The German railroad system (Deutsche Bahn) isn't what it used to be. Currently less than 70% of long-distance trains arrive on time. This is generally attributed at least in part to years of neglicence in modernizing and maintaining the infrastructure.
The company has stated that they want to get to a punctuality level of 80% again by 2030 (https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/wirtschaft/unternehmen/bahn-lutz-puenktlichkeit-100.html) and has started efforts to get along with the long overdue infrastructure overhaul.
Resolves YES if 80% punctuality or more is reported for 2030 either by the company itself or by reputable media such as Tagesschau. If the sources differ (unlikely), I'll use my best judgment which source to trust. The stat refers to long-distance trains (Fernverkehr) and to "betriebliche Pünktlichkeit" (does each individual train arrive on time), not to "Reisendenpünktlichkeit" (whether the passenger reaches the final destination of their entire journey on time).
Currently punctuality is defined as arriving less than 6 minutes late. If the punctuality statistic is defined a different way in 2030, I'll probably resolve N/A.
1,000The new goal of the transport ministry is to get back to 70% by 2029. The goal of 80% still exists "medium-term" without concrete years attached to it.
See https://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2025-09/schnieder-lockert-puenktlichkeitsziele-der-deutschen-bahn
In 2024, they had a punctuality of 62%
@rayman2000 Hm. Since my market description is unambiguously based on the 80% by 2030 criterion, I'll still resolve it that way
@ADings Yeah, definitely resolve that way! Was mostly trying to indicate my doubt that this will resolve YES :)
@Gideon37 okay, checked, it, they only were above 80 once in the past 10 years (2020, which was ofc not a normal year). Still sticking to 40%.