Overview

• The Consumer Choice Center’s European Railway Station Index 2025 evaluated the 50 busiest hubs using 16 weighted factors spanning access, services, connectivity, and reliability.
• Berlin Gesundbrunnen, Berlin Ostkreuz, and Dortmund Hauptbahnhof occupy the bottom three spots, with six of the eight lowest-ranked stations located in Germany.
• Zurich ranks first ahead of Wroclaw Glowny and Bern, while Berlin Hauptbahnhof is Germany’s top performer at fourth; Cologne and Frankfurt sit mid-table and Munich is 35th.
• The index cites punctuality as a key weakness, noting about 62% of German trains arrived on time since 2022 compared with roughly 99% in Switzerland.
• A separate Germany-focused review analysis published a day earlier, drawing on about 228,000 Google ratings, flagged Munich Leuchtenbergring, Magdeburg-Neustadt, and Offenbach Hbf for cleanliness, safety, and accessibility problems.