German Trains - Now Only 56% Run On Time

[Axtremus]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/08/05/germany-trains-delays-broken-railroad/

Germany’s identity crisis: The trains no longer run on time

Germans are deeply frustrated over a train system that is falling apart, undermining the punctuality that has long been core to Germany’s national self-image.

... 56 percent of trains arrive within six minutes of the scheduled time — which is the cushion Deutsche Bahn, the national railroad company, allows itself for an “on-time” arrival.

@Klaus has only left Germany for a little while and see what happened.

[Mik]

Let us pray he doesn’t leave TNCR.

[Klaus]

A favorite saying among old people used to be "At least the trains where on time when Adolf was the boss".

[Doctor Phibes]

Under our current leadership, the trains run 8000% more on time than they used to and actually arrive 2 hours before they set off.

[jon-nyc]

lol

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes said in German Trains - Now Only 56% Run On Time:

Under our current leadership, the trains run 8000% more on time than they used to and actually arrive 2 hours before they set off.

Under the present circumstances, that sounds perfectly reasonable.

[Doctor Phibes]

We are also no longer permitted to refer to The Fat Controller. Whoever that is.

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes

[jon-nyc]

By the way in the US that character is called “Sir Topham Hatt” for anyone confused about who The Fat Controller (the original name) is.