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[–] Melchior@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

And the only decent solution would be to build a lot more track, to meet the rise in demand from both passengers and freight. That is going to take over a decade to fix.

The main problem, as stated in the article, is not in tact infrastructure, that causes problems. Since the DB killed of a lot of tracks there are also no alternative routes for trains.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

4 tracks everywhere is critical

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I disagree, but I'd like to understand your reasoning.

My experience in this last year has me thinking we need fewer passenger trains, run at a slightly longer internal. Not a single train I took was on time or at full capacity, though there were a great number of options.

[–] SeriousLemon@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I guess it heavily depends on where you live. The majority of trans I took were packed, up to the point I sometimes couldn’t even enter the train and had to wait for the next one (this of course being local trains, not the long range ones).

It is also very difficult to reach your destination if it isn’t on one line. And even if it is, it’s sometimes problematic.

I also do believe that the long range trains tend to be empty due to their price. A lot of people dont use them for relations that could be reached with regional trains, simply due to cost. Even when travelling with (overly full) regional trains takes 3-4 times longer and requires 2-3 train changes.

If you are two people traveling from south to central germany you have to give two kidneys and your firstborn child for the return trip.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I guess I was speaking of my raven my experience going from Hamburg to Karlsruhe to Frankfurt. 3 cancelled trains, 1 severely delayed, 1 delayed by >20 minutes.

[–] Melchior@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago

Passenger numbers more the doubled in the last 20years. The biggest one is regional transport, which already uses double decker trains in most cases. So to increase capacity you need to make them longer. That however requires longer platforms as well.

Also if you want to change trains, the operator is generally trying to have different trains arrive and leave at roughly the same time, so passengers do not have to wait too long. Obviously that means you need the tracks for that as well.