Deutsche Bahn currently has little to smile about when it comes to punctual trains. Extreme delays are supposedly even limited. However, this is no reason to be happy, as a closer look at the current DB data shows.
Deutsche Bahn is doing poorly: punctuality is becoming a distant prospect
Deutsche Bahn’s long-distance trains are currently farther away from being punctual than ever before. While you can still be lucky on some routes, things look bleak on many connections. The Union faction wanted to know more about how dark.
The answer from the responsible Federal Ministry of Transport shows that 2023 is only 2.4 percent of stops were 60 minutes or longer late were achieved. That this no reason to celebrate The other delay times clearly show this: delays of between 30 and 60 minutes occurred at 8.6 percent of the stops (source: n-tv).
To smaller ones Delays of more than 15 minutes This happened to everyone last year 18.3 percent of stops in DB long-distance transport. This includes connections with both IC and ICE trains. Overall, DB currently has a punctuality rate of 64 percent in long-distance train journeys.
Punctuality is not only looking worse in long-distance transport:
However, only stops that are reached at least 6 minutes later than stated in the timetable are counted as late. The DB considers everything under 5:59 minutes to be on time. One can only speculate as to how the punctuality evaluation would turn out with stricter rules.
According to the Federal Ministry, DB carried out an average of 823 long-distance journeys per day in 2023. 7,372 scheduled stops were made every day. If you enter the punctuality information here, Every day around 1,349 stops are reached more than 15 minutes late.
There is no train connection: you should become active yourself after 20 minutes
What matters for customers is how much more than 15 minutes the delay is. Because from 20 minutes (expected delay at the destination) the DB train connection no longer applies. So if trains are that late, customers can use another connection with the ticket they have already paid for that will take them to their destination. It doesn’t depend on the type of train; for example, you can also travel on the ICE even though you originally had an IC ticket.
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