Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: After Olaf Scholz mocked Britain's trains, the FT looked at the data & concludes ...
After Olaf Scholz mocked Britain's trains, the FT looked at the data & concludes while the British train system is hardly a model of punctuality, its not as bad as the German system.
This is partly due to lower per-capita investment: €215 per person in Britain, but only €115 in Germany in 2023, leading to an even worse maintenance backlog than in Britain.
Neither system is doing that well, but some will seek solace from Germany (with a reputation for great engineering) doing worse!
#railways
Published at
2025-02-19 06:51:38Event JSON
{
"id": "8021fe02b84e99fd5a9572e308d28f492d6c74ba5722f272cc70c07d76d01245",
"pubkey": "505c52e214eea5a1d344ea4cb8d2923de27bddda4de2277277914bb8a1919a5b",
"created_at": 1739947898,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"imeta",
"url https://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/029/199/921/908/556/original/0e46a84e09a0ecfe.png",
"m image/png"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/114029225488545677",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"railways"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/114029225488545677",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/114029225488545677",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "After Olaf Scholz mocked Britain's trains, the FT looked at the data \u0026 concludes while the British train system is hardly a model of punctuality, its not as bad as the German system.\n\nThis is partly due to lower per-capita investment: €215 per person in Britain, but only €115 in Germany in 2023, leading to an even worse maintenance backlog than in Britain.\n\nNeither system is doing that well, but some will seek solace from Germany (with a reputation for great engineering) doing worse!\n\n#railways\nhttps://cdn.masto.host/zirkus/media_attachments/files/114/029/199/921/908/556/original/0e46a84e09a0ecfe.png\n",
"sig": "ce4938f927b3face8c687b2aa349113920a2ffbd5eea5bafbd2905733e8d3da3d5ac497cd6716bf8ab02ca9775eab07bcd1bf8ae1ed581320abb10d7dcd704e9"
}
