During my short vacation in Spain, I spent some hours on the spanish train system, renfe.
There and in France, I learned a fine lesson:
German trains suck.
DB, Deutsche Bahn, is one of the worst logistic company, I can imagine..compared to those two.
Always crowded, very expensive, bad service.
Trains delayed for hours.
Broken tracks, so hgh speed trains, like ICE, have to slow down.
This is Deutsche Bahn compared to other european countrys:
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