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   Scott Dorsey to Paul Dormer   
   Re: Who's got the worst transit?   
   24 Feb 24 16:42:32   
   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Paul Dormer  wrote:   
   >Used to be German trains were known for their punctuality but last year I   
   >took the train from London to Vienna.  The return trip from Vienna to   
   >Frankfurt, the train was very late.  One of the DB staff on board   
   >actually gave me a form to fill in for compensation.  It didn't seem   
   >worth the effort for me, as all I had to do in Frankfurt was walk a   
   >couple of hundred metres to my hotel, and it wasn't that late in the   
   >evening when I arrived.   
      
   Did they blame it on those lazy Austrians?   
   --scott   
      
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