It feels like the German railroad system is being actively sabotaged with bureaucratic obstacles and legislative nonsense, like lobbyists are actively lining the pockets of politicians to make the Deutsche Bahn (German Rail) worse.
On top of that the statements of politicians, promising to make the trains come on time by 2070(!), it feels like they are not even trying to do stuff. Now Merz said the 58€ ticket (which was already raised from 49) should cost 90€ because it "costs the state too much".
When I look at chinese railroads, what type of rail infrastucture they can build in 10-15 years, I wonder what is going on in Germany.
I had this idea since corruption is basically legal, masked as lobbyism and because german bureaucracy is basically one of the worst in the whole of Europe if you ask me.
Do you think this is too far fetched or could this actually be the case? And are you able to find some sources?
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It is either being sabotaged or criminally neglected. Either way the objective result is the same which is the severe decay of the rail transport system that anyone who lives in Germany can and likely has at some point experienced first hand. To deny that this is happening would simply be gaslighting.