As a European I have to say, you are very optimistic about our train schedules.
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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
Tokyo I've heard. For sure not Europe. Halve of the scheduled trains didn't run today in Belgium.
Switzerland is pretty good at well with trains.
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)
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.
They were just happy it wasn't them for once.
A swiss train operator excused the 30 sec delay
The german trains measure delays in 5 minutes intervals, everything under 5 minutes in punctual.
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That's still more trains than in the US
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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Ukraine wasn't completely horrible... before 2022 :(
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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.
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Peak moments of MÁV (Hungarian State Railways)
- Soviet tractor overtakes train (2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5wkW1nKfJY
- Man in snail costume outruns train (2018): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WAY1sFM6yQ
- Passengers pushing the train to the station (2021): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bNUWNxt-lyg
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Japanese transit users: "Don't worry, we can grab the next one. It will be here in 48 seconds."
"in precisely 48 seconds"
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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Wait, you guys have trains?
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.
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.
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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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?
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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.
Yeah, my “Public Transit” option on google maps is entirely greyed out. This is my daily commute to work:
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.
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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...that's the shanghai maglev
edit: it was built by siemens though, so get a few euro wank points.
Although there are many improvements to be made, like international euro rail connecting the capitals, better prices, a reliable DB and most importantly EU standard track system, I love our euro rails.
But I've gotta confess, the fact the US train is called Marc is kinda cool.
"Hey, I wonder where Marc is. Is he coming?"
"Nah men, Marc is completely derailed again. He burned down an entire town and he's toxic AF."
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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.
That's not a problem with trains; that's a problem with the rich and powerful having political influence.
Which is why he ~~prevented~~ delayed a high speed train in the US. To my knowledge, they are still constructing it.
Just checked: it's still underway. 119 miles currently under construction. From Bakersfield to Madera, with most of the rail near Madera completed.
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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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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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It's not like a BMW is more reliable.
Yeah, but you can be stuck in traffic in your BMW without needing to interact with the poors!
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As an American living in a region with halfway decent (by American standards) public transit, I feel like I hear more comments aligned with the European side than the American side. If public transit has literally any downsides, that's justification enough to drive for so many people.
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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.
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.
So it'll be the sharpie then.
American public transit varies widely, ranging from better than driving to comically horrible.
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