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It's getting worse year by year. In 2018, 71% of trains arrive on time. In 2025, it became 58% (lemmy.world)
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[–] 22 points 2 months ago (4 children)

They figured out a loophole to improve the statistics: a train can't be late if it never arrives.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Check out the french way: trains regularly 5-15 minutes late? Just add 20 minutes to the arrival time.

    It does work through 😁

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    In Wellington, NZ is the busses and trains are often late, but they run every 5-20 mins and they have electronic boards telling you when they are estimated to arrive based on real time tracking, so it's not a big deal when you can just show up and one won't be far away.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    We got that on busses too, but the trains I was referring to are like 2h trains that go 500km.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Ah right. Yeah we don't have a lot those, we have a hub and spoke system of commuter trains, with gaps filled with busses.

    Wellington is services by a couple of weekday trains from neighbouring cities, that are each approx 2 hours away (slow ones, travelling around 150km distance in that time). Of those trains, one only runs once a day and not at all on weekend, and the other is only like 4 a day and 2 on weekends. Intercity rail is not that good here. You can get Wellington<->Auckland (two biggest cities) but it's priced for tourists not commuters (goes pasts mountains etc). Plus is a whole day's travel, we don't have fast trains.

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