• ours@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Even non-high-speed trains go faster than most car highways and don’t have to negotiate traffic.

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        6 months ago

        Sorry to hear neighbour. If it’s any consolation, on some of your highways, you can go hella fast.

        In Switzerland we don’t even have high-speed rail. We have at best pendular high-speedish trains but they are quite neat. We do pay a steep price for it but it beats being required to drive everywhere US-like (minus some exceptions).

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          6 months ago

          Yeah, your highways are not great. But I don’t really like to drive, so I’d prefer you trains. :) What use are high speed trains, if they are 2 hours late?