Before starting my record attempt between Kemijärvi, Finland and Lagos, Portugal, people told me over and over it would break down in Germany. So much so that I even tried to re-but (pre-but?) some of the likely critique.
Now, having made the trip, and none of the total
I used to take only regional trains due to the D ticket.
For long distance it’s usually 2 ICE trains max.
Now it’s mostly just 1 train with regionals on each side