They're generally overfilled to standing, have not enough luggage space, a "flexible" schedule, variable sanitation, and are generally much much much worse than the trains even if they're a bit cheaper when travelling at short notice. They are probably better than a North American bus, but by European standards they defy horror.
The trains, by contrast, are really quite fun and aside from a few tweaks and the rail companies paying the workers properly so they don't strike every 6 weeks are really good, though Germans seem to think they've gotten worse since DB started franchising things off.
They're generally overfilled to standing, have not enough luggage space, a "flexible" schedule, variable sanitation, and are generally much much much worse than the trains even if they're a bit cheaper when travelling at short notice. They are probably better than a North American bus, but by European standards they defy horror.
The trains, by contrast, are really quite fun and aside from a few tweaks and the rail companies paying the workers properly so they don't strike every 6 weeks are really good, though Germans seem to think they've gotten worse since DB started franchising things off.
social democracy has made Europe soft
Maybe franchising things off even more would fix it!