One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per month

Re:One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per m... by drowsspa on Sunday March 05, 2023 @10:33AM (#35030467)

I mean, yes? It must be infuriating to see a bus artificially stopping just to get the exact schedule. Of course the starting from the first station it should leave on time, but on intermediate stations I find it pretty ok to be a couple of minutes off.

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Re:One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per m... by konha on Sunday March 05, 2023 @11:07AM (#35030815)

Great. So now you miss the bus when you arrive at the stop on time and have to wait for the next one. (Matters less when the next one arrives a couple of minutes later of course.) Route planning in congested cities is a complex problem and following a schedule as close as possible is one of the ways to ensure you can do any kind of route planning involving a change of line.

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Re:One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per m... by drowsspa on Sunday March 05, 2023 @12:03PM (#35031468)

Would buses be arriving 20 minutes earlier otherwise? I'd very much rather arrive at the station a little earlier than knowing I could already be at my destination if it weren't for these artificial punctuality stops.

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Re:One rail ticket for all cities in Germany – 49 euro per m... by anticensor on Sunday March 05, 2023 @04:09PM (#35033949)

No, you just turn up 20 minutes earlier and take the previous bus instead.

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