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[–] zout@fedia.io 130 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

As a European I have to say, you are very optimistic about our train schedules.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 64 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

The blind hope that somewhere in this world there is a functioning public transit system is all that keep me going some days. Let me have this

[–] iii@mander.xyz 43 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 35 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Switzerland is pretty good at well with trains.

[–] abcd@feddit.org 11 points 4 hours ago (1 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)

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Haha, DB also does this with foreign delays. I've been in a German train starting in Amsterdam that left 5 mins late - they mentioned it at every stop until Munich.

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[–] 30p87@feddit.org 8 points 4 hours ago

A swiss train operator excused the 30 sec delay

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

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's still more trains than in the US

[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 17 points 7 hours 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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[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 7 points 5 hours ago

Ukraine wasn't completely horrible... before 2022 :(

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[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 18 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If you're German, RIP in peace.

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[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

As an American, this is exactly correct. The last time I tried to take Amtrak the train literally did not show up and they told us they had no way to contact it and didn't know where it was. After waiting many hours with no change in status I finally gave up. The last time I actually rode Amtrak it was multiple hours late and cost about the same as a plane ticket.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 6 points 5 hours ago

But, I bet the train didn't fall apart in air, and didn't crash because of overwhelmed ATC

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[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 hours ago

Peak moments of MÁV (Hungarian State Railways)

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 57 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Wait, you guys have trains?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 30 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Wait, you guys have trains?

Depending on whether the stars are right. Or whether you need to cross the tracks - there's always one when you need to cross the tracks.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 16 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

there's always one when you need to cross the tracks.

This, but you ever notice that it's pretty much never passenger trains? This efficient mode of transportation is largely designed for and used by industry rather than for travel or commute. The exception is within big enough cities like DC and NYC to get from one side of the city to the other or anywhere between. Sure there are some trains that go between cities, but they're largely unreliable because passenger cars yield to industrial freight, and so people are less inclined to opt for them over planes or cars, and so there are fewer trains available to go wherever you're going in the window you're trying to go. So you book a flight instead.

I'd take a long train ride over a road trip any fucking day. I don't understand anybody who would rather drive than chill and read a book or play games or watch movies or nap.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 16 points 7 hours ago

This, but you ever notice that it’s pretty much never passenger trains? This efficient mode of transportation is largely designed for and used by industry rather than for travel or commute.

Yet massive amounts of goods are shipped long-distance via truck anyway, clogging up highways and polluting far more per-ton and per-mile moved.

Truly the worst of both worlds! USA! USA! USA!

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[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Got it, always cross the tracks

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Stand on the tracks to summon the train.

[–] drew_belloc@programming.dev 7 points 7 hours ago

The train needs a human sacrifice

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 14 points 7 hours ago

Oh yeah, we have so many trains. They go everywhere, we have a very comprehensive network of them

Oh wait... Did you mean passenger trains?

[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

We have trains that have lethal derailments every year or so.

[–] Rookeh@startrek.website 47 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I think you may have Europe confused with Japan.

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[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 45 points 5 hours ago (4 children)

As an American, I don't have access to trains, buses, bike lanes, sidewalks or even a shoulder on the road. The last time I tried to walk home from the tire shop two miles away, three people stopped to offer me a ride because it is that dangerous. I live inside the 275 loop that runs around Cincinnati.

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 31 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Yeah, my “Public Transit” option on google maps is entirely greyed out. This is my daily commute to work:

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It’s always entertaining to see the Europeans go “lol just ditch your car, it has to start somewhere” like it wouldn’t require me to move my entire family across town, (and pay 3x as much rent to live in the city…) Like I don’t even have the option of taking public transit, because there are no connecting lines between my home and my job. Literally none. The nearest bus stop is almost as far away as my job, and it’s in the opposite direction.

And to be clear, that 2+ hour walk would be on a highway with no sidewalk. I’d be dead on day 1. If I wanted to avoid the highway, the walk would be closer to 4.5 hours; The highway is the only direct path.

[–] Retrograde@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That's so sad that it's just greyed out lol. Even google maps is like, nah you're fucked dude

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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 35 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Japanese transit users: "Don't worry, we can grab the next one. It will be here in 48 seconds."

[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 2 hours ago (2 children)
[–] Cort@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

We deeply apologize that it took the train 49 seconds to arrive. We have prepared notes for your boss in case you're late, and there will be a half page ad in tomorrow's paper confirming our CEO has committed seppuku to atone.

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[–] RQG@lemmy.world 34 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Deutsche Bahn has entered the chat.

[–] jellyfishhunter@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

As a DB user: "ha!"

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[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 21 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (5 children)

It's not like a BMW is more reliable.

[–] Addition@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Every BMW comes with a complimentary jar of blue electrical smoke. 💨

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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, but you can be stuck in traffic in your BMW without needing to interact with the poors!

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[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Where is this magical European place with trains that are only .5sec delayed? Our public transit authority considers train "on time" if they're no more than 20min late...and still, less than 80% of trains are "on time"...

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[–] FossilVerbrechen@lemm.ee 21 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

I am here to represent the germans. The country where the only thing we agree about is, how fucking shit our trains are

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[–] privsecfoss@feddit.dk 19 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

The problem with trains is they are public (under)founded. The rich and powerfull with political influence don't want working public transportation because less carsales, oil, gasoline etc.

Which explains why Musk prevented a high speed train in the US with his hyperloop. We all need to buy EV"s which have most of the downsides of traditional cars.

When we could have clean, fast and comfortable public transportation.

EDIT: Spelling.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

That's not a problem with trains; that's a problem with the rich and powerful having political influence.

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[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I thought authoritarianism was supposed to at least make the trains run on time. Or maybe the dictator will just edit train schedules with his sharpie if anybody dares to ask.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 20 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

The origin of that saying, the trains in Fascist Italy, were basically never on time. But the fascist government put great effort into telling people that, at long last, they were running on time, so it stuck.

Narratives dig deeper into cultural consciousness than reality itself.

[–] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 12 points 7 hours ago

So it'll be the sharpie then.

[–] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

...that's the shanghai maglev

edit: it was built by siemens though, so get a few euro wank points.

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

American't build a railway system worth a damn.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We already did!…And then we tore it down to make our interstate highway system. Any remaining tracks turn into museum exhibits we call “rail trails”.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Asetru@feddit.org 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Man, I wish we had a working maglev train over here.

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