yes because we don’t count canceled trains, or trains that don’t run the full distance. also trains that skip stops that make up time.
From what I remember, countries have different criteria to define what constitutes a delay. Switzerland has higher standards than other European countries. Does this chart take this into account?
I say fake, because Germany is not the last!
long distance trains.
Ah ja de volle 160 kilometer.
Statistics can be made to mean anything.
Apparently the authors have never been to brussel-zuid🤌🏻
Well after taking German trains, I like Belgium ones even more. Netherlands ones are .. meh after Belgium ones as well.
It’s Belgium. We just redefine the definition of punctuality and call it at day.
Long distance trains…no one is using. while short distance trains have delay everyday
I mean.. if it’s not running, it can’t be late.
I read an article that said more and more trains are skipping stops in order to arrive on time at their final destination and therefore be considered punctual.
Incoming all the people that took a train 20 years ago and had 10 minutes delay so now they swear by their car to go to work to be part of the file for 30 minutes.
But hey, we’re Belgians, what else should we do on a Friday night besides ~~complaining~~ drinking?
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. First of all: NMBS/SNCB doesn’t count the ever-increasing number of cancelled trains, which in practice mean a delay of either half an hour or more likely an hour for affected people. Trains running too late will simply get cancelled and won’t count anymore. Next they’ve slowed down most of the trains to give themselves another extra buffer. Next they’ve extended trains from Limburg to Brussels to continue on towards destinations in Wallonia that nobody will ever use, so that the accumulated daily delays in Brussels can magically disappear by the time the trains reach their final destination.
Well they are actually tied for second place according to that graph
Yea makes sense with how loose the NMBS publishes their numbers. NS is on time way more often (since they calculate percentage of passengers arrived within 5 minutes of what the NS app reccomends, and the NS app generally reccomends pretty realistic routes if you are healthy). This includes missed transfers, cancellations and normal delays, but I don’t think it counts passengers that are early because the earlier train is delayed (which happened to me once on the NS network)
Source: NMBS customer care services.
Niet liegen
To be honest… >90% of trains i take do arrive on time. Maybe a few minutes late in Brussels to get on, but arrive on time at home.
To get to work, almost all of them arrive on time. But yes.. I take the early ones. So probably most of you are complaining about that 2h of rush hour every morning and 2h every evening.
So there is a Pro-tip right there to solve you issues with Belgium trains.
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yes because we don’t count canceled trains, or trains that don’t run the full distance. also trains that skip stops that make up time.
From what I remember, countries have different criteria to define what constitutes a delay. Switzerland has higher standards than other European countries. Does this chart take this into account?
I say fake, because Germany is not the last!
long distance trains.
Ah ja de volle 160 kilometer.
Statistics can be made to mean anything.
Apparently the authors have never been to brussel-zuid🤌🏻
Well after taking German trains, I like Belgium ones even more. Netherlands ones are .. meh after Belgium ones as well.
It’s Belgium. We just redefine the definition of punctuality and call it at day.
Long distance trains…no one is using. while short distance trains have delay everyday
I mean.. if it’s not running, it can’t be late.
I read an article that said more and more trains are skipping stops in order to arrive on time at their final destination and therefore be considered punctual.
Incoming all the people that took a train 20 years ago and had 10 minutes delay so now they swear by their car to go to work to be part of the file for 30 minutes.
But hey, we’re Belgians, what else should we do on a Friday night besides ~~complaining~~ drinking?
Lies, damn lies, and statistics. First of all: NMBS/SNCB doesn’t count the ever-increasing number of cancelled trains, which in practice mean a delay of either half an hour or more likely an hour for affected people. Trains running too late will simply get cancelled and won’t count anymore. Next they’ve slowed down most of the trains to give themselves another extra buffer. Next they’ve extended trains from Limburg to Brussels to continue on towards destinations in Wallonia that nobody will ever use, so that the accumulated daily delays in Brussels can magically disappear by the time the trains reach their final destination.
Well they are actually tied for second place according to that graph
Yea makes sense with how loose the NMBS publishes their numbers. NS is on time way more often (since they calculate percentage of passengers arrived within 5 minutes of what the NS app reccomends, and the NS app generally reccomends pretty realistic routes if you are healthy). This includes missed transfers, cancellations and normal delays, but I don’t think it counts passengers that are early because the earlier train is delayed (which happened to me once on the NS network)
Source: NMBS customer care services.
Niet liegen
To be honest… >90% of trains i take do arrive on time. Maybe a few minutes late in Brussels to get on, but arrive on time at home.
To get to work, almost all of them arrive on time. But yes.. I take the early ones. So probably most of you are complaining about that 2h of rush hour every morning and 2h every evening.
So there is a Pro-tip right there to solve you issues with Belgium trains.
According to their own stats it was 87,5%.
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