• PonyOfWar
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      3 months ago

      You don’t think what, that Dutch trains are punctual or that they’re lacking in cleanliness? You can find plenty of sources about the latter, so you don’t have to take my word for it… bruv

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        3 months ago

        First one still gives 5.8 in regards to cleanliness and that is from a Dutch perspective not from a European perspective. Second one is reddit (!) and is mainly talking about the outside of the trains, which I don’t think matters as much for the commuting experience 🙃. I think “filthy” is absolutely an overstatement. I mainly ride around den Hague and Rotterdam, but have taken plenty of trains in other directions. Compared to Germany in which i have traveled plenty by all types of trains and compared to what i saw while interrailing i deem the Dutch trains to be pretty clean (at least on the inside)

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          3 months ago

          Our experiences differ then. And the Dutch perspective is the whole point, as the comment I responded to wondered why Dutch people are complaining.

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            3 months ago

            Ok, but the comment was about how it is funny that the Dutch complain as much as the Germans although their trains are better. So it was about a lack of broader perspective on that issue. So yes the whole point was about the Dutch perspective, but about the fact that their perspective seems to be warped from a european perspective.

            So the conclusion i would draw from our interaction is that what a Dutch person experiences as filthy seems to me wildly more clean than what could be considered filthy in a European context. Good on you to be able to have high standards, hope the rest of European rail will strive to get to that high level.

            But that’s just like, my opinion bruv. Maybe I should have stated that more clearly