Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad?

Re:Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did... by dmix on Saturday December 13, 2025 @09:00AM (#46254544)

So you’d pay roughly $40 in tax to fill a sedan in Germany vs $7 in America at 15 gallons?

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Re:Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did... by naian on Saturday December 13, 2025 @09:08AM (#46254599)

Not sure about Germany but in Spain tax on petrol is 44%. At current prices for petrol (1.3€/l) you need to pay around 78€ to fill a sedan (assuming 60 litre deposit) of which 34.3€ will go to the government.

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Re:Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did... by wiredfool on Saturday December 13, 2025 @09:30AM (#46254751)

Damn. We're at 1.80 here and I just spent 105 eur. Now, that did go 800km in a 7 seat people mover...

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Re:Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did... by bombcar on Saturday December 13, 2025 @10:02AM (#46254994)

Cars and minivans get very very competitive if you are running them full most of the time.

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Re:Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did... by usrusr on Saturday December 13, 2025 @02:21PM (#46257112)

(*) certain two seater cars not included

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