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		turbonaut 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn UK and DE appear to use different punctuality metrics with a train being late after 3 minutes in the UK but 6 in DE. Latest punctuality figures for UK are 84.8% and DE 88.1%. Making an assumption on distribution I’d guess UK comes out slightly better. Of note, DE long distance stats are pretty bad! UK: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/media/ebmnxxih/performance-sta... DE: https://zbir.deutschebahn.com/2024/en/interim-group-manageme...

hdgvhicv 19 days ago | [–]

I’ve taken four international DB trains in the last 2 years, into Germany from Belgium and Denmark, and out to Switzerland and Austria.

In all 4 cases the train was delayed in Germany - the longest by 4 hours, one by a mere 30 minutes.

seba_dos1 19 days ago | [–]

How does the DE figure take canceled trains into account?

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