[calmoo]

When people talk about Deutsche Bahn being unreliable, they are talking about the cross-country regional / ICE network, not city rail (S-Bahn etc in Berlin, Hamburg are frequent and pretty reliable).

You may have had a good experience here in Germany as a tourist, but it's simply not reality. Trains are not reliably on time here these days, and it's a huge problem.

I do not doubt the DART is unreliable in Dublin, the buses are just as bad (I moved to Germany from Dublin a little over a year ago). I know it's a bit apples to oranges comparison between Germany and Ireland, but I can assure you, it is bad here in Germany currently!

[mcluck]

Ah, that changes things. I haven't ridden the cross-country trains there much. Thanks for the clarification

[calmoo]

No worries. The city transport here in Germany is on another level, incredibly efficient and reliable, I agree there!