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[–] 125 points 3 months ago (28 children)

Living in Japan it's easy to forget that late trains are actually a thing that happens to people.

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    [–] 70 points 3 months ago* (8 children)

    As a train driver, I manage correct timing all the time by extensively taking shortcuts. You're welcome. /j

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I read that in Germany they basically do this. If running late, they don't stop in all the stations to save time. They skipped your station? Boohoo.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    That's because a canceled stop does not count for the "delayed" statistic, which they optimize for. It's a great example of how a metric becoming a goal makes it a terrible metric!

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  • [–] 70 points 3 months ago (33 children)

    I was traveling Europe by train a couple months ago and iirc, only one train were+10 min late (Amsterdam -> Brussels). The rest were one or two minutes and in Spain were on clock all of them. Pretty good experience all around.

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  • [–] 57 points 3 months ago (18 children)

    Try Germany if you want shitty train service.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    The UK makes German trains look good

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    This is what we call an anecdotal fallacy. I'm glad the trains ran well for you. They do not on average. Have a gander online if you don't believe me.

    https://www.falstaff.com/en/news/sad-result-europes-trains-are-delayed-by-a-total-of-136-years#google_vignette

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    It's not anecdotal fallacy if the study you linked to shows that Amsterdam -> Brussels would be a train between the 2nd and 3rd less delayed countries at 93-88% of trains on time.

    And I don't see Spain in that list which is the other country mentioned.

    Germany is known to have a shit train system, which brings the European average down by a lot. That doesn't mean that your European train will be delayed. If you don't touch a German (and apparently, italian) train, your experience will be way better than the average.

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    [–] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Ladies and gentlemen, a mouse has sneezed on the tracks and we’ll need to shut down for the next hour.

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  • [–] 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The company here in question is the Deutsche Bahn, without any doubt

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    [–] 24 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    For anyone interested as to why train service in North America is so bad check out Climate Town's latest video on YouTube.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    β€œThe train is cancelled because the wrong leaves are on the track”.

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    [–] 14 points 3 months ago

    Same with busses.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago

    Amtrak rail delay issues will always be funny to me because I know for a fact those CSX and BNSF freight trains would willingly blow through a building if it was built on the track lol.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    With all these comments about lateness it’s no wonder America got rid of most of its trains. Though it’s not like their buses are any better, but driving certainly is.

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