DB Regio reports an 89% puctuality figure for 2025 (down 1% from 2024). https://ibir.deutschebahn.com/2025/de/zusammengefasster-lagebericht/entwicklung-der-geschaeftsfelder/geschaeftsfeld-db-regio/entwicklung-im-berichtsjahr/

I don’t doubt there are certain regions or lines where the regional and commuter trains are worse than your average ICE, but it’s not the norm.

What does any of that have to do with democracy being a farce?

Yeah, that’s sloppy writing on their part. This is a bit of industry lingo that needs to be explained in the article, and written more clearly.

Solar panel factories are often talked about in terms of the amount of power in panels they can deliver per year, so likely what they meant to write was “production line capable of delivering 200 MW of solar panels per year”