Deutsche Bahn ICE
Shares rank 5 of 7 train services by recommenders
Comfortable, fast long-distance trains with food service and a restaurant car, though critics point to incident statistics and dropouts.
Comfortable, fast long-distance trains with food service and a restaurant car, though critics point to incident statistics and dropouts.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Comfortable seats
“The seats are very comfortable, there's food service in the train, the seat reservations aren't thát high”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad?” “Especially the model 2 is very comfortable but probably also the leader of the incident statistics.”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn” “Especially the newer generation ICEs are beautiful trains and very comfortable.”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn” - Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn”
Restaurant car and food service
“The seats are very comfortable, there's food service in the train, the seat reservations aren't thát high”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Germany's train service is one of Europe's worst. How did it get so bad?” “Super comfortable, super fast, and did anyone say restaurant car?”
Comment from 29 Dec 2025 in “Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn”
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See all 7 train services, rankedWhat people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The entire system, their app, the signages at the tracks... it is all complete and utter dogshit.”
“Especially the model 2 is very comfortable but probably also the leader of the incident statistics.”
“That's not a commonly used payment method”
“Especially the newer generation ICEs are beautiful trains and very comfortable.”
“Super comfortable, super fast, and did anyone say restaurant car?”
“Berlin-Munich definitely has dropouts.”
“The seats are very comfortable, there's food service in the train, the seat reservations aren't thát high”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.