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Originally Posted by Skybird
Individual examples are individual examples. Statistics are about general populations and trends. The ICEs they called out when I waited for my own train, usually were right on time or had delays of less than 5-6 minutes. For such delays I simply do not care at all. Happens in metro-busses all the time. Personally I prefer commuter trains, they take longer, but are much cheaper.
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5-6 minutes is unacceptable in my opinion. I primarily travel on the north-south axis, ie between Baden-Baden and Cologne.
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Originally Posted by Skybird
Most perfect train service is in Japan, from all what I heard and read, btw. My father once was one tour with the orchestra there, 4 weeks. He said they - the employees of the Japanese rail service - could as well all work as heart surgeons, that precise and clean the system worked. That was in the mid-80s, however.
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Been there a few years back, the trains were cheap and on time. Comfort wise ICE was the best I have seen so far (I tend to travel first class).