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 eigenspace on Saturday December 13, 2025 @01:52PM (#46256916)

Those numbers are pretty much irrelevant. Canadians arent evenly distributed throughout the country (nor throughout Ontario. That province is empty other than a tiny corner of it), the overwhelming majority of them live in a few areas that are quite population dense (i.e. metro-Vancouver area, Edmonton/Calgary axis, and the corridor from Toronto to Montreal.

Besides, Canada used to have a much more extensive train network back in early 1900s when the population was a tenth of what it is now.

Canada could have functioning train networks if we wanted them.

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Re:Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did... by spooky_action on Saturday December 13, 2025 @08:33PM (#46260044)

Naive question, why are Canadians more poorly connected by rail than they were at the beginning of the 20th century?

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Re:Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did... by eigenspace on Sunday December 14, 2025 @06:25AM (#46262315)

Rail networks are no longer a government priority in Canada because of planes and cars. We've kept some of the rail tracks, but theyre mostly just used for freight transport, not for people.

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