[kstenerud]

> DB is better than it's reputation.

No way. I use DB quite often, and its bad reputation is well deserved. Traveling Cologne <-> Leipzig I don't think I've ever had a train that was less than 20 minutes late, and since the beginning of the year, I've had two trains cancelled on me (with no compensation for the reserved seats) and two missed connections. Polish trains used to be a joke in comparison, but not anymore.

Just in the past 4 years things have gone from tolerably bad to really bad. Even Ukrainian trains operate better (personal experience), and they're dealing with Russians knocking out their infrastructure each day.

[bookaway]

Seconded by someone on the opposite spectrum, who has had to deal with the fallout from people who use DB pretty rarely. Just last week a couple of them flew into the country and decided to take DB (after being forewarned of the risks) from two different cities to same destination (not a Euros 2024 hotspot destination). Both randomly canceled and missed wedding reception.