2025-12-19 21:00 UTC
@feliz@norden.social @chuuchuu@toot.community @vermeer@mstdn.social Nope. Germany and Switzerland have comparable population densities (especially if you account for uninhabitable mountain areas). The Swiss train network is one of the most dense in the world, and the Swiss use trains much more than e.g. Germans. We have a more resilient network, too, with replacement trains waiting at larger stations should another one fail.
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@feliz@norden.social 2025-12-19 21:49
@datacyclist@swiss.social ok - fair. The remaining difference is the number of routes and trains. With an area comparable to a single German state, Switzerland is a small country. This means shorter train journeys and therefore fewer delays due to network effects. And yes, of course it's well known that Germany has massively underinvested in rail transport in recent decades, while Switzerland easily spends five to six times as much per capita on rail.