Comment on UK train operator nationalised by government after 30 years of privatisation
zwerg@feddit.org 21 hours agoI regularly use both. British trains are much worse than DB. Thats not to say DB as great, but there is at least a high speed network. The UK has… St Pancras to Folkestone, about 100km. Oh, and large parts of it aren’t high speed at all.
DB is also much clearer about engineering work (of which there is a lot at the moment…), recent experience landing at Stanstead suggest its a pot luck whether there will be a train or a chaotic bus replaceme service. The fractured nature of the British system really doesn’t help - where do I even go to check the status when there are so many operators. Who even operates that line?
Okay, that actually sounds worse. As someone who’s had to put up with DB’s unspeakable delays quite often lately, I wouldn’t have thought it could get any worse.
It just occurred to me that Italia is set to join us soon as another private operator on the prime routes. Hopefully, we won’t have to deal with the same operational chaos as you do (on top of the crumbling infrastructure).
In any case, have a great day (and a smooth trip next time)!
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
Service notices for the whole network can be found at nationalrail.co.uk