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   On Sat, 24 Feb 2024, Gary McGath wrote:   
      
   > On 2/24/24 11:23 AM, 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.   
   >   
   > My experience is similar. When I made my first trips to Germany, around the   
   > turn of the century, service was excellent. Last year, trying to get from   
   > Buchholz (a suburb about 25 km out) to Hamburg, the train was seriously   
   > delayed, I had to switch tracks, and the train unexpectedly terminated one   
   > stop short of Hamburg because too many trains were queued up trying to get to   
   > the Hauptbahnhof, so I had to change trains again.   
   >   
      
   Based on witness statements from germans I work with, the trains in   
   germany have gotten a lot worse the last couple of years.   
      
   The same is also true for sweden. Trains have gotten much worse the past   
   decade.   
      
   My nr 1 prize goes to japan. Amazing train experience!   
      
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