Hows this for planning? Our local Bus Service runs once an hour to the Station in our nearest town ( About 5 Miles away) There is from there an hourly Service to Duisburg, Kleve, and cologne. The Bus arrives 5 minutes after the Train departs, German efficiancy!
Just heard this morning that Siemens has got the contract to build new Stock , beating Bombardier who are based in Derby. Bad mistake, Siemens build the ICE high speed trains, which constantly break down and are completely un reliable. Also Siemens is notorious for corruption and paying Bribes to obtain Contracts, they have been fined several Millions, more than once, together with Ferrocrete, MAN, Daimler Benz, VW,BMW,and many other German Companies.