Road Trip: USA 🇺🇸 v. Germany 🇩🇪 #livingingermany #germanyvsusa #deutschebahn #highspeedtrain

[LeoN-ociv]

In Germany we say: Das "P" in Deutsche Bahn steht für Pünktlichkeit.

[swearimnotarobot]

The older I get, the more I understand why people love trains sm

[mmXxx]

It's beautiful when a country actively encourages public transportation and makes it efficient and pleasant.

[nickkonzen]

trains in germany are actually pretty expensive compared to other countries in Europe.
Also they are often delayed

[C_Eliz]

I went to Scotland on my honeymoon and we just used trains the whole time. It was a really cool experience. You can nap and snacks and tea are brought around. There were lots of families with little ones that would sleep peacefully in their parents laps or would climb around. I wish we had more of those in the US

[chaislaw]

meanwhile all the other German content creators absolutely roastin DB for the terrible delays and platform switches....(still better than slot of places I kno.)

[andij]

We are Canadian and my daughter is doing a semester of Uni in Italy. She is absolutely loving the trains.

[SvengelskaBlondie]

Trains are quite wonderful, only really bad is that here in Sweden they normally cost twice as much as the same bus trip. If you are really lucky, you can pay 8 Euro from my town to Gothenburg, ive seldom seen train tickets go for less than 15 Euro for the same trip.

Edit: Decided to check the price differences between a bus and a train from where I live to Stockholm. Cheapest train was over 30 Euro, cheapest bus was 17 Euro. Most expensive train ticket was 110 Euro, that's for second class.

Edit2: almost forgot, the price check was for a trip around one week in advance. Needless to say, the further in advance you book, the cheaper it tends to get.

[melanieluckhoff]

I'm afraid it's not that great in Germany either. It may be fast to take a direct express train from main station to main station e.g. from Cologne to Berlin. But the whole journay usually has way more steps than that. Besides, booking trains spontaneously is very expensive.

[jolilah]

Okay yes, public transport is great but not in Germany. I'm German. Yes you can get on a high speed train, they're usually on time, but you have to book a seat or you might have to stand for 6 h, it is expensive, if you get the cheap ticket and you miss your train (bc they randomly changed the platform last minute or whatever) you can't take the next one and then you have to buy a new ticket. I regularly spend more than 200€ per ticket for a 4-6 h ride. Really, there's a lot of work we have to do to improve public transportation in Germany. I get it's better than in the US but it's the bare minimum. Don't even get me started on having to get to work by train every day. Just putting this here because most Germans really hate Deutsche Bahn and for a reason

[codyvanderzwaag]

For some reason this one just hit me as the funniest

[NaS]

I’ve taken a train one time in my life, from in south central PA in to Baltimore Maryland with my uncle and cousins for a day trip to the aquarium. Best day of my life.

[utah]

We have an urban express train now in Utah. Makes perfect sense, since most of the population lives in a string shaped area. Took a while, but people love it now.

[j.a.]

75? That's incredibly low....
But I love travelling by train too, it is like being chauffeured around and you are not completely exhausted when you arrive at your destination.

[Joshinken]

I miss those blissful 3 months when it 9€ to go anywhere in the country for an entire month

[johnstewman]

i do miss the train trips from my time in Germany.

[adamblakeslee]

Train is by far the best way to travel.

[gcook]

If I had this in the US, I'd go visit family a lot more often.

My sister lives about 10-11 hours by car from me and its either drive that ($300-400 round trip in gas, food, and tolls), or flying ($300 round trip per person and about 4-6 hours depending on layovers, delays, checking in, etc.)

[OlafJorigson]

Not been using trains much in past. Now I did 2 trips in 3 months with high speed trains and night trains and I am hooked. Love them.

[katalinelo]

I need to travel Vienna-Munich soon, its about 100€ one-way with DB/ÖBB. High-speed train, about 5.5 hours. Probably still cheaper than by car but still, it is expensive. DB is one of the most expensive train services I know. I still prefer trains for the convenience though, you can get up to stretch your legs, eat, drink, go to the toilet whenever you want.