Delayed, unreliable and forced into long detours due to construction: Germany no longer sets the pace when it comes to rail travel — and this is unlikely to change anytime soon. The company is mired in a deep crisis.

Would-be travellers stood in long lines at some station information desks as they tried to figure out how to get to their destinations

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