Washington Post Report On Germany's Bahn (Rail)

 I sat and read through the piece.  The journalist had spent a week or two in Germany this summer, and used the Bahn (railway).  So, it was pretty critical (negative).  What was said...it's not on time (roughly 40-percent of the time)....things don't work as advertised, and Germans grumble about it.

Since 1978, off and on, I've used the Bahn a good bit.  Yeah, at least a quarter of the time....it's late (but by late, I mean 15 to 20 minutes).  

The last time I really needed it to work....I had tickets to a show in Hamburg, and had booked 1st class seats out of Frankfurt....intending to get  to the hotel six hours prior to the show.   Well...the train got cancelled, and seats were near impossible on the replacement train.  They still got me there three hours prior to the show, but it was a very stressful situation.

Yeah, the toilets are broke around 10-percent of the time.

Yeah, the stations always seem to have druggies around.

Yeah, the App works but depending on how you select a ticket....it could be five different price schemes.

Yeah, the AC in summer marginally works, and in some cases....you might need to exit every 30 minutes to seek relief from the heat.

But here's the thing.....except for Japan and Switzerland.....no one else exceeds the German standards.