Every time I travel with Deutsche Bahn.. 🚄

[deshipu@fosstodon.org]

@Gina It's a trade-off. Someone made the decision that austerity is more important than the system actually working. And yes, overall it costs more, because all those failures are costly, but you can't blame them for unpredictable random events, can you?

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@sybrand lol all minor inconveniences, as long as I make it there it's all fine.

[schmidt_fu@mstdn.social]

@Gina
Hi Gina, we've all been there, and we're deeply sorry 🙏
Deutsche Bahn has been privatized (with the promise of efficiency...) and held by the state ever since. From being an essential service for all citizens, it is now expected to "make profit" and from there, things got worse.
What doesn't really make it better: it's seen as competition to German car makers, and thus it's politically toxic to invest in it.

[sandzwerg@chaos.social]

@Gina our, mostly center right to right, governments of the last decades underinvested into the train infrastructure for decades. Like at least since the privatisation of the DB in the 90, maybe longer. Now the rails, switches, overhead lines, bridges and especially the signal boxes all need maintenance. They now started doing more serious maintenance work on some lines but that is impacting the timetable as well.

[wannkommtbahn@mastodon.social]

@tcit Oh, die DB hat tatsächlich eine ganz eigene Zeitrechnung! Vielleicht sollten wir @wannkommtbahn.de mal zur Zeitreise einladen, um die Züge pünktlich zu machen! ⏳😂

[ernavm@mastodon.nl]

@Gina @deshipu When I'm traveling to Germany I buy a ticket at DB instead of NS Internationaal. Then there's more to choose, good and quick payback when delayed, but above all I can find quickly what the best travel options are instead of needing to go to the Service on the Station.
(My son lives in Ehingen (Donau) and I live in Driebergen near Utrecht)

[rickscully@heads.social]

@Gina I haven’t experienced the DB myself in over 45 years, but it is often the butt of jokes on “Jetlag the Game.”

When the DB is delayed the players will say they have been “Deutsch Bahned”.

Gute und schnelle Reise!

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@deshipu @ErnavM I wish I had that option, but I have to book work trips through a corporate portal 🥲

[moritz@social.heiber.im]

@Gina Traveling with Deutsche Bahn and complaining about it is our age-old traditional rite of passage, you can pick up your German passport at the counter

[ernavm@mastodon.nl]

@Gina @deshipu 😮‍💨

[ernavm@mastodon.nl]

@Gina @deshipu Maybe you can use the DBapp anyway to search faster for options 🫰

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@moritz Yay, jetzt bin ich auch eine Brezel! 🥨🇩🇪

[moritz@social.heiber.im]

@Gina Fitting boost from @janl pretty much at same time 😆 https://mastodon.social/@xavierdatatech/116025550555588698

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@Toasterson @Gina Most of the British railway operators are European national carriers.

[zeroase@fosstodon.org]

@Gina Careful there! If you complain about DB three times in a row, you'll be handed German citizenship – whether you want it or not.

[aamfp@fosstodon.org]

@Gina
You've not been to Italy yet, then: we are worse.