Last I checked there were also some important connections that had been damaged by trucks this year, e.g. the one in Frankfurt between the south and the main station.
It’s not just the railway. Munich Airport canceled all flights because of an ice storm. Roads throughout Bavaria are blocked due to fallen trees as well as snow/ice that hasn’t been removed yet.
Bavaria’s infrastructure as a whole clearly isnt prepared to deal with such weather events.
That’s why their minister is hoping for climate change with higher temperatures :)
Unfortunately these events might even be connected to climate change. Higher temperatures allow for more humidity in the air leading to increased rain an snow fall. See also heavy rainfalls in Africa.
It’s because after privatization the DB (Deutsche Bahn) figured out that neglecting their infrastructure until it causes a crisis, causing the government to step in and pay for repairs is much cheaper (for them) than maintaining it properly in the first place.
Seriously, fuck the DB.
Fuck the idiots that had the idea that the DB should be run like a private profitoriented company. Nurture, embrace, rebuild and improve the DB.
