[alexander_busek]

Intercity buses are starting to catch on in Germany because their fares are lower cost than the high-speed trains as well as having more flexible schedules they were recently legalized.(*)

There, fixed it for you!

Regards,

(*)True, technically speaking they weren't actually illegal - but they were so heavily regulated as to be virtually illegal.

[Olog-hai]

I figured someone would notice that from the links I put in that post.

Competing train operators are also running on Deutsche Bahn’s rails; however, DB has leeway to interfere with their advertising, ticket sales and timetable availability at train stations. (Similar to how the Pennsylvania Railroad did the same thing to the Jersey Central Railroad in Atlantic City going back to the 30s and 40s.)