Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights
by bnt on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:34AM
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Also, trains in the Netherlands are highly unreliable with regular unplanned shutdowns (due to natural factors like heavy rain or human factors like high suicide rates by jumping infront of trains). Also, commuters tend to be too comfortable (taking off their shoes, talking loudly on the phone or messy eating).
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Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights
by Carpetsmoker on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:44AM
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Internationally speaking, trains in Netherlands are pretty good IMO. Dutch people love to complain about it because we're sticklers for being on time, but if you compare internationally Dutch trains really aren't so bad.
Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights
by inferiorhuman on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:24PM
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Internationally speaking, trains in Netherlands are pretty good IMO. Dutch people love to complain about it because we're sticklers for being on time, but if you compare internationally Dutch trains really aren't so bad.
Are you suggesting that Germans and French don't enjoy a good complaint?
Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights
by himlion on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:45AM
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Dutch trains are actually highly punctual, especially when you consider how many people they are transporting.
Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights
by Fronzie on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:46AM
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In the one or two decades after privatizing the formerly state-owned passenger service things were bad.
Nowadays, the backlog in maintenance seems to be sorted out and things run generally well again. Although I still plan a half hour safety margin when traveling to schiphol airport by train.
Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights
by Jaxan on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:53AM
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I recently moved to Germany. And I really miss the Dutch trains. They are so much more in time than here in Germany.
Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights
by DeusExMachina on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:39AM
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Man, I come from Italy and I have been living in Amsterdam for ten years now and I can assure you that the "unreliability" of Dutch trains is nothing compared to the constant huge delays and cancellations of Italian railways.
Sure, there might be room for improvement in some areas, but Dutch trains are the third most punctual in the world, after Japan and Switzerland: https://www.railtech.com/policy/2019/01/03/dutch-passenger-t...