Contrary to popular opinion, Germany's state rail service has never been very good at its job. Poor service is a feature rather than a bug of the country's state-managed train network.
In a densely populated country with 80 million population rail companies should always be in profit. If it’s not in profit, then the business structure has a problem. Japan’s JR is in profit, but of course, they have a different kind of business structure, a diverse one. Maybe the JR model would be a solution for DB.
I couldn’t imagine having to just get around by car. When people quote Autobahn costs they never talk about where these cars are going to park in cities.
In a densely populated country with 80 million population rail companies should always be in profit. If it’s not in profit, then the business structure has a problem. Japan’s JR is in profit, but of course, they have a different kind of business structure, a diverse one. Maybe the JR model would be a solution for DB.
I couldn’t imagine having to just get around by car. When people quote Autobahn costs they never talk about where these cars are going to park in cities.