American here - I recently started taking the train to go to work! Previously I couldn’t due to no trains scheduled for the return home trip after my shift was over, but after getting a new schedule, I got on board the train! So far in the past two months, I’ve already had a few instances of the train being delayed or missing it entirely. One day, the train was delayed by 30 minutes and stated they would be held for an unknown amount of time to put out a fire on the tracks at a station ahead - drove into work that day. Another day, the train was delayed by 5 minutes. Outside of that, I was late to the train by like 5 minutes and it left without me (still adjusting to early morning schedule).

So far, I like taking the train much more than driving the car.

You clearly havent heard of swedish trains.

The railroad here is a bad joke at this point, mainly due to shutting down the organization that was responsible for maintainence and shoving it into another agency that has no clue. As a bonus the new agency doesn’t even do the repair work themselves but hires contractors at the lowest bidder. So stuff breaks constantly, which causes delays.

At this point just getting the rail network to “normal” standards would cost billions. Let alone expanding it to cope with current traffic levels.

You haven’t seen Croatian rail then ;)

Me When My metro train (Santiago) doesn’t immediately arrive as soon as i touch the platform.

Which eu countries? Most of eu countries are on second meme

So that’s what a train looks like

It’s funny, but after traveling around Europe, I’ve learned one important lesson: avoid booking flights with short layovers! If the transfer time is less than 3-4 hours, you’re playing a risky game. Delays happen more often than you’d think, and in some cases, flights get pushed to the next day due to ‘bad weather’ (or other mysterious reasons). Better to have a buffer than to get stuck at the airport overnight!

Deutsch Bahn would like a word.

I often take my car because it’s so damn unreliable.

Not once, not twice, but three times I’ve sat on a train for 2+ hours without moving within the past 2 years.

Wait until you hear about German trains.

I’m literally riding the Shinkansen in Japan right now as I come across this meme.

Portugal is in America 😂😂😂😂😂 and it’s gotten way worse since the pandemic

no fast railways in the US at all, hyperloop delayed cali long enough til trump was able to stop it in his first term. it would solve alot of employment locaitons issues like biotech, and tech hubs. which are situated outside of major freeways and highways and major metro areas, even cars have a trouble navigating to.

Although there are many improvements to be made, like international euro rail connecting the capitals, better prices, a reliable DB and most importantly EU standard track system, I love our euro rails.

But I’ve gotta confess, the fact the US train is called Marc is kinda cool.

“Hey, I wonder where Marc is. Is he coming?”

“Nah men, Marc is completely derailed again. He burned down an entire town and he’s toxic AF.”

Japanese transit users: “Don’t worry, we can grab the next one. It will be here in 48 seconds.”

…that’s the shanghai maglev

edit: it was built by siemens though, so get a few euro wank points.