What is the most punctual train in Europe?

In 2018, the European country with the most punctual long-distance and high-speed passenger rail service was Latvia, where 98.3 percent of the services were classified as punctual.



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During the same year, around 78.7 percent of the long-distance passenger rail services in all 27 member countries of the European Union arrived on time.

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Deutsche Bahn train punctuality in Germany 2022-2023 This data shows the monthly share of punctual trains of the Deutsche Bahn in passenger transport from September 2022 to September 2023. In September 2023, around 89 percent of trains arrived punctually with a delay of no more than 5.59 minutes.

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Last year, a third of all long-distance trains operated by Germany's national railway company Deutsche Bahn ran late, the worst showing in 10 years, deepening an existential crisis in a country where failing to show up on time is verboten.

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Eurail's network includes 33 of the 44 countries in Europe, so your options are plentiful, and you can travel to a new country every day, if that's what strikes your fancy. Plus, Eurail regularly adds new countries and routes to their portfolio — as of Jan.

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But if you're planning a longer journey with multiple stopovers and changes, the flexibility and convenience of a Eurail Pass is unrivalled – and for many popular routes it works out cheaper than point-to-point tickets, especially if you're traveling as a group or with children and you can take advantage of Eurail ...

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Weekdays, the metro operates from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:15 a.m. On Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as on the day before a bank holiday, trains run until about 2:15 a.m. The RER operates daily from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:20 a.m.

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For long-distance trains including all TGV, Intercités & Intercités de Nuit overnight trains, reservation is compulsory, but there are usually seats available even on the day of travel and you can buy a ticket immediately before the train departs. But there are much cheaper fares if you pre-book.

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There' certainly much more than 90% of trains which run on time. I travel in France quite only by train, and they're very seldom late (apart the commuters trains). And the last time one was seriously late (I mean more than half an hour) was several years ago. I took the TGV on Christmas Eve from Avignon to Paris.

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The percent of French SNCF trains that arrive with a delay of less than 15 minutes is at 87%, according to a study released in 2022 (read here about it in French). So 13% of French trains are delayed by 15 minutes or more. This represents an increase in lateness over the decades since the 1950s.

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Like I mentioned above, Italo is usually cheaper than Trenitalia but because the cabins on lower-class tickets aren't the most comfortable, I'll usually consider Italo only for trains that are less than 2 or 3 hours long unless the Comfort ticket class is cheaper than Trenitalia.

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Trains are more punctual than they were before the pandemic. The PPM (public performance measure) punctuality figure was down two points to 87.6 per cent. This counts the number of trains that arrive at their final destination within five or 15 minutes of the timetabled time, depending on the service.

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