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Germany rail faces slowdown after years of underinvestment
South China Morning Post describes how years of thin investment have left Germany’s rail network struggling to keep pace, even as China has expanded its high-speed rail capabilities.
In Germany, readers point to a contrast between past service quality and current conditions, the outlet notes, including how early experiences on regional trains for a student in Bavaria involved few delays.
The story also highlights the technology gap, recalling that Siemens sold China 60 trains capable of 300 km/h in 2005, when China’s high-speed rail network was just getting started.
SCMP links Germany’s earlier role as a major exporter of the technology to its current difficulty, framing the underinvestment as a key reason the rail system has fallen behind.