Deutschlandtakt: when Germany wants to synchronise all its trains
Deutsche Bahn AG / Axel Hartmann
Germany has a major project for the full clockface timetable of all passenger trains. The aim would be to synchronise both long-distance and regional traffic, which is not always the case today.
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Long stop times of regional trains at city main stations are inefficient, in particuar at cites with several stations being served (for passengers heading to a station beyond the main station).
30 minute long distance trains may not with hourly trains at the two sides.
The whole concept is based too much on the perspective of passengers from large cities, which take long-distance trains to other cities and then want to switch to regional/local trains. I suggest a 10 min-Takt on main lines.