[chironjit]

Upvoting and confirming your experience. Lots of commenters here sound like they haven't used the network.

I've only been here for a month and see why the 9 euro is so popular.

I've already experienced everything you mentioned in my short stay here

[pjmlp]

I have used the network plenty of times during the last 20 years.

Some routes that take me 30 minutes with the car, go up for 1h 30m or even 2h if I am unlucky, due to the amount of times I have to change public transport and waiting between connections.

[chironjit]

Yup, you're right. I've read several articles on this topic now and none really capture the full picture nor do they explain the issues with the existing system.

Travelling on the DB is not easy for several reasons, and even with this 9 eur ticket, it's not likely to shift very time sensitive travellers.

That said, most people would be willing to forgo that inconvenience for a price, and this ticket did that.