Germany’s urban and suburban trains, the S-Bahn network operated by state-owned Deutsche Bahn, ran less punctually last year than in previous years. This is according to an answer from the Transport Ministry to a question from Green Party Bundestag member Matthias Gastel, which was made available to dpa. The ministry stated that 92.5% of S-Bahn trainstops were on time in 2023. The punctuality rate was 95.3% in 2019, and 96.5% in 2020. The nine largest S-Bahn networks operated by DB were compared. A train is still considered punctual in these statistics if it arrives at a stop with a maximum de…