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There is no such thing. Most things in Germany generally are delayed. Wether it's construction projects, really ANY construction from an autobahn local repair to a house to large projects like BER airport or Stuttgart 21 or Zweite Stammstrecke in Munich to literally every Deutsche Bahn ride.

I've been on a Deutsche Bahn train for the first time in two decades when I visited Germany again last week. I had a short regional connection on an Regional Express train (RE) to make it to the 'high speed' ICE train. The RE train was 56 mins delayed or my generous 24 min connection. So I had to be driven by car instead to make it. The ICE 'high speed' train never hit more than 160kph and that only for minutes. A long time it was slowly creeping along at 40-50kph. My (on-time departure) 2 hour ICE train got me into Frankfurt 28 minutes late.

The air conditioning was too weak. The train (1st class) was extremely overbooked. People walked through the aisle continuously to try to grab a seat from someone. The noise level as defeaning (even with noise cancelling Bose) and the service was well... not in service. Food that was advertised couldn't be ordered. The internet connection via WiFI wasn't working either.

Hopeless. Next time I visit the country I'll rent a car again.