Your favorite delay?

[K9 Kai Niggemann]

On 07.04.2011, at 23:45, Peter Korsten wrote:

> Op 7-4-2011 13:13, K9 Kai Niggemann schreef:
> 
>> Really? Nothing beats Deutsche Bahn (German Rail), when it comes to those kind of delays...
> 
> Once, we travelled by train from Heerlen (the Netherlands) to Cologne 
> (Köln), change trains in Aachen.
> 
> On the way back, our train was so much delayed, that we'd surely missed 
> the connecting train back to the Netherlands, if it weren't for the fact 
> that that one was delayed as well.


The good thing is that now at least you get your money back. or 50% anyway, if you are more than an hour late on arrival (!)


> 
> In fact, the only train of the four that left on time was the one from 
> Heerlen to Aachen, and the engineer was Dutch.
> 
> For some reason, people think that because Germans make good-quality 
> stuff, their trains run on time as well. This is not the case. The 
> Baureihe 120 locomotive is a milestone, and a testament to what good, 

you know too much about locomotives! ;)


> solid engineering can accomplish - but they cannot make it run on time.
> 
> But I have to deny your claim: the most delayed public transport in 
> Europe is the bus system in Malta. Once, I waited for at least an hour 
> for a bus that is supposed to run every 10 or 15 minutes. This was 
> during rush hour in the morning.

I also remember hearing amazing stories about the rail system in Italy. In Germany train schedules are posted with times like: "arrival 10:02, departure 10.05" -- in Italy this is the just called "the 9:30 train" (in Germany it usually ends up being the 10:20 train, with some exceptions in both directions...)


> 
> Now, Arriva is taking over in July, and everything is supposed to be 
> perfect after that.

Arriva? sounds like they are nuclear powered busses? oh, sorry thinking of Areva here..;-)

But I guess they arrive, eventually. or that's what the name should imply?

;)

Kai



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