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Being punctual is considered synonymous with being German. Yet Germany’s connective tissue—its national railway system, Deutsche Bahn (DB)—struggles with it.
The country of 84 million has been on football lovers’ radars this summer thanks to the Euro 2024 championship, which sold about 2.7 million tickets across 10 German cities.
What could’ve been an opportunity to show off the best of summer tourism for Germany turned into a logistical nightmare—and the railways are right at the heart of it. Visitors coming to…