Your 2025 Train Delay Wrapped
A year of European rail in numbers. Buckle up.
Let's start with the big picture
That's how long Europeans collectively spent waiting for delayed trains in 2025.
71.3 million minutes of delay. That's a lot of scrolling through your phone.
Peak Chaos Hour
When Europe's trains collectively lose the plot
Rush hour: When delays peak during the day
But here's the twist: the highest chance of being on a delayed train? That's during the night, when delayed trains are crawling through the darkness, fighting freight trains for track priority.
The Meltdown
When Europe's railways literally couldn't take the heat
As Europe baked in a record-breaking heatwave, rail tracks expanded, overhead lines sagged, and trains crawled to a halt. The 4 most delayed days of the entire year? All in this scorching week. When steel gets hot, schedules get... flexible.
The Christmas Miracle
Santa doesn't just deliver gifts. He makes trains run on time.
On Christmas Day, Europe's trains ran like clockwork. Fewer commuters, emptier tracks, and perhaps a sprinkle of holiday magic. It turns out the best gift the railways could give was simply being on time.
How Does Your Country Stack Up?
The punctuality league table
Deutsche Bahn racked up a whopping 67 years of delays in 2025. That's more than all other countries combined. With only 58.55% punctuality, it's no wonder "the train is delayed" is Germany's unofficial catchphrase.
Night Train Nightmares
Where romance meets reality: the 10 most delayed trains are all sleeper trains
Why? Night trains compete with freight trains for track space at night. Lower priority, longer distances, and complex international borders make every minute count. And most of those minutes are lost. Hopefully, a good night's sleep makes up for it!
The Station Lottery
Where you catch your train matters—a lot
Your best bet for actually making that connection. Swiss precision at its finest.
Where schedules go to die. Three out of four trains arrive late. Plan accordingly.
Dive Deep
Explore detailed train and station reliability data by country
Train reliability
This list includes all high speed, intercity and long distance trains that ran at least once a week. Average delay is calculated by taking the average of the highest arrival delay that was recorded along each trip. Data from December 2024 until November 2025.
Train | From | To | Average delay (min)↓ | Cancellation rate (%) | Punctuality (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EN 345 | Stockholm Central | Berlin Hbf | 84.4 | 4.4 | 29.1 |
EN 13485 | Stockholm Central | Berlin Hbf | 77.8 | 5.7 | 29.8 |
NJ 420 | Innsbruck Hbf | Amsterdam Centraal | 64.0 | 1.7 | 25.0 |
NJ 40490 | Wien Hbf | Amsterdam Centraal | 62.9 | 2.5 | 20.3 |
EC 8 | Zürich HB | Hamburg-Altona | 59.4 | 8.3 | 18.3 |
ICE 26 | Wien Hbf | Dortmund Hbf | 58.0 | 4.1 | 14.3 |
NJ 40421 | Amsterdam Centraal | Wien Hbf | 54.8 | 2.9 | 31.1 |
NJ 491 | Hamburg-Altona | Wien Hbf | 54.2 | 1.4 | 55.7 |
ICE 927 | Hamburg-Altona | Passau Hbf | 53.7 | 3.8 | 24.2 |
NJ 40420 | Innsbruck Hbf | Hamburg-Altona | 52.5 | 0.9 | 47.7 |
Station reliability
Including all stations with at least 1000 recorded arrivals throughout the year. Average delay is based on arrival delays only. Data from December 2024 until November 2025.
Station | Average delay (min)↓ | Punctuality (%) |
|---|---|---|
Bonn Hbf | 18.9 | 26.8 |
Regensburg Hbf | 18.5 | 36.7 |
Koblenz Hbf | 17.2 | 31.6 |
Bonn-Beuel | 16.9 | 32.6 |
Plattling | 16.3 | 37.1 |
Passau Hbf | 15.7 | 51.4 |
Diepholz | 15.5 | 40.0 |
Solingen Hbf | 15.3 | 31.7 |
Wuppertal Hbf | 15.2 | 31.9 |
Hagen Hbf | 15.1 | 28.6 |
That was 2025
136 years of waiting. Heatwaves and holidays. Swiss precision and German delays. Night trains that never quite arrive on time.
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