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When I traveled to Europe last month for a summer rail adventure, I knew to allow plenty of time for delays.
I learned that lesson two years ago on a similar journey, when one of my trips on the state-owned German railroad Deutsche Bahn was hours late.
What I wasn’t expecting was a DB train that didn’t run at all — with no warning and zero customer support.
The hypocritical message: We want you to take the train instead of driving or flying, but we’ll make you miserable in the process.
During my previous trip, in 2024, a four-hour ride from Cologne to Hamburg turned into a meandering seven-hour journey beset with unexplained detours.
Continue reading the entire piece here at the New York Post
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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a contributing opinion writer at the New York Times.