There was an interesting short story on ZDF (public TV, Channel Two) this morning....talking over the on-time schedule of German trains.
In relationship with the S-Bahn system (the inner-city railway system across the country).....they are now considered on-time at a 90-percent level. The standard to be 'late'? If you arrive six minutes or more....it's certified as 'late'.
They even pointed out that Rostock (in the far NE) ran a 99-percent level of being on time.
One of the side notes that ZDF pointed out.....roughly 9-billion Euro a year flows into the Bahn system, on top of ticket sales.....to continue safety, rail improvement and reliability programs.
This is one of the major positives of living in a metropolitan area of Germany....the subway and rapid-rail system actually does work, and it's awful rare that a accident occurs.
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