Er det altid DSB's skyld? Is it always DSB's fault?

Her er et kort over Danmarks jernbaner. De farvede strækninger kører DSB på. Here is a map of Denmark's railways. The colored lines are operated by DSB.

Det svarer til 3.000 km skinner. That's the equivalent of 3,000 km of rail.

DSB transporterer rejsende mere end fire milliarder kilometer hvert år. DSB transports travelers more than four billion kilometers every year.

Særlig op til jul rejser mange danskere med tog. Especially in the run-up to Christmas, many Danes travel by train.

Sidste år rejste 142.000 med DSB i juletiden. Last year, 142,000 people traveled with DSB during the Christmas season.

I år er det svært at vide, hvor mange der rejser, på grund af corona. This year, it's hard to know how many people are traveling due to corona.

DSB er plaget af et rygte om at være for dyre, for langsomme - DSB is plagued by a reputation for being too expensive, too slow

- og evigt forsinkede. På Trustpilot har de en vurdering på kun 1,5 - - and perpetually late. On Trustpilot, they have a rating of just 1.5

- hvoraf 3/4 af anmeldelserne giver den lavest mulige score. - of which 3/4 of the reviews give the lowest possible score.

I deres egen årsrapport fra 2019 har de vurderet deres omdømme til - In their own 2019 annual report, they have rated their reputation as -

- at være 55 point ud af 100 mulige. - to be 55 points out of a possible 100.

Men er DSB's dårlige renommé fortjent? Er de så dårlige? But is DSB's bad reputation deserved? Are they that bad?

For at kunne vurdere om DSB klarer sig så skidt, som de har ry for - To assess whether DSB is performing as badly as they have a reputation for

- tager vi udgangspunkt i strækningen København- Aalborg. - we take the Copenhagen-Aalborg route as our starting point.

Det er en togrejse på 450 km, rejsetiden er 4 timer og 15 minutter. It's a 450 km train journey, travel time is 4 hours and 15 minutes.

I Danmark har tog en tophastighed på 180 km/t. In Denmark, trains have a top speed of 180 km/h.

Men mange steder er det ikke muligt at køre den hastighed - But in many places it's not possible to run at that speed.

- fordi skinnerne snor sig for meget, det ses bl.a. imellem Fredericia og Vejle. - because the rails twist too much, as seen between Fredericia and Vejle.

I stedet er gennemsnitshastigheden Aalborg-København på 100 km/t. Instead, the average speed between Aalborg and Copenhagen is 100 km/h.

Men i Japan kan man rejse 500 km på den halve tid. But in Japan, you can travel 500 km in half the time.

Højhastighedstoget Shinkansen har en tophastighed på over 300 km/t - The Shinkansen high-speed train has a top speed of over 300 km/h

- og kan få dig til Tokyo til Kyoto på 2 timer og 7 minutter. - and can get you from Tokyo to Kyoto in 2 hours and 7 minutes.

Hvorfor retter vi ikke skinnerne ud og køber et supertog - Why don't we straighten the rails and buy a super train

- så vi kan komme fra København til Aalborg på to timer? Der er flere grunde. - so we can get from Copenhagen to Aalborg in two hours? There are several reasons.

Der bor 37 millioner i Tokyo og halvanden million i Kyoto. There are 37 million people in Tokyo and one and a half million in Kyoto.

Der er større behov for hurtig transport og mange afgange imellem byerne. There is a greater need for fast transportation and frequent departures between cities.

Vi har 1,3 millioner i Storkøbenhavn og kun lidt over 200.000 i Aalborg. We have 1.3 million in Greater Copenhagen and just over 200,000 in Aalborg.

Shinkansen har flere til at betale for togdriften, end vi har i hele Danmark. Shinkansen has more people paying for train services than we have in the whole of Denmark.

Og Shinkansen kører på sit eget spornet og skal ikke vente bag langsomme tog. And the Shinkansen runs on its own network of tracks and doesn't have to wait behind slow trains.

Hvis vi skal have et højhastighedstog, skal vi bygge et nyt skinnenet. If we want high-speed rail, we need to build a new rail network.

Det ville koste rigtig mange penge. Det er politisk aldrig blevet prioriteret. It would cost a lot of money. It has never been politically prioritized.

Shinkansen er dobbelt så hurtig som et dansk lyntog - Shinkansen is twice as fast as a Danish bullet train

- og en billet koster dobbelt så meget. - and a ticket costs twice as much.

En tur mellem Tokyo og Kyoto koster 13.000 yen, cirka 800 kroner. A trip between Tokyo and Kyoto costs 13,000 yen, approximately 800 kroner.

