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We live in a public transit hell (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 64 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Tokyo I've heard. For sure not Europe. Halve of the scheduled trains didn't run today in Belgium.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Switzerland is pretty good at well with trains.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I heard they are so good that they point it out in announcements when a delay was caused by foreign trains (Looking at you Deutsche Bahn)

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A swiss train operator excused the 30 sec delay

    The german trains measure delays in 5 minutes intervals, everything under 5 minutes in punctual.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That's still more trains than in the US

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's a problem of reliability. If you need to be at work at 08:00 and your train is regularly late or getting cancelled, you can't take the train to work.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not to mention even a small delay could mess up the timing of taking the next bus/train. For not too busy routes it could mean waiting in the cold for half an hour.... If that next bus has a good delay you could be there for almost an hour. (Totally not speaking from personal experience)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    When I lived in New York there was a place I’d go sometimes that required 2 trains and a bus. On the weekdays it took about 40 minutes, but on weekends with the cumulative effect of less frequent service it was typically 2 hours, or longer depending on how quickly the first train came.

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