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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 15/01/2014 11:36 am, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > In article , robban@clubtelco.com   
   > says...   
   >>   
   >> On 14/01/2014 6:34 pm, J. Clarke wrote:   
   >>> In article , robban@clubtelco.com   
   >>> says...   
      
   >>> There are trains going into most major cities in the US.  Few of them   
   >>> are "packed".   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> I believe that is mainly because they are old and slow.   
   >   
   > No, it is because even if they went at the speed of light they would   
   > still be inconvenient.   
      
   Is that because they don't go to the right places? I don't use trains   
   much myself because a) there is no station nearby and b) they don't go   
   anywhere I want to go to or that I can't get easier another way.   
   However, many thousands do use them here in Perth, and yet they are   
   relatively new. The old diesel service was smelly and unreliable, but   
   electric trains can accelerate and decelerate much faster than diesels,   
   and of course they're cleaner. Much of the rail system goes down the   
   middle of two of our freeways, and when you're stuck in the traffic it   
   is quite annoying to see a train go whizzing past.   
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