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I think there's two factors playing into this:

first, Germany has had a high level of sefvice quality with trains for the last 15 years, compared to much of the world, there's little to improve

and second, DB had become a HUGE holding company of many kinds of business endeavours and rail service is not in the states hand anymore, while the company "optimizes" for profit which makes travel aside of high traffic routes become worse and worse and coverage deteriorates.



> the company "optimizes" for profit

Well, if my single unit of university economics taught me anything, its that you have produced the most efficient possible rail system and Germans are getting exactly what they want. Congratulations!




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