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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

The European country where trains are even less punctual than the UK’s

German intercity trains are less punctual than even the worst operator in Britain, a new analysis has revealed – despite the German chancellor mocking Britain for its “broken tracks and bad trains”.

Last week, Olaf Scholz dismissed a suggestion of privatising the country’s rail system during a snap election debate, stating that it would “end as badly as in England, where nothing works any more”.

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