En standardbillet fra Nordens Paris til købstaden koster 450 kroner. A standard ticket from the Paris of the North to the market town costs 450 kroner.

Der er ungdomsrabat, men prisen afholder de unge fra at rejse med tog. There is a youth discount, but the price discourages young people from traveling by train.

74 % af de 18-29-årige ville oftere bruge offentlig transport - 74% of 18-29 year olds would use public transportation more often - -

- hvis det blev billigere. - if it was cheaper.

Noget tyder på, det ikke er billigt nok. Men hvad går pengene til? There are indications that it's not cheap enough. But where does the money go?

Her er en opgørelse over DSB's udgifter. Løn, vedligeholdelse af tog, brændstof. Here is a breakdown of DSB's expenses. Salaries, train maintenance, fuel.

Én procent går til erstatningskørsel, til togbusser, når der er sporarbejde. One percent goes to replacement transportation, for train buses when there is track work.

Forsinkelser og sporarbejde går hårdest ud over DSB's omdømme. Delays and track work are the most damaging to DSB's reputation.

DSB's kriterier for en forsinkelse er tre minutter eller mere. DSB's criteria for a delay is three minutes or more.

I 2019 var 5,1 % af deres togafgange forsinket mere end tre minutter. In 2019, 5.1% of their train departures were delayed more than three minutes.

Det er de mest brugte tog, der oftest er forsinkede. It's the most used trains that are most often delayed.

Derfor var det i 2019 en femtedel af DSB's rejsende, der blev påvirket. Therefore, in 2019, one fifth of DSB's travelers were affected.

Altså 20,9 %. Det tal har været nogenlunde det samme siden 2012. That's 20.9%. This figure has remained roughly the same since 2012.

Om det er godt nok, er op til den enkelte. Whether it's good enough is up to the individual.

I Tyskland står Deutsche Bahn for togtransporten. In Germany, Deutsche Bahn is responsible for rail transportation.

I 2019 havde de flere forsinkelser end DSB, 24,1 %. In 2019, they had more delays than DSB, 24.1%.

Deres grænse for en forsinkelse er seks minutter i stedet for DSB's tre. Their limit for a delay is six minutes instead of DSB's three.

På trods af at de hverken er hurtigere eller mere punktlige - Despite the fact that they are neither faster nor more punctual

- koster en tysk togbillet tæt på det dobbelte af en dansk. - a German train ticket costs almost twice as much as a Danish one.

Men en forsinkelse på 1/5 af alle rejser med DSB virker af rigtig meget. But a delay of 1/5 of all DSB journeys seems like a lot.

Men det er værd at nævne, at det ikke udelukkende er DSB's skyld. But it's worth mentioning that it's not entirely DSB's fault.

Her er en oversigt over, hvem der har ansvaret for forsinkelserne. Here's a breakdown of who is responsible for the delays.

DSB har ansvaret for 30 %. DSB is responsible for 30%.

Næsten halvdelen af forsinkelserne i 2019 skyldtes Banedanmark - Almost half of the delays in 2019 were caused by Banedanmark

- en styrelse under Trafik- og Boligministeriet. - an agency under the Ministry of Transport and Housing.

De vedligeholder jernbanerne og signalsystemet - They maintain the railways and signaling system

- og justerer trafikken, hvis der sker noget uforudsigeligt. - and adjusts traffic if something unpredictable happens.

Så når man sukker over forsinkelser på grund af sporarbejde - So when you sigh over delays due to track work...

- burde man bande over Banedanmark og ikke DSB. - you should be cursing Banedanmark and not DSB.

De sidste 23,3 % var grunde, hverken Banedanmark eller DSB er herre over. The remaining 23.3% were sites that neither Banedanmark nor DSB have control over.

For eksempel en personpåkørsel eller et væltet træ på jernbanen. For example, a collision or a fallen tree on the railway.

Uanset hvem der har ansvaret, er det vanvittigt irriterende at være forsinket. No matter who's in charge, being late is maddeningly annoying.

Men DSB er en offentlig virksomhed, og Banedanmark hører til et ministerium - But DSB is a public company and Banedanmark belongs to a ministry.

- så politikerne skal prioritere, hvor mange midler togdriften skal have. - so politicians have to prioritize how much funding the train service should receive.

I sidste ende er det op til dig at stemme på de politikere, du mener - Ultimately, it's up to you to vote for the politicians you believe

- der er bedst til at styre landet og togdriften. - who is best at running the country and train operations.