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BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier (David Kriesel)

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Data science & statisticsTransit, cities & urban planningData visualization & information design

What it is

David Kriesel's 36C3 talk, in German, analyzes a year of scraped data on every stop of every long-distance train in Germany. It shows how Deutsche Bahn delay statistics hide cancellations and delays.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in threads on German rail as the data-backed explanation of how reported punctuality understates real delays.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “there's the great talk from David Kriesel on the 36C3 [1] about how Deutsche Bahn is... "doing statistics" to hide their delays. It's well worth the hour!”

    Great talk on how Deutsche Bahn statistics hide delays.

    martin_a, 2023-08 · Strong recommendation · in “I Walked Across Luxembourg – A Hike from the West to the East of the Grand Duchy”

  2. “There was an entertaining talk at a CCC event a few years back”

    Entertaining CCC talk on Deutsche Bahn reliability and accuracy (in German).

    luckylion, 2022-10 · Recommendation · in “German rail operator says train disruption caused by sabotage”

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Topics: deutsche bahn, data analysis, train delays, ccc, german

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