why I said that privatization is the goal (not what is currently in effect) and made the comparison that the UK did the same thing. Degrade, Defund, Dismantle. It is the SOP for right wing movements trying to privatize everything.
