On 01/01/2012 15:13, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
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Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:21:23 +0100
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Subject: Single point of failure in the Berlin Train System

The Berlin light rail train system, plagued by problems for years,
demonstrated today that it can, indeed get worse.

I wouldn't call the S-Bahn "light rail". By the usual standards it's
"heavy rail".

Berliners joked that it could not possibly get worse, but today (15
Dec 2011) the S-Bahn proved that it could, indeed, because it has a
single point of failure.

Failures in 2009/2010 were caused by lack of maintenance, leading to
shortages in rolling stock. The ultimate cause was the closedown of a
vital workshop due to company policy of channeling money to the owner
company as profits. It remains to be seen if the latest failure can be
ascribed to the same cause.

So, would you say that things on the Berlin S-Bahn are better now or
during the DDR era, when Deutsche Reichsbahn was operating that system?