The tech start-up “Chuuchuu” has analyzed more than 17.3 million train journeys in Europe for the year 2025. The result: the delays added up to a total waiting time of almost 136 years. Germany’s trains are at the bottom of the rankings.
Hang on…
17.3 million train journeys
136 years / 17.3 million journeys = 4.13 minutes per journey.
It’s not anecdotal fallacy if the study you linked to shows that Amsterdam -> Brussels would be a train between the 2nd and 3rd less delayed countries at 93-88% of trains on time.
And I don’t see Spain in that list which is the other country mentioned.
Germany is known to have a shit train system, which brings the European average down by a lot. That doesn’t mean that your European train will be delayed. If you don’t touch a German (and apparently, italian) train, your experience will be way better than the average.
Since we are going by our experience, I’ll tell you that I recently took a train from Stockholm to Copenhagen and it was nearly 30min late. Not only that but the conductor was short on time for stops and left several passengers stranded due to station overrun. I was one of them.
I don’t understand wanting to try to convince people that the trains are without fault and completely reliable. Not only is it untrue, it’s also a dangerous precedent to set. We should expect them to be on time more often. It’s a service that is paid for and the train lines don’t always hold up their end of the deal.
This is what we call an anecdotal fallacy. I’m glad the trains ran well for you. They do not on average. Have a gander online if you don’t believe me.
https://www.falstaff.com/en/news/sad-result-europes-trains-are-delayed-by-a-total-of-136-years#google_vignette
Gee, 136 years, that’s a lot. Let’s see:
Hang on…
136 years / 17.3 million journeys = 4.13 minutes per journey.
What is that fallacy called?
It’s not anecdotal fallacy if the study you linked to shows that Amsterdam -> Brussels would be a train between the 2nd and 3rd less delayed countries at 93-88% of trains on time.
And I don’t see Spain in that list which is the other country mentioned.
Germany is known to have a shit train system, which brings the European average down by a lot. That doesn’t mean that your European train will be delayed. If you don’t touch a German (and apparently, italian) train, your experience will be way better than the average.
Since we are going by our experience, I’ll tell you that I recently took a train from Stockholm to Copenhagen and it was nearly 30min late. Not only that but the conductor was short on time for stops and left several passengers stranded due to station overrun. I was one of them.
I don’t understand wanting to try to convince people that the trains are without fault and completely reliable. Not only is it untrue, it’s also a dangerous precedent to set. We should expect them to be on time more often. It’s a service that is paid for and the train lines don’t always hold up their end of the deal.
We are not going by our experience. I explicitly used the numbers that appear in the link you provided.