Ya know, I think that’s better than striving for perfect punctuality. Wouldn’t want my 11:23 arriving train to be late by 3 minutes and my 11:25 leaving connection train to be punctual. Shit happens and there’s always going to be one or two trains that are late.
Fun fact: the dB doesn’t necessarily optimise for punctuality but rather for passengers catching their connection.
That means a punctual train may wait for a train, which is late. Now you’ve got two delayed trains but the passengers caught their connection.
That’s interesting. Never thought about that.
Ya know, I think that’s better than striving for perfect punctuality. Wouldn’t want my 11:23 arriving train to be late by 3 minutes and my 11:25 leaving connection train to be punctual. Shit happens and there’s always going to be one or two trains that are late.
Local transport that isn’t operated by DB is usually punctual to the minute.