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Most of the time, Germans complain about the wrong things (e.g. their postal system, which is outstanding).

The trains suck a little bit. But this is mainly caused by two reasons:

1. Years of under-investment

2. No separation between bullet trains and freight trains (compare to China!)

1 can be solved over time. Point 2 is trickier. In general there is some but not enough fantasy. I would suggest:

a) more investments

b) several bullet trains connecting Europe.

c) more sleeper trains

d) self coupling trains.

Yes, you can go from Frankfurt to Paris in the same train. But why not from Warsaw to Madrid? With self coupling cars this might be feasible.

OT: This is interesting for freight. https://www.cargobeamer.com/




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