ICE test train reaches speeds of up to 405.0 km/h

I fear that the general public in Germany will not be praising this achievement. The once efficient and punctional trains in Germany have deteriorated severely in the past years due to lots of delayed maintenance causing lots of delays and even regular cancelations of trains. Also the road infrastructure is suffering from delayed maintenance.

Interesting; America seems to be suffering the same fate. It takes municipalities years to fix highways. The main highway running through Silicon Valley, 101, has been under construction for more than a decade and is in dire need of improvement.

It seems the network of roads built in the 40s, 50s and 60s just can no longer be done efficiently.

> America seems to be suffering the same fate

Not uniformly. New York's LIRR (90 to 95% [1]) and Metro-North (99% [2]) feature on-time rates that rival the Swiss (93% [3]).

[1] https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/reports/pdf/report-9-2025.pdf

[2] https://wpdh.com/metro-north-on-time-reliability/

[3] https://reporting.sbb.ch/punctuality?=&years=1,4,5,6,7&scrol...