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German travel chaos blamed on lack of investment in railways
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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It's because after privatization the DB (Deutsche Bahn) figured out that neglecting their infrastructure until it causes a crisis, causing the government to step in and pay for repairs is much cheaper (for them) than maintaining it properly in the first place.
Seriously, fuck the DB.
Fuck the idiots that had the idea that the DB should be run like a private profitoriented company. Nurture, embrace, rebuild and improve the DB.
But the first few people that could say that their quaterly numbers were so much better argued that their quaterly numbers were so much better! How could you argue with capitalism?
I read somewhere that they prioritised cargo trains over passenger trains anyway when it comes to delays and service reliability.
Besides, what else? There is only one railway network and you gotta use it anyway no matter how trashy it gets.
They don't even need to compete for passengers.
I think passenger trains generally have priority over cargo, but on the main "paths" they have a separate set of rails anyway.
Depends per line and train I think, some tiny local passenger train is always last in line.
Are you seriously arguing that infrastructure shouldn't be privatised while usage of said infrastructure could very well be?
Butterfly meme: is this socialism?
Yes.
As an example, let me introduce you to the concept of: roadways.
And even then, I don't know if a public service like public transportation should even be entirely private.
The EU says it must become that. That's why in most countries at least the infrastructure building and maintenance got separated from the company running the trains, as a first step towards privatisation. Look at Britain for how more privatisation will not offer better service for better prices.