On the subject of rail price reform: Panorama tears apart the new pricing system right now at the moment. Well, it's always important to read the fine print - and not to withhold it from customers, as the railway likes to do in advertising. The points of criticism are the usual ones: limited discount seats, ticket binding to specific trains, overnight stay requirement at the highest discount level, upgrading of regional trains to intercity trains. Hmm. They left out the horrendous cancellation fee.
And Mehdorn interspersed with his constant claim from his standpoint that it would be cheaper for everyone, just not for a few. And that it didn't get more expensive, but rather the offering got better. As they say here in Münsterland: He's lying